[ECOLOG-L] PhD at U Laval, Québec: Modelling gene introgression in native Populus of western Canada

2009-05-22 Thread Steven G. Cumming
Modelling gene introgression in native Populus of western Canada A PhD position in population genetics and ecological modelling is available with Université Laval and the Canadian Forest Service (Laurentian Research Center; CFS). Full funding is provided by the Canadian Regulatory

[ECOLOG-L] Post-Doc in Ecosystem Ecology at UC Merced

2009-05-22 Thread Daniel C. Laughlin
Post-Doc in Ecosystem Ecology at UC Merced A postdoctoral scholar is desired to assist a new senior faculty member at the University of California, Merced in the development of a strong and independently funded research program in the area of Terrestrial Microbial and Ecosystem Ecology, with a

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Biological Science Technician (Invasive Plants)

2009-05-22 Thread Michael Castillo
Biological Science Technician (Plants) Wage: $14.74 per hour Series Grade: GS-0404-05 Duty Locations: 1 vacancy – Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Alamo, TX Dates of Employment: June 22 through September 26, 2009 Description of Duties: The primary duties of this

[ECOLOG-L] Bigger isn't better

2009-05-22 Thread Neil Dawe
A return to booming economic growth would put the world back on the path to disaster -- it's time for a radical rethinking http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/fp/bigger%20better/1590471/story.html

[ECOLOG-L] Post-doc and technical positions available

2009-05-22 Thread Joel Trexler
Post-doc in aquatic ecology Post-doctoral position available for study of community ecology of fishes in the Florida Everglades. We are researching metacommunity and spatial ecology of fish in wetlands and this position will study interactions of fish communities in aquatic refuge and marsh

[ECOLOG-L] biologist working on military land?

2009-05-22 Thread Wendee Holtcamp
I am doing a post on my Animal Planet blog about how military lands benefit wildlife. I know there have been several stories out there and I just wanted to get a few quotes from someone who works with some endangered species of animal on US military land - it can be any species anywhere (not

[ECOLOG-L] Bird Bander in Rhode Island

2009-05-22 Thread Peter Paton
Bird bander needed from 3 Aug to 1 November 2009 to study the fall migration of passerines at a 82-acre coastal site in Rhode Island, which is one of the longest running banding stations in North America. Station located in Kingston, Rhode Island Salary is $2300 per month + housing. The

[ECOLOG-L] [NCSE] Green Chemistry Leader to Head EPA Research

2009-05-22 Thread Ainka Granderson
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Green Chemistry Leader to Head EPA Research Paul Anastas, the Director of Yale University's Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering and Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry

[ECOLOG-L] (il)legality of sharing PDF papers??

2009-05-22 Thread Dong Gill Kim
Dear all: I was wondering how the founder of Mendeley (a website for pdf file sharing) is thinking about (il)legality of sharing PDF papers. So I sent a message to him. With his permission I shared his reply as below. After reading his reply, I am still very confused. What do you think about it?

[ECOLOG-L] Where to find postdoc opps in sustainable agriculture?

2009-05-22 Thread Laura Hill Bermingham
Dear Ecolog, I am interested in pursuing a post-doctoral fellowship in sustainable agriculture. I rarely see postings on the Ecolog listserv that fit into this category and am curious if anyone knows of another listserv where sustainable ag opportunities are more commonly posted?

[ECOLOG-L] Why should I care about mass extinciton?

2009-05-22 Thread Brendan Rogers
Okay, I'm the average Joe or Jane, concerned with my kids' educations, mortgage payments, a failing economy, crime, and sometimes endangered species. When the media warns of global warming, they most often cite three reasons why I should care: 1) more heat waves 2) more storms 3) sea level rise

Re: [ECOLOG-L] (il)legality of sharing PDF papers??

2009-05-22 Thread malcolm McCallum
One could argue that pdf sharing and pdf depositories are in the best interest of the journals. The more widely the pdf's are shared, the more likely they are to be cited and so the higher the impact rating of the journal playing to the perception that this rating means quality. So, playing on