[ECOLOG-L] Solar Energy Threatens California Desert

2010-10-05 Thread Richard Montanucci
Dear Colleagues, I am writing to urge you to oppose the development of central station, utility-scale solar energy installations remotely placed in the western deserts. The utility-scale solar energy projects proposed for the California Desert and adjacent areas of Nevada and Arizona will ha

[ECOLOG-L] CURRENT ZOOLOGY: special issues

2010-10-05 Thread Dr. Zhi_Yun JIA
Dear Colleagues, One special issue about Horseshoe Crab Behavior has been published in the latest issue of CURRENT ZOOLOGY, the papers are now available on the journal webpage at http://www.currentzoology.org/issuedetail.asp?volume=56&number=5&issue_id=503, and I am listing the content table

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc: biodiversity research, UBC

2010-10-05 Thread David Inouye
UBC Biodiversity Research Centre Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity As a part of our NSERC CREATE training program in biodiversity research , we seek applicants for a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in the U.B.C. Biodiversity Research Centre (

[ECOLOG-L] East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students

2010-10-05 Thread David Inouye
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR U.S. GRADUATE STUDENTS - 2011 APPLICATION NOW OPEN (Link: www.nsfsi.org ) The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) is a flagship international fellow

[ECOLOG-L] JOB: Geomorphologist Needed - Northern California / Pacific Northwest

2010-10-05 Thread Michael DeSafey
Hi everyone, I am currently doing some consulting work in the northern california and the pacific northwest regions and was hoping you all maybe able to provide me some assistance as i am trying to hire a Senior Level Geomorphologist to lead a practice. What we are seeking is a Senior Geomorp

[ECOLOG-L] Ph.D. Opportunity at Virginia Tech

2010-10-05 Thread Kathie Hollandsworth
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistantship: Physiology and Drought Tolerance of Endophyte-Infected Switchgrass A Ph.D. graduate research assistantship is available through the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University at Blacksb

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Tenure track faculty position, Tulane University

2010-10-05 Thread Michael Blum
The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, invites applications for one tenure-track position at the level of ASSISTANT PROFESSOR. We encourage applications from LANDSCAPE or ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGISTS focused on wetland, tropical, and/or plant communities. See website:htt

[ECOLOG-L] Opportunities for ecologists at the National Science Foundation

2010-10-05 Thread David Inouye
If you would you like to evaluate exciting science projects at the frontiers of discovery... If you would you like to guide the advancement of research and education in the biological sciences... Consider serving as a panelist, reviewer or temporary Program Director for the Directorate for Biol

[ECOLOG-L] postdoctoral position at Dartmouth

2010-10-05 Thread Kathy Cottingham
Postdoctoral Research in Children's Environmental Health Dartmouth College / Dartmouth Medical School Looking for something a little bit different for your postdoc? We seek a postdoctoral researcher to assist with our studies of dietary exposure to metals, especially arsenic, during pregnancy and

[ECOLOG-L] Funds Available for Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts

2010-10-05 Thread Johanna Laderman
Funds Available for Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts: Up to $225,000 for community-based fisheries restoration projects The FishAmerica Foundation, in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Trust and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Restoration Center announce the availability

[ECOLOG-L] Two postdoctoral positions available

2010-10-05 Thread David Wardle
TWO POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN ECOSYSTEM AND BELOWGROUND ECOLOGY The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) at Umeå invites applications for the two following post-doctoral positions: (1) ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY (Ref # SLU ID ua 3136/2010) (2) BELOWGROUND ECOLOGY (Ref # SLU ID ua 3

[ECOLOG-L] Sustainable Development of Algal Biofuels: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

2010-10-05 Thread Cliff Duke
Sustainable Development of Algal Biofuels CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Office of Biomass Program (DOE EERE-OBP) has commissioned the National Academies' Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources and Board on Energy and Environmental Syst

[ECOLOG-L] Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistantship - Changes in Body Size on Islands

2010-10-05 Thread Matthew Heard
Ph.D. Level Graduate Research Assistantship – We seek an advanced graduate student with strong interdisciplinary interests in biogeography, ecology and evolution to join us in an NSF-funded project studying body size of mammals that inhabit islands. This project will be conducted collabora