Western Field Ornithologists (WFO) meeting, September 2007

Hello, Ecologists. Here is a note from Debbie Van Dooremolen, announcing that the deadline for submitting abstracts for papers at the 2007 WFO meeting HAS BEEN EXTENDED. Please see Debbie's note, below, for details. Debbie is the scientific program chairperson for this year's meeting, so

English language

Warren: =20 A comment about the words impact and significant: =20 I recently moved from an academic institution to a state agency. While I was always careful with my use of the words influence and effect when writing Results sections of papers, now I must use the word impact at work for the

postdoc: Evolutionary radiations in South African Proteaceae

Post-doctoral Fellow I-Anticipated Department of Ecology Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut Evolutionary radiations in South African Proteaceae The Department of Ecology Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut invites applications for an anticipated position as

paid 5 month internship in Phoenix, AZ

Conservation and Land Management Mentoring Program =20 A paid botany internship position is available for a recent graduate with a biology related major. =20 Compensation is $750 per two week pay period. =20 The internship is 5 months in length.=20 =20 Opportunities exist to continue work

field botanist positions (oak wilt)

POSITION DESCRIPTION TITLE: Seasonal Field Botanist (5 positions) SUPERVISOR: Vegetation Ecologist LOCATION: Killeen, Texas STARTING/ENDING DATES: October 1-November 16, 2007 SALARY: $531/week APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 31 (positions will be filled as applications arrive) SUMMARY OF

Kriging software/algorithms which do not require x,y

Question for you geostatisticians out there: is anyone aware of a kriging software package (command line or otherwise) which can generate kriging models from *precomputed* distances between known locations (e.g. I would feed the algorithm an N x N grid of distances, if N = the number of known

Postdoc, tritrophic interactions

A position is available for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct research on tritrophic interactions in a natural system. The primary objective is to evaluate the costs and benefits of direct and indirect defenses against the herbivores of Datura wrightii in natural communities. The

ECOLOGY Soil atmosphere/climate

Honorable Forum: I'm looking for references on soil atmosphere or climate (the distinctions between the two terms is a bit foggy to me). My primary interest at the moment is in condensation of free or capillary (available) water on soil particles as a result of temperature change, i.e., the

Fwd: EPA Invites Public Comment on Design of Nanotechnology Stewardship Program

Not my field, but it seems to me this might be of=20 interest to the Ecolog-L membership. Cheers, - Ashwani Vasishth[EMAIL PROTECTED] (818) 677-6137 http://www.csun.edu/~vasishth/ http://www.myspace.com/ashwanivasishth Date: Wed,

Science writing Clarity and accuracy vs sciencespeak Re: English language

Warren, Shannon, et al: Or We noticed an eagle eating a loon egg, so we need another grant to statistically confirm or refute our speculation that eagle predation on loon eggs is related to overall loon population trends rather than perhaps some less spectacular organism, like, man, like some

Revised Publication

FHSU announces second edition release of popular 'Pasture and Range Plants' guide HAYS, Kan. -- Published in the late 1950s, Pasture and Range Plants, a highly popular and valuable guide to plant life in the North American Plains ecosystem, was compiled by Fort Hays State University with

M.S. Graduate Assistantship: Joint Fire Science funded, UNLV, Nevada

A M.S. research assistantship is available with the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The project, funded by the interagency Joint Fire Science Program, will focus on identifying successful native species suitable for revegetating desert