[ECOLOG-L] Ph.D. ASSISTANTSHIP: Effects of imperfect detectability on inferences from avian monitoring

2009-05-21 Thread Lawrence D Igl
EFFECTS OF IMPERFECT DETECTABILITY ON INFERENCES FROM AVIAN MONITORING Ph.D. ASSISTANTSHIP in WILDLIFE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT or CONSERVATION BIOLOGY Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The value of bird monit

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Research Assistant, Mammals Division of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum

2009-05-21 Thread Miller, Jennie RB
Dr. Richard Thorington is looking for a new assistant to help him with his research on squirrels in the Mammals Division of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC as of August 2009. For more information, contact Thor at thoringt...@si.edu or his current assistant, Jenni

[ECOLOG-L] HELP Evolution of species specific relationships and extinction or?

2009-05-21 Thread Wayne Tyson
Ecolog: If this post is not appropriate* for discussion here, I would appreciate it if y'all would forward my question to more appropriate lists and ask any respondents to contact me directly. Do species-specific relationships (e.g. dung beetle species and the dung of a specific animal) evolv

[ECOLOG-L] Virgin Islands Bathymetry shape files

2009-05-21 Thread Flavia Tonioli
Hi everyone, I'm searching for shape files (GIS) for Virgin Islands Bathymetry. Could anybody help me to find a website where I could download Virgin islands shapefiles for bathymetry, please? Thanks and have a great day Flavia

[ECOLOG-L] MS Graduate Research Assistantship – Aquati c/Restoration Ecology

2009-05-21 Thread Kathleen McGrath
Position Title: MS Graduate Research Assistantship – Aquatic/Restoration Ecology Location: State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY Responsibilities: This research will examine the effects of stream restoration structures on the biotic (invertebrat

[ECOLOG-L] IBS Awards: Call for Nominations for the Alfred Russel Wallace Award

2009-05-21 Thread Morgan Ernest
The Alfred Russel Wallace award was established by the International Biogeography Society (IBS) in 2004 to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions by an eminent scholar in any subdiscipline of biogeography. Previous recipients have included Drs. Jack Briggs, Jared Diamond and John Avise

[ECOLOG-L] Post-doc position in Evolutionary Ecology of Biological Invasions

2009-05-21 Thread =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jennifer_Lau?=
Post-doctoral Position in Evolutionary Ecology of Biological Invasions I am searching for a creative, motivated post-doc to work on an NSF-funded project on the evolutionary ecology of biological invasions. The proposed research applies community genetics to the study of biological invasions to i

[ECOLOG-L] M.Sc. position to study the interaction between WOODLAND CARIBOU, MOOSE, BLACK BEAR AND WOLF

2009-05-21 Thread James Hodson
We are looking for a master’s student to participate in research on the interactions between caribou, moose, black bear, and wolves in the Charlevoix and Côte-Nord region of Québec. The research objective is to develop models predicting the spatial distribution of the four species in managed b

[ECOLOG-L] The urgency of global warming & Sea-Level Rise Revised

2009-05-21 Thread Alexey A Voinov
Just when we thought that sea level is no longer a problem, now we are told that... --- Global warming could be twice as bad as forecast Tue May 19, 2009 4:42pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global warming's effects this century could be twice as extreme as estimated just six years ago, scientist