To (over?) simplify a complex situation, the basic questions seem to be:
(1) Would the species naturally establish itself in the new habitat if it
had the opportunity? (2) Will the species' presence enhance or degrade the
biodiversity of the new habitat?
If the answer is affirmative to question (
CALL FOR PAPERS
Parks, Peace and Partnerships Conference 2007
This is a general call for oral and poster presentations for the 2007 (9-12
September) Parks, Peace and Partnerships Conference to be held in Waterton
Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada. This special international conference
is bein
Two USDA funded research assistantships are available at the University of
Kentucky. Both positions will focus on invasive species. The positions can
be at either Master or Ph.D. level. For detailed description, please visit
the following webpage.
http://www.uky.edu/~sfei2/position.htm
SongLin F
Avian Field Technicians and needed from approximately April 15 to June 30
2007, to conduct point counts of birds in the northern Chihuahuan Desert,
south central New Mexico. A few of the potentially 140+ species that will be
encountered include Scotts Oriole, Crissal Thrasher, Lesser Nighthawk, an
Hello Susan,
The two approaches were developed separately and somewhat independently, and
(to my knowledge) there is no explicit hierarchy linking the two. I'm not
aware of any formal (or "official") methods that have been proposed for
translating Ecological Sites into Ecological Systems, or vice
What is the relationship of the "Ecological Site", a term used by the NRCS
and BLM that is based on soil maps but includes vegetation characteristics
to the "Ecological System", a term used by Natureserve? Is there a
hierarchy, and can one be converted to the other? Thanks.
Spring/Summer
Employment Opportunity!
Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station
(USGS, Biological Resources Division)
is currently hiring a
Lead Biological Science Technician
POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN ECOLOGY
Location: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa and Grassland, Soil and Water
Research Laboratory (USDA-ARS), Temple, Texas. The Fellow will be based in
Temple, Texas at the GSWRL/Blacklands Research Center (Texas A&M Univ.), but
will be employed by Iowa State Un
Biologists needed to work on desert tortoise and other sensitive
species related projects in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts.
Job Description: Duties to include surveying and monitoring activities
for sensitive plant and animal species, monitoring of construction
activity to maintain complianc
Smithsonian's National Zoological Park's Conservation and Research Center,
Front Royal, VA offers/ofrece:
Introducción al uso de SIG y Sensores Remotos en la Conservación
y Manejo de Vida Silvestre
28 de mayo a 1 de junio de 2007
Este curso corto esta orientado a la aplicación de Sist
Now accepting applications for an avian field biologist.
AVIAN FIELD ASSISTANT NEEDED
Agency: Florida Atlantic University.
Location: Lake Okeechobee, Florida.
Job Description: OPS position (Jan to Jun) supporting studies of wading bird
nesting and feeding ecology in South Florida needed ASAP.
Postdoctoral Position
Community/Ecosystem Genetics and Chemical Ecology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
A postdoctoral Research Associate position will be available summer
2007 as part of a large, multi-investigator, multi-institutional project
funded under N
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> We are pleased to annouce that the new e-book on Pieridae butterflies =
of Nicaragua is now available > on our web site, it's in spanish but =
with many pictures, pdf format, downloadable at :
> http://www.bio-nica.org/RevNicaEntomo/67-2007-
WIND FARM Field Technicians needed for a study of the impact of a wind farm
near Lowville, NY, on birds and bats. This study will assess the bird and bat
mortality resulting from collisions with the turbines. Duties include searching
for evidence of bird/bat collisions under towers and data entr
Dean of Arts and Sciences, Western Carolina University
Located in the beautiful Cullowhee Valley of North Carolina between the
Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains, Western Carolina University is a
regional comprehensive university with an enrollment of approximately
9,000 students offering undergraduat
Eight, Rangeland Ecology Technicians are needed from min-May to mid-August
in eastern Oregon, SW Idaho and NE California. Current Student Applicants
are preferred.
Job Description:
Technicians will assist in a juniper woodland and shrub steppe research
project. Results of this study will be u
Hello Ecologgers,
I am estimating canopy closure from hemispherical photographs using Gap
Light Analyzer (GLA). I am applying a mask to the photographs in order to
control my angle of view; however the author of GLA warned that the
topographic mask does not act to isolate the region of interest
Nominations Needed for ESA International Honorary Member Award
The Honorary Member Award is given to a distinguished ecologist who
has made exceptional contributions to ecology and whose principal
residence and site of ecological research are outside of North
America (i.e., USA, Canada and Mexi
Dear colleagues,
This information may be of interest to the Spanish-speaking ecological
community. A new number of Ecosistemas (2007/1), the freely accessible
journal of the Spanish Association for Terrestrial Ecology (AEET), is now
available online in the following address:
http://www.revistaeco
For more information about the search criteria and position see:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/searches/geo-070112/nsf_adgeo_search_letter.jsp
Subject: Candidate Search: Assistant Director for Geosciences
January 12, 2007
Dear Colleague:
We are initiating a national search for an Assistant Director
Please contact David Hunt directly if interested.
APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING
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Dear All,
I would like to draw your attention to the
following course being offered by the
Environmental Change Research Centre,
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