[ECOLOG-L] 2009 AAG Special Session

2008-10-01 Thread Franco Biondi
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS/POSTERS 2009 Annual AAG Meeting (March 22-27, 2009) at the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Proposed Session Title: "Climate, Wildfire, and Woodland Dynamics in the Great Basin of North America". Sponsored by the AAG Biogeography Specialty Group, Climate Specialty Group, a

[ECOLOG-L] Research killer whales and their prey in 2009

2008-10-01 Thread Scott Veirs, Beam Reach
Get off-campus and study wild orcas for 10 weeks in the spring or fall of 2009! Apply now to conduct your own research with the Beam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability School. Beam Reach is for you if you want to: -- study endangered killer whales and salmon in the wild -- use advanced

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate recruitment weekend at West Virginia Univ.

2008-10-01 Thread William T. Peterjohn
The Department of Biology at West Virginia University is hosting its Sixth Annual Graduate Recruitment Weekend on November 15-16, 2008. We would be delighted to have any interested students participate. This will be a great opportunity for talented undergraduate and graduate students to acquaint

[ECOLOG-L] DoD SMART fellowships

2008-10-01 Thread David Inouye
The Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program has been established by the Department of Defense (DoD) to support undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The pr

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Assistantship: Energetics of nitrogen use in cropping ecosystems

2008-10-01 Thread Clain Jones
The Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University (Bozeman) is seeking a highly energetic and capable graduate student (Ph.D. preferred) to conduct research in nutrient cycling in agricultural ecosystems with a focus on legumes. This USDA-NRI sponsored rese

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Summary: Undergrad Class in Biodiversity

2008-10-01 Thread Peter W. Houlihan
I do not recommend using: "Theodoropoulos, David I. Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience". It does not provide an unbiased view of the field and reads like a polemic. You'll find a critiques of it here: 1) http://jeq.scijournals.org/cgi/content/full/33/6/2384 2) Am. Midi. Nat. 154:26