Postdoctoral Fellowship in Soil Science

2007-05-14 Thread Mark Hovenden
Scientist, Postdoctoral Fellow Location: Grasslands Job Number: AGR553 Applications Close 26/05/2007 Description: Postdoctoral Fellow Providing scientific leadership to the=20 agricultural industry to help promote and achieve=20 an innovative, sustainable and prosperous farming sector in NZ.

Re: Box Turtle Conservation Workshop - Call for Papers

2007-05-14 Thread Christopher Tracey
On 5/12/07, Chris Swarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3rd Box Turtle Conservation Workshop > > A Box Turtle Conservation Workshop will be held November 9-10, 2007 at > Patuxent Research Refuge's National Wildlife Visitor Center in Laurel, > Maryland. This is the third in a series of workshops ai

Faculty Research Assistant in Remote Sensing

2007-05-14 Thread Andrew Elmore
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Appalachian Laboratory has an opening for a part time faculty research assistant to work on remote sensing and Geographical Information Science (GIS) research projects in Maryland. Strong computer and math skills are required, pref

MS and PhD Assistantships, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

2007-05-14 Thread Jon Schoonover
Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The Department of Forestry at = SIUC has research assistantships available for Ph.D. and M.S. graduate = students interested in pursuing research in watershed management, water = quality, hydrology, and plant propagation. Projects include 1.) = quantifying

Adj. Position Env Studies at Southwestern Univ (liberal arts)

2007-05-14 Thread Romi Burks
Southwestern University, an undergraduate liberal arts institution in Georgetown, Texas (25 miles north of Austin), is searching for an adjunct faculty member to teach one course each semester of the 2007-2008 academic year. The Environmental Studies program offers both a major and a minor; it is i

NCEAS Call for Proposals - 16 July 2007

2007-05-14 Thread Stephanie Hampton
Colleagues: A reminder that the next deadline for NCEAS proposals is 16 July 2007. Find full information by following the Call for Proposals link on our website: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis was initiated in 1995 to promote synthesis, anal

Historical Landscape Ecology Postdoc

2007-05-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Postdoctoral Fellow in Historical Landscape Ecololgy RE-ANNOUNCEMENT 14 MAY 2007 Forest Landscape Ecology Lab Forest Ecology & Management Department University of Wisconsin-Madison We are seeking a postdoc for an historical ecology project to examine the relationship of pre-European vegetation o

Summerschool Munich Global Change

2007-05-14 Thread Pleuni Pennings
The Munich Graduate Program for Evolution, Ecology and Systematics (EES) invites applications for an International EES Summer School on 'Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences of Global Change' held at Frauenchiemsee (80 km east of Munich) from 9 - 14 September 2007. The 5-day Summer School w

Re: Rarefaction

2007-05-14 Thread Gareth Russell
Shrinidhi, Rarefaction assumes that a bigger sampling size would result in more species IN A GIVEN SAMPLE PLOT. And it's not a bad assumption, as sampling more individuals can never result in LESS species! You are talking about a comparison BETWEEN your plots, which is completely different,

Postdoctoral Position in DENDRO-CLIMATOLOGY

2007-05-14 Thread Yves Bergeron
We are seeking a postdoctoral candidate to work in the following multidisciplinary project: Impact of climate change on the productivity of mixed boreal forests. Climate warming is believed to directly affect the growth of trees and the natural disturbance regime and, consequently, the productiv

Science News: Lizards join frogs in rapid declines

2007-05-14 Thread stan moore
se: http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2007/may/science/ee_amphibians.html Stan Moore notes: It seems inevitable that the varied population stressors imposed by humans on other life forms will have to ultimately deplete our own populations, probably on an involuntary basis. One