summer student positions in CO and TX

2006-03-14 Thread Vanessa A Carney
My apologies to anyone who is on the ENTOMO-L list for cross-posting I've included two job postings below, both searching for full-time summer workers. Please pass these along to any students you know that may be interested in gaining field experience in entomology/GPS/vegetation surveying. Th

Re: Solidarity & Sustainability

2006-03-14 Thread Luis Gutierrez
Mike-WLD Larson wrote: > I think human population size is still only part of the issue. > Continuous growth in the per capita rate of resource consumption is > just as unsustainable as continuous growth in abundance. Therefore, > I think economic growth--a function of population size and per capi

SPRING/SUMMER BANDING INTERNSHIP

2006-03-14 Thread Karen Ritchie
SPRING/SUMMER BANDING INTERNSHIP (2) The Ventana Wildlife Society's Big = Sur Ornithology Lab (BSOL) is seeking very enthusiastic, outgoing = individuals to assist in operating a constant effort mist-netting and = banding station. The internship position begins on or around 1 April and = spans appr

Assistant Professor of Environmental Science

2006-03-14 Thread Eric Thobaben
Description: Assistant Professor of Environmental Science=20 Starting Date: September 1, 2006 Qualifications: Ph.D. in Environmental Science or related discipline with an emphasis in Watershed Hydrology/Ecology/Physical Geography. Preference will be given to candidates with a documented record of

Technician: plant ecology & climate change: UMass Boston

2006-03-14 Thread Jeffrey Dukes
Research Technician Position in Plant Ecology and Global Climate Change University of Massachusetts Boston We seek to hire a research technician for a laboratory in the Department of Biology. As an important member of a group studying community and ecosystem ecology, the technician will work

Re: Solidarity & Sustainability

2006-03-14 Thread Mike-WLD Larson
I think human population size is still only part of the issue. Continuous growth in the per capita rate of resource consumption is just as unsustainable as continuous growth in abundance. Therefore, I think economic growth--a function of population size and per capita consumption and quantifie

Ph.D. GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP ON TEXAS HORNED LIZARDS

2006-03-14 Thread Mike Sears
Please post... Ph.D. GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP ON TEXAS HORNED LIZARDS: I seek to fill a graduate research assistantship with a student having a M.S. in wildlife science, zoology, biology, or related field to study conservation, ecology, and management of the Texas horned lizard on an urban milita

PRIMER equivalent for Mac?

2006-03-14 Thread Ricardo Scrosati
Colleagues, does anyone know if there is a PRIMER (multivariate stats) equivalent software for Macintosh? I've searched the web extensively, but I haven't found anything. We're particularly interested in the nMDS and ANOSIM techniques. Thanks in advance, Ricardo -- =

Re: Solidarity & Sustainability V2 N3 March 2006

2006-03-14 Thread Clinton Jenkins
Personally I hear about over population ad nauseum, but I rarely hear solutions or even data. So for anyone interested, there has been progress. The percentage growth in the human population has been slowing for years. It was growing near 2% per year in parts of the 20th century, but has no

Silk moth question

2006-03-14 Thread Andy Dyer
Hi everyone,=20 Silk moths are commonly used to demonstrate insect life history and a number of other fun traits from kindergarten classes on up. Last spring, I had a student with ten replicates of ten caterpillars mate and produce about 50 batches of eggs. In the past 48 hours, they all began h

Re: Solidarity & Sustainability V2 N3 March 2006

2006-03-14 Thread Randy Bangert
This thread has finally gotten around to finally acknowledging the fact that the level of over population will largely subvert attempts at any sustainability. Even William McDonough seems to think that if we simply redesign our lives that we can continue with this insane growth economy. I think we

Summer ecohydrology field work position in Texas

2006-03-14 Thread Georgianne Moore
Full-time Summer Position for Undergraduate Student or Recent Graduate We are seeking a highly responsible individual to conduct field studies as part of the Leon River Restoration Project in central Texas. The Leon River Restoration project is an ongoing watershed-scale research project on pri

Author of "War on Science" Featured at 2006 AIBS Annual Meeting. 24 - 25 May. Washington DC.

2006-03-14 Thread Richard O'Grady, Exec. Director, AIBS, 202-628-1500 x 258
Chris Mooney, author of "The Republican War on=20 Science," will co-lead a discussion session at=20 the 2006 AIBS Annual Meeting this May. The=20 session, taking place amid a program of plenary=20 lectures and other events related to the science,=20 valuation, and policy of biodiversity issues,=20

deep sea science internship

2006-03-14 Thread Stiles, Margot
-- PLEASE APPLY TO [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT TO THE ADDRESS ABOVE Deep Sea Science Intern (Summer 2006) Department: Science Location:Washington, DC Oceana seeks an intern who will work closely with Science Division staff on researchin

new occurrences of fish in the northeast atlantic

2006-03-14 Thread José J. Jacinto
Ecollogers, =20 I am building a database of the distribution of fish (any species) on = the northeast of the Atlantic Ocean (between +/- 20=BAN and 60=BAN, not = including the Mediterranean Sea, and from +/- 4=BAE to 30=BAW). Does anyone have = published (or not) references about new occurrences

FW: REPOSTING - UF seeks Protected Area Mgmt post-doc for Iquitos

2006-03-14 Thread Bruna, Emilio M.
Hello all, apparently the attachment didn't come through. The full job = announcement (in Spanish) is below. =20 =20 The University of Florida's Amazon Conservation Leadership Initiative = (ACLI) is hiring a post-doc to be based at the Universidad Nacio