[ECOLOG-L] MS assistantship in fisheries at Arkansas-Pine Bluff

2009-04-04 Thread Mike Eggleton
M.Sc. Graduate Research Assistantship - Fisheries Biology - available immediately The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s Aquaculture/Fisheries Center encompasses personnel and facilities of the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries and the University of Arkansas Extension Service. The C

[ECOLOG-L] Reposting Pollination Field Technician Postion

2009-04-04 Thread Dan Cariveau
Pollination Field Technician – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Description: Two (2) field technicians are needed to examine role of native bees in crop pollination. In particular, the objectives of this research are to determine 1) how landscape attributes influence bee communities and

[ECOLOG-L] PhD fellowship on "evolution and invasions on macroevultionary islands: insectes on phylogenetically isolated trees" in Rennes (France)

2009-04-04 Thread Andreas Prinzing
A PhD fellowship is available at Rennes 1 University on: Evolution and invasions on macroevolutionary islands: insects on phylogenetically isolated trees Funding is by the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS (Institute National de l’écologie et de l’environnement). As alw

Re: [ECOLOG-L] clarification/ parthenogenesis & sex

2009-04-04 Thread Karen Gerhart
Wendee -- Look at Mark Ridley's The Cooperative Gene. He discusses how meiosis (and thus, on some level, sex) is designed to stop genes from 'cheating' as cells alternative between diploid and haploid states. Meiosis includes recombination (via crossing over) because the random reshuffling co

[ECOLOG-L] Undergraduate Summer Research Position in Ecology

2009-04-04 Thread Jonathan Levine
The Levine laboratory at UC Santa Barbara has a summer research experience for undergraduate (REU) position focused on the maintenance of species diversity in annual plant communities. The REU student will explore the coexistence of annual plants living in serpentine soils with models based on our

[ECOLOG-L] Technician position Ohio State University

2009-04-04 Thread Kristin Mercer
Laboratory technician position (research associate I) Mercer lab at Ohio State University Plant evolutionary ecology in agricultural systems Applications accepted April 4-12 I am seeking a highly motivated individual to fill a full-time lab technician (Research Associate I) position in a newly

[ECOLOG-L] Field Crew Leader - Restoration Ecology - Pacific Northwest

2009-04-04 Thread Amanda Stanley
Temporary field crew leader position available at the Institute for Applied Ecology in Corvallis, Oregon starting as soon as possible. This position is open until filled. Please see the attached announcement or our website www.appliedeco.org for more details. *** Amanda G. Stanley, Ph.D. Project

[ECOLOG-L] Environmental Education Specialist

2009-04-04 Thread =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bridget_Walden?=
Description: Spend 6‐months in Southern Nevada working with the Red Rock Canyon Interpretive Association providing environmental educational programs at Red Rock Canyon and with the Boys and Girls Club. Gain applied teaching and curriculum development experience while pioneering a critical educatio

[ECOLOG-L] looking for municipalities with climate change plans

2009-04-04 Thread Beth Olsen
I am interested in locating state/provincial or municipal comprehensive plans recommending adaptive strategies for community-wide adjustments to climate change. If you know of a community that developed such a plan, I would appreciate any info you can offer. Thanks, Beth Olsen

[ECOLOG-L] Field assistant in Eugene, OR

2009-04-04 Thread Alexa Carleton
Seeking field assistant! Field assistant needed May to June 2009 for a study of the endangered Fender’s blue butterfly in Eugene, OR. The study site is the Nature Conservancy’s Willow Creek Natural Area, a remnant prairie that holds one of the few remaining Fender’s blue populations. The goal of t

[ECOLOG-L] Ph. D. Research Assistantship

2009-04-04 Thread Guiming Wang
Hi all, We have a Ph.D. Research Assistantship available in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi State University. Below are the description of the position and requirements. Sorry for crossing posting. Sincerely, Guiming Wang

Re: [ECOLOG-L] EVOLUTION Sex and Parthogenesis Re: [ECOLOG-L] clarification/ parthenogenesis & sex

2009-04-04 Thread Wendee Holtcamp
Raven and Johnston 5th edition, McGraw Hill. It's not incorrect what they said. It's maybe simplified. It's not that sex does not confer advantage to individuals. As I understand it, it's that sex does not in every situation and every species and under every circumstance benefit individuals more