Would you use classification analysis in this case?

Dear friends, How would you deal with the following problem, which I am faced with? I have data on the basal area (an indirect measure of biomass) of a dominant conifer in 37 souther Brazilian forests. I want to split those forests in groups, since I will use the conifer's basal area as a

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Is ecological restoration imperative, or impossible?

Read these two views on the subject of ecological restoration from George Gann, Vice Chair of the Society for Ecological Restoration, and Cliff Duke, Science Programs Director of the Ecological Society of America, respectively, now at ESA News and Views, the ESA blog, www.esa.org/esablog. Add your

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Research Specialist--Spatial Analyst, Forest Landscape Ecology Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison -- Position Reopened 7 March 2007 Duties: Research and Research Support--Serve as lead technical scientist on ecological research projects using spatial data and GIS software; providing technical su

ozone monitor manual

Dear all: We need a copy of the manual for a Dasibi ozone monitor (Model 1008-AH serial # 5258). Dasibi seems to be out of business since about 2002. Any help will be appreciated. Also, is there a newer, better, less expensive device serving the same purpose? B. Momen 301 405 1332, [EMAIL PRO

carbon sequestration?

I'm a bit confused about what people mean when they talk about carbon sequestration. In some papers it seems to refer to atmoshpheric carbon dioxide uptake, other times it seems to refer to the ability of soils or plants to store carbon. So, generally speaking does "carbon sequestration" refer t

Re: carbon sequestration?

Carbon sequestration is the capture and long-term storage of atmospheric ca= rbon by terrestrial plants, soils, and the ocean. Christopher Habeck=20 Zoology Graduate Student=20 University of Wisconsin=20 > Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:52:30 -0800> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: ca= rbon sequestrat

Faculty Position in Silviculture and Ecosystem Productivity

Hi Everyone: Would you please share the following position description with colleagues who you think would be interested and qualified? Someone conducting research with an ecosystem or physiological perspective would be a nice fit - particularly if they are working on C dynamics. Thanks very mu

Re: carbon sequestration?

Carbon is the basic unit of measure here; in the atmosphere we talk about CO2 because, as the end product of a wide variety of litho- and biochemical reactions, that's its most common form and the most important greenhouse gas. Wikipedia has several good articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car

Dealing with non-normal, ordinal data for 2-way ANOVA with interactions

Help with stubbornly non-normal data We have a data set with 2 independent variables and 1 dependent (Gosner stage for amphibian larvae). We have tried every creative way to transform the data and end up with significant deviation from normality each time. What we'd like to ultimately do is t

Job: animal survey technician, NJ

AVIAN SURVEY TECHNICIAN (1) needed 15 April through 30 November 2006 for project that monitors bird movement and mortality around a small wind power facility in southern New Jersey. Duties include conducting point count surveys, making behavioral observations of daytime bird movements, searchin

Re: carbon sequestration?

Hi All, I feel that the best way to look at this question is to look at it in terms of the carbon cycle. If we are talking about carbon with respect to global climate change, the exact form of carbon doesn't matter. CO2 in the atmosphere is what affects radiative forcing, so no matter how that C

PhD position available

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West Coast Opportunities Update

My orginal text: I am an undergraduate student who will be graduating this March. I was wondering is there is a similar ListServ that is focused more on the western U.S. States? I really enjoy the topics and opportunities of this listserv but feel it's east coast biased, which I understand since i

Research Technician Job

Please post the following job announcement. Biological Sciences (Plants) Research Technician GS 07/08/09 USDA ARS Reno, NV SALARY RANGE: 35,752.00 - 56,849.00 USD per year USDA ARS Announcement Number: ARS-D7W-0130 Application Deadline: Must be RECEIVED by March 30, 2007 We seek highly motiva

Re: carbon sequestration?

Christopher provides a good explanation, but one statement of his needs expansion. He said "...the forest needs to remain forest for a long time to actually sequester carbon." As I understand the process, a forest of live trees sequesters and stores carbon. When those trees die and fall, decay g

Post-Doc Riparian Ecologist/Community Ecologist

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Bird banding internship opportunities

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Devon Island (Nunavut) Camp Leader Volunteer Position August 1-15

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Re: Dealing with non-normal, ordinal data for 2-way ANOVA with interactions

Well - opinions vary on this topic, but, a couple of things to consider in 2-way factorial ANOVA with a non-normal response. 1) ANOVA is robust with respect to deviations from normality, especially with decent sample sizes. (Good ole Central Limit Theorem comes in handy!) So, what is your sample

Rangeland Ecology Technician

Rangeland Ecology Technician Job Type: full-time temporary position Opportunity location: Northern Great Basin Closing date (if specified): 15 Mar 2007 Opportunity Description: Oregon State University-Eastern Oregon Agricutural Research Center is looking to hire someone quickly for a summer