[ECOLOG-L] VertNet Biodiversity Informatics Survey Participation Request for ESA Members

Dear ESA members, As the project coordinator for VertNet, which supports http://manisnet.org/"; target="_blank">MaNIS, http://www.herpnet.org/"; target="_blank">HerpNET, http://olla.berkeley.edu/ornisnet/"; target="_blank">ORNIS and http://www.fishnet2.net/index.html"; target="_blank">FishNet II

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access and Intellectual Imperialism

The physical sciences seem to be halfway there with arXiv.org . Jane On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:22 PM, joseph gathman wrote: > Jane wrote: >> The journal's contribution is coordinating peer review, formatting the >> paper and, most importantly, disseminating the paper. > > It seems we are approac

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Aquatic Ecologist--Cape Cod National Seashore, MA-deadline extended

Note- deadline for applications has been extended to 5/18/09 Aquatic Ecologist--Cape Cod National Seashore, MA Go to USAjobs (usajobs.gov) and search aquatic ecologist in Wellfleet, MA to see the full announcement. Extended Deadline-Announcement closes May 18, 2009. Statement of Duties

[ECOLOG-L] Deadline Reminder: 15 May 09 - ESA Thomas Frost Award for Graduate Research

THOMAS M. FROST AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN GRADUATE RESEARCH The Aquatic Section of the Ecological Society of America is pleased to sponsor the 2009 Thomas M. Frost Award for Excellence in Graduate Research. Thomas M. Frost was the director of the University of Wisconsin Trout Lake Station from 1

[ECOLOG-L] open access, social networking, and web2.0

My son sent me this link about a new development on the publishing front: http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/05/12/mendeleys-klingon-battle-cruiser-de-cloaks-in-london-with-the-lastfm-for-academia/ |"|"|""//*\\""|"|"| Geoffrey M. Henebry, Ph.D., C.S.E. Coordinator, Geospatial Science & Engineering Ph.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access and Intellectual Imperialism

Jane wrote: > The journal's contribution is coordinating peer review, formatting the > paper and, most importantly, disseminating the paper. It seems we are approaching the time when journals become obsolete for these functions. We could do all this through the internet right now. Imagine just

Re: [ECOLOG-L] wildfire impact on wildlife? Santa Barbara etc?

The pic of the fawn and mt lion is so freaking adorable it should be illegal :) Just to clarify in this particular case I am actually looking for individuals who are caring for individual rescued animals, not ecosystem wide impacts, and though I got several responses none so far have been what I

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc positions in Ecology at South China Botanical Garden/South China Institute of Botany (SCBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Postdoc positions in ECOLOGY at South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences South China Botanical Garden/South China Institute of Botany(SCBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is a national research institution in plant and ecology sciences. Major research directions of SCBG

[ECOLOG-L] "100-Talent Program" Senior Scientist Positions in Ecology at South China Botanical Garden/South China Institute of Botany (SCBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

"100-Talent Program" Senior scientist positions in ECOLOGY at South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences South China Botanical Garden/South China Institute of Botany(SCBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is a national research institution in plant and ecology sciences. Majo

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate position: Parasitoid community ecology

PhD student position at the University of Helsinki in PARASTOID METACOMMUNITY ECOLOGY The student will research patterns of metacommunity structure and the mechanisms behind them using the community surrounding the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) in the Åland islands, Finlan

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Research Position

Department of Energy funded Postdoctoral Research position: A Postdoctoral Research Associate position to study C4 photosynthesis is available in the School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University. Working with Dr. Asaph Cousins, the overall objective of this research project is

Re: [ECOLOG-L] wildfire impact on wildlife? Santa Barbara etc?

Wendee, Thought you might find this blog post from Wildfire Today timely and interesting: http://www.wildfiretoday.com/news/2009/5/11/fawn-and-mountain-lion-cub-together.html See also this link to the animal rescue team: http://www.animalrescueteam.net/ You might also doa a search for "Lil'

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access and Intellectual Imperialism Approval required

Luke and Ecolog: Thanks for the link! Are there any ethical issues about the practice of jobbing-out journals to for-profit entities and taking a cut for the organization? Or do organizations get anything besides a few copies of the publication for their contracts? Certainly, though, no offic

Re: [ECOLOG-L] PEER TO PEER PDF SHARING

I think that the use of the term "peer-to-peer" in this discussion is in the literal sense of one person sending to another and not in the technical sense of using torrents to download files from several individual computers. It thus involves only an exchange of emails and no special software.