Re: [ECOLOG-L] Thank you for responding to the survey!

Phil challenges us "to name a metropolitan area that doesn't include a disgustingly 'suburban' area" so let me offer one (assuming that his definition of a "disgustingly" suburban area is one with uncontrolled sprawl converting farms and wildlands into lawns): I live in a suburb of the Portland (O

[ECOLOG-L] Geological Society meeting, Oregon

From Volcanoes to Vineyards: Living with Dynamic Landscape 18-21 October 2009 * Portland, Oregon Oregon Convention Center http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2009/ Registration deadline: Standard, 1 June thru 14 September 2009 Abstract deadline: 1

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Thank you for responding to the survey!

I disagree with, what I perceive to be, the sentiment that "cities are bad". Is it not the case that one of the best predictors of diminished ecosystem integrity is the presence of humans, e.g. roads, resorts, etc.? I would argue that confining the human footprint to the smallest area possible

[ECOLOG-L] Northwest Scientific Association 81st Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA

Dear ECOLOG-L Members, Northwest Scientific Association will convene its 81st Annual Meeting in Seattle, on the campus of University of Washington, March 25-28, 2009. Please join scientists from the Northwest to share research findings in botany, fire ecology, forestry, geology, plant ecology,

[ECOLOG-L] AGA Symposium: Genetics and Genomics of Environmental Change

The American Genetic Association 2009 Symposium on: The Genetics and Genomics of Environmental Change will be held at Brown University 8-11 June 2009 Registration Is now live at: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/EEB/aga/ Register by March 15 and save on Registration fees. Hope to see you in P

[ECOLOG-L] Using Phylogenies in Ecology: symposium at the University of Michigan, March 14

"Using Phylogenies in Ecology" Registration is still available for the 5th Annual Early Career Scientists Symposium to held at the University of Michigan on March 14, 2009. The Symposium examines how phylogenies have been integrated into the field of ecology, thus providing an evolutionary perspe

[ECOLOG-L] Job vacancies: 2 x Conservation Scientists at UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, U.K.

Conservation Scientists Two full-time permanent positions now exist to work across all six of the Centre's programmes to increase the scientific credibility, impact and profile of the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre's work. Key duties will include advising on and implementing robust an

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Thank you for responding to the survey!

The effects of overcomsumption and overdevelopment on the part of people in modern cities are very obvious, and one does not need to make the sorts of arguments that Miller makes below to show the effects. The obscene amount of energy required to maintain people living in modern cites would be gre

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate change and Agroecosystems

In the case of human mammals, there is something unique about our place in the world. We have the "intelligence" to control our environment on a large scale. Our control of otherwise "natural" systems can throw them out of balance, or at least, into a new balance. In an extreme case, this

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate change and Agroecosystems

That's an interesting question which I recently discussed during a presentation of mine at a church. Of course we are part of the natural system. But we have the ability to think about what we are doing, know our impact in the future, and thus make decisions about the well-being of our children o