[ECOLOG-L] Call for abstracts: AGU Fall Meeting Vegetation & Flow

Please consider submitting to the following session at the AGU Fall Meeting this year. The abstract deadline is September 2, 2010. EP 18. Vegetation and Flow in Fluvial and Wetland Environments Complex interactions between flow and vegetation play a critical role in the hydroecology and geomorph

[ECOLOG-L] Top this root length density

Colleagues: I'm working up some root length density data (a palm) and am encountering some crazy high values, close to 15 cm / cm3 in the upper 0.1 m of surface soil. I'm not finding anything near this high in the literature, can anyone suggest instances of comparably large values? Appreciati

[ECOLOG-L] SER2011 Call for Proposals

Dear Colleagues and Friends The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) is now accepting proposals for special sessions, symposia, workshops and training courses at its 4th World Conference on Ecological Restoration, August 21-25, 2011 in Mérida, Mexico. The deadline for submitting a proposal

[ECOLOG-L] three graduate positions at SUNY ESF

Three graduate research positions (MS or PhD) on two projects are now open at SUNY ESF. Please see announcements below - thanks. *** SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry: Graduate Research Assistantship in Dendroclimatology, starting either in Spring 2011 or Fall 2011. We are seek

Re: [ECOLOG-L] another view on Gulf clean up

This article is spot on. It is way too premature for anyone to make pronouncements about the effects of this oil. The overall effects and time needed for the environment there to clean itself up will not be known for a very long time - if ever, since so much of the dispersed oil is below the surfac

[ECOLOG-L] Doran papers

Dear all Does anyone have a pdf or hadre copie of of these papers Doran, J.W., and T.B. Parkin. 1994. Defining and assessing soil quality p. 3–21. In J.W. Doran, D.C. Coleman, D.F. Bezdicek, and B.A. Stewart (ed.) Defining soil quality for a sustainable environment. SSSA Spec. Publ. 35. SSSA,

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology Education Webinar

NIMBioS-ESA Webinar: "Math, Computing, Undergraduate Ecology Education and Large Datasets: An Example from a Citizen Science Program" Date: Sept. 8, 2010 Time: 1 - 1:45 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time Organizers: William Godsoe (NIMBioS) and Louis Gross (Univ. of Tennessee/NIMBioS) Objectives:

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc, tech or grad positions on ecosystem and climate dynamics

Apologies for cross-posting Terrestrial Ecosystem and climate dynamics Up to six postdoctoral positions and two technician positions at Los Alamos National Laboratory and one postdoctoral position at the University of Montana are available to study past and future patterns and impacts of vegetati

[ECOLOG-L] Amphibians and Reptiles of Nebraska, new in 2010

Amphibians and Reptiles of Nebraska, new in 2010 by Royce Ballinger, John Lynch, & Geoffrey Smith Hardback, 400 pages, the first authoritative and comprehensive summary of herps in Nebraska since Hudson’s 1942 book Over 250 color photos, 136 maps and diagrams; well documented with almost 1000

[ECOLOG-L] Reptiles and Amphibians of Southeast US Now Complete

“HERPS OF THE SOUTHEAST US" SERIES NOW COMPLETE. SALAMANDERS OF SOUTHEAST BOOK FINALLY PUBLISHED. SERIES IS AN INSTANT CLASSIC And You Can Buy All five books for Just $125.00 And no S&H charges All proceeds goes to HerpDigest a non-profit organization, and publisher of HerpDigest.org -the ON

[ECOLOG-L] another view on Gulf clean up

National Geographic Daily News - Home - Animals - Ancient World - Energy - Environment - Cultures - Space/Tech - Weird - News Photos - News Video - News Blogs Much Gulf Oil Remains, Deeply Hidden and Under Beaches New U.S. Gulf oil spill report called "ludicrous." Main Content Oil in a core sam

[ECOLOG-L] Director of Sustainability Studies needed

Director of Sustainability Studies Hofstra University invites applications for the newly-created position of Director of Sustainability Studies to be part of the Department of Global Studies and Geography and the National Center for Suburban Studies. The position is responsible for creating, de

[ECOLOG-L] Mongolian Film Project

Dear All, I'm currently working on a film project on issues regarding the changing perceptions of natural wealth resulting from urbanisation and economic growth in Mongolia. As a way to acquire funding for this project, we've set up a page on kickstarter.com. Kickstarter describes itself as "a ne

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Good news from the Gulf?

Hello, all, I also remember a Time magazine cover story about four or five years ago which used about ten or fifteen pages to give many examples of how wonderful global warming would be for the tourist industry of Northern Europe, using an unrealistic model that the summers were simply become w

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Good news from the Gulf?

This article reminds me of the time a man fell out of a ten story building. As he passed the third floor, someone yelled, "Are you ok?".  He yelled back "So far the impact has been much less than I feared".   Also this article would have been early different, had this been an active and early h