Please respond to Dr. Stephen C. Hart, contact information given below.
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP IN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AT NORTHERN ARIZONA
UNIVERSITY
A M.S. Research Assistantship is available in the School of Forestry
(www.for.nau.edu), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. The
succes
With apologies for cross-listings: Support for two graduate
assistantships in oak ecology is anticipated for Summer-Fall 2008 in the
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University
(http://www.fnr.purdue.edu/). The successful candidates will conduct
interrelated work on environm
There have been so many good answers to this very good question, so
this feeble response is not limited to Charlene. I've never tried to
teach ecology, and I ain't at all sure what I've "learned," but I do
know that I've got more questions about the subject than I have
answers--more than when
Hi colleagues,
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Please forgive my late entry into this topic of discussion but I did =
want to
throw out one or two issues concerning non-native species, invasive
non-natives, and biodiversity.
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One issue that has garnered very little discussion in a global context =
is
what constitutes a
An Open Invitation to Submit Papers to Castanea
(http=3A//www=2Esabs=2Eappstate=2Eedu)
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The Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (SABS) invites authors to sub=
mit papers to the journal Castanea that focus on any aspect of botany pe=
rtaining to the eastern United States (not just the southern
Dear Ecolog Members,
There has been considerable research on the effects of changing sea ice
conditions and how these will negatively affect polar bears. Reduced
ice coverage will also likely increase the amount of shipping in the
Northwest Passage (and other areas).
Has anyone looked at whet
As a high school teacher who sees an enormous
variation in student body from year to year, some
of whom go off to top colleges and succeed, many
of whom are first generation college hopefuls,
and a large number of whom are even refugees here
with at best erratic educational histories, I
find
This is in response to Andrew's question about 'throwing away' the
textbook in ecology classes.
In my own ecology class I use an ecology text as an assigned
reference for the very many (over 30) research papers we read. In
nearly every class students present a primary article and I assign
spec
I teach ecology to grad students here in Brazil, and the problems are
similar. However, the simple truth of the matter is that Andy is apparentl=
y
teaching "ecology" to students who do not have the appropriate
pre-requisites Sure, the university may not force formal pre-requisite=
s
on the s
