[ECOLOG-L] Eastern Hellbender Postdoc Position @ Purdue University

2010-11-11 Thread Goforth, Reuben R
Dear Colleagues: I am circulating the following postdoc announcement for a colleague in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University. Title: Postdoctoral Associate Agency: Purdue University Location: West Lafayette, IN Job Description: The Department of Forestry and

[ECOLOG-L] 2 places on a Beginner's Guide to R course

2010-11-11 Thread Highland Statistics
Apologies for cross-posting. There are two remaining places on a Beginner's Guide to R course, next week in Evora, Portugal. See: http://www.highstat.com/statscourse.htm for details. Kind regards, Alain Zuur

[ECOLOG-L] Ph.D. Opportunity at CSU: K-12 Climate Change Edu using NASA data

2010-11-11 Thread Randall Boone
PH.D. GRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY K-12 Climate Change Education using NASA Data Sets The Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University seeks a highly-motivated Ph.D. student to join an interdisciplinary team of scientists and educators on a project to strengthen K-12

[ECOLOG-L] what makes a biology program good?

2010-11-11 Thread malcolm McCallum
Hi, My brother asked this question: What standards would you use to evaluate whether a biology program is viable, good, excellent in educational quality? IT got me thinking? What do you think? -- Malcolm L. McCallum Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology Peer pressure is

[ECOLOG-L] Hands-on Rainforest Conservation, Brazil

2010-11-11 Thread Iracambi Rainforest Center
Hands-on experience of tropical rainforest conservation - at Iracambi Rainforest Center we work on the interface between biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. We offer students (and their teachers) a unique opportunity to get to grips with some of the most fascinating and complex

[ECOLOG-L] Field Survey Technician- Desert Tortoise Line Distance Sampling Program

2010-11-11 Thread Bridget Walden
Description: The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is federally listed as a threatened species north and west of the Colorado River under the Endangered Species Act. The focus of the desert tortoise line distance sampling (LDS) monitoring program is to collect data that will allow researchers

[ECOLOG-L] Telemetry Technician Desert Tortoise Line Distance Sampling Program

2010-11-11 Thread Bridget Walden
Description: The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is federally listed as a threatened species north and west of the Colorado River under the Endangered Species Act. The focus of the desert tortoise line distance sampling (LDS) monitoring program is to collect data that will allow researchers

[ECOLOG-L] Field Crew Supervisor- Desert Tortoise Line Distance Sampling Program

2010-11-11 Thread Bridget Walden
Description: The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is federally listed as a threatened species north and west of the Colorado River under the Endangered Species Act. The purpose of the desert tortoise line distance sampling (LDS) monitoring program is to collect data that will allow the US Fish

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Research Assistantships- The Center for Agroforestry

2010-11-11 Thread Jose, Shibu
Graduate Research Assistant Openings - The Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri The Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri has the following graduate student openings for Summer/Fall 2011. Interested students please contact the respective faculty members for

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Position -The Center for Agroforestry and SEAS

2010-11-11 Thread Jose, Shibu
Postdoctoral Position - The Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri The Center for Agroforestry, Univ. of Missouri announces a Post-doc position in the Dept. of Soil, Environ. Atmos. Sci. beginning January 2011 to conduct research on watershed management and monitoring; water

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Fellowships, Biodiversity, Univ. British Columbia

2010-11-11 Thread Roy Turkington
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA The Biodiversity Research Centre at the University of British Columbia would like to announce the availability of BRITE Graduate Fellowships available through our NSERC-CREATE Training Program in Biodiversity

[ECOLOG-L] What is the best equipement for recording bird calls?

2010-11-11 Thread Rebecca Stirnemann
Can any one recomend equipment for recording bird calls for analysis and playback? I have heard MP3 players have a poorer resolution and birds do not respond as well. Can any one confirm this is true? Thanks Rebecca

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc: Plant Physiological Ecology/Population Genetics/Forestry, TX

2010-11-11 Thread David Inouye
Postdoctoral Associate Position Plant Physiological Ecology/Population Genetics/Forestry A postdoctoral research associate position is anticipated to work on local adaptation across latitude in balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) beginning in the spring of 2011. The successful candidate

[ECOLOG-L] Question about covariate.

2010-11-11 Thread Jing Luo
Dear All, I have a question about including covariates in the ANOVA analysis. We grew corn seedlings in about 32 field plots and then applied 4 different treatments to study their responses (plot is the experiment unit). However, we noticed quite big variation of seedling healthiness from

Re: [ECOLOG-L] what makes a biology program good?

2010-11-11 Thread malcolm McCallum
I didn't really have anything specific in mind regarding what you listed. In fact, though most general bio programs are divided up in tracts of the programs you listed. I guess I wasn't really looking at specialized programs when I posed the question but graduate or undergraduate, generalized

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc: ecological entomology, Germany

2010-11-11 Thread David Inouye
JOB OFFER in Insect Ecology At the Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena in Germany, the following position is available in the group of Wolfgang W. Weisser: Postdoctoral position in Ecological Entomology (Ref. 23/2010) We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a