NEON, Inc. Staff Scientist: Applicant Meet-up at ESA

2007-07-18 Thread Brian Wee
NEON, Inc. Staff Scientist: Applicant Meet-up at ESA (Ref: Ecolog-l posting dated 7/12/07, see also http://www.neoninc.org/employment/employment.html) This is in reference to a National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Inc. position for a full-time staff scientist based in Boulder, CO.

postdoctoral position available

2007-07-18 Thread Leah Gerber
Postdoctoral Position in Animal Behavior and Demography Arizona State University Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in behavioral ecology and population biology/demography. The position is available from October 1, 2007, for a period of up to 2 years. Postdoc will work with PI

Call for Papers - ESR Theme Issue: "Fisheries Bycatch: P roblems and Solutions"

2007-07-18 Thread Brendan Godley
ESR Theme Issue: "Fisheries Bycatch: Problems and Solutions" Fisheries bycatch is an issue of global conservation concern that = affects many species worldwide. Endangered Species Research (ESR) = http://www.int-res.com/journals/esr/, a growing conservation journal, is = developing a theme issu

Grasshopper intern needed Aug/Sept

2007-07-18 Thread Jennifer S. Belovsky
Summer/Fall Field Intern for Grasshopper Ecosystem Study National Bison Range, Moiese, Montana A field assistant intern is needed to work with Dr. Gary Belovsky (Professor, University of Notre Dame) on Grasshopper Ecosystem Study located on the National Bison Range, Moiese, Montana. This is a

Associate Research Scientist

2007-07-18 Thread Amanda Barry
University of Wyoming College of Arts & Sciences – Academic Vacancy ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST - #4799 Wyoming Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit Associate Research Scientist Employer: University of Wyoming Location: Laramie, WY Salary: Competitive and commensurate with qualifications a

Ph.D. Assistantship in Interdisciplinary Ecology

2007-07-18 Thread =Debbie Miller, Ph.D.
PhD. Graduate assistantship in Interdisciplinary Ecology through the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Florida, West Florida Research and Education Center (WFREC). This assistantship is for a doctorial degree candidate to conduct research on coastal vegetatio

NEW BOOK: The Quintessential Naturalist

2007-07-18 Thread L Guevarra
Dear ECOLOG-L: The University of California Press is pleased to announce the publication of: The Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson Edited by Douglas A. Kelt, Enrique P. Lessa, Jorge Salazar-Bravo, and James L. Patton http://go.ucpress.edu/Kelt O

Re: assisted migration

2007-07-18 Thread James J. Roper
Interesting concept - if you take my sarcasm. Let's imagine that migration took eons to evolve - do we have such hubris that we think we can predict evolution? With global warming, will animals need to migrate anymore, or will migration be even more important? And, if we translocated some animal

Job: Campus Sustainability Coordinator

2007-07-18 Thread Richard Niesenbaum
Below is an ad and a link to a job description for a Campus Sustainability Coordinator at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. Although this is a part-time position, it does include benefits and there are opportunities for additional income through teaching at Muhlenberg and at other near-by Colle

Re: assisted migration

2007-07-18 Thread WENDEE HOLTCAMP
By "assisted migration" is he talking about things like when Joe Duff has helped establish a new population of whooping cranes by hand raising them and then teaching them to fly and migrate with an ultralight? Are there even any other examples of that? I always thought that was a cool story. Wen

assisted migration

2007-07-18 Thread David Inouye
John Nielsen, a Correspondent on the Science Desk at NPR News in Washington DC is working on a story about "assisted migration" as it relates to global climate change. "I have heard that while there are no "official" translocations taking place at the moment, there's a lively scientific debate goin

Re: ECOLOGY Mathematics and the metamathematics of evasive ecology? Re: Request: Data sets for biocalculus project

2007-07-18 Thread James J. Roper
Mattheus, You are showing some misunderstanding of the use of statistics. A few observations. 1. If your results are so glaringly obvious, then the question was probably not very interesting, or a logical consequence of the methods. 2. Questions that are not so simple need statistics to disco

New free SLIKS file maker program (SLIKSMaker) lets you make illustrated interactive keys more easily now.

2007-07-18 Thread Guala, Gerald - Baton Rouge, LA
Hello all, There is now a free utility that helps you to build a datafile to make your own illustrated interactive keys in the free, open, keying software SLIKS (www.stingersplace.com/SLIKS/. I've recently gotten some feedback that a lot of people are a bit apprehensive about making a SLIKS d

Re: ECOLOGY Mathematics and the metamathematics of evasive ecology? Re: Request: Data sets for biocalculus project

2007-07-18 Thread Matheus Carvalho
After these brilliant words about an important topic, a less luminous opinion about something that may be related somewhat. I mean statistical tests. I don't want to be a rebel. I believe this has been talked before and repeated many times. But there I go. Why to make those complicated and time con