EXCITING OPPORTUNITY AT THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY -- CLIMATE CHANGE

2006-06-19 Thread Kevin Rosseel
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY AT THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Change Division has an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work as part of the Director's staff. The Climate Change Division (CCD) is responsible for a variety of programmatic and

Re: Conservation in Agricultural Landscapes and NCEAS proposal

2006-06-19 Thread Bohlen, Patrick
The root for agriculture does not include a derivation meaning "to cut". My American heritage has it linked to the indo-european "kwel" meaning "to dwell or stay" as in to dwell in a land. That we "cut" the land when we dwell in it permanently is, I suppose, an inevitable consequence of being agri

Research Associate in Plant Physiological Ecology

2006-06-19 Thread Stefan Schnitzer
Research Associate position in vascular plant physiological ecology The position is to participate in a collaborative research program that focuses on understanding the functional basis of plant distributions across broad environmental gradients, with particular emphasis on lianas. The succes

Automated counting of objects in digital images

2006-06-19 Thread James Vonesh
Dear eco-loggers, Can anyone recommend a cheap way to scan digital images to estimate the number of similar sized/colored objects in the photo? I have digital photos of frog eggs, and I'd like to streamline the counting process. I know there is expensive software that can do this. Any free/share

Job: Avian Field Technician, MI

2006-06-19 Thread David Inouye
Title: Immediate Opening for Avian Field Technician Agency: Northern Michigan University and National Park Service Location: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Job Description: This position must be filled immediately! Successful applicant will conduct line transect bird counts of forest birds

Re: Automated counting of objects in digital images

2006-06-19 Thread Sarah Goslee
The free Java program ImageJ was developed for medical research applications, and can be used to count "blobs" in an image. I've used it for counting shrubs in aerial photographs. The program is available from: http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/ and there's a tutorial for counting things at: http://link

Re: Automated counting of objects in digital images

2006-06-19 Thread Jeff Davis
On Jun 19, 2006, at 11:07 AM, James Vonesh wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a cheap way to scan digital images to estimate > the > number of similar sized/colored objects in the photo? You might try ImageJ: . Jeff Davis Prather, CA

stage matrix population models

2006-06-19 Thread Helen Michaels
Dear Ecologgers, I am seeking opinions on software packages suitable for stage-based demographic matrix modeling. There seem to be quite a few out there and people seem to have preferences and often develop their own. I am considering purchasing RAMAS-Stage and was wondering if anyone had expe