[ECOLOG-L] 2 Seasonal FT Biolog ical Techn icians (ST EP)‏

2 Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP) opportunities exist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to assist a project researching Long-billed curlew chick survival, movement, and habitat use. Project duration: early March - July 2011 with the possibility to extend through August. Study s

[ECOLOG-L] PhD Studentship in Community Ecology, University of Zurich

PhD Studentship in Community Ecology, University of Zurich Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zürich Biodiversity faces many threats. Two of particular importance are reductions in the amount of suitable habitat and changes in environmental conditions. Predic

[ECOLOG-L] Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre - Filmmaking for Scientists Announcement

Greetings The Vancouver Aquarium has teamed up with ScienceFilm to provide a week long immersion course on telling science stories through film. It is ideal for working researchers, students, NGOs, communications professionals and other science professionals. Hosted by the Vancouver Aquarium, it'

[ECOLOG-L] Announcing our 2011 Research Ambassador Fellows

In September we announced our Research Ambassador Fellowship program, which will bring academic researchers to The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA for 3-4 days of outreach events, interdisciplinary dialogue, and communications training and mentoring. We’ve had an overwhelming response,

[ECOLOG-L] Understanding that diversity is the rule, not the exception Re: [ECOLOG-L] Defining Biodiversity

Ecolog While most of the comments on Ritchie's thread were useful to me, I'm not sure any of them directly answered Euan's question--" . . . if this term isn't helpful for conveying the importance of species diversity to the public, what term(s) should we use?" As I said, "I dunno." But it h

[ECOLOG-L] Ecosystem Services: Pricing to Peddle?

With the recent postings on biodiversity, "biowealth," ecosystem services, etc., I thought it appropriate to relay the recent Daly News: Ecosystem Services: Pricing to Peddle? by Brian Czech On November 15, five nations issued a complaint about a UN initiative

[ECOLOG-L] New Mammalogy Lab/Field Manual

Those of you teaching Mammalogy, Wildlife Biology, or Field Ecology courses may be interested in a new lab/field manual Mammalogy Techniques Manual $29.99 Available only online at: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/mammalogy-techniques-manual/14256680?productTrackingContext=search_result

[ECOLOG-L] Call for Nominations: 7th annual Michigan Early Career Scientists' Symposium: Infectious Disease across Scales:

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS SEVENTH ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS SYMPOSIUM INFECTIOUS DISEASE ACROSS SCALES The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan invites nominations of outstanding scientists early in their careers to take part in

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Interpreting quadratic terms in regression

Although it seems heretical to many ecologists who like to play with statistics, it sometimes happens that curvilinear relationships can have functional causes that are fundamentally described by mathematical relationships. For example, although you can describe a growth curve by a parabola, an

[ECOLOG-L] Interpreting quadratic terms in regression

Hello Listserv: I am requesting your help in interpreting the results of quadratic terms in multiple regression. I've hypothesized a curvilinear relationship (inverted U) between a dependent and an independent variable. To test this hypothesis, I centered the independent variable, squared it and e

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Defining Biodiversity

This thread contains statements of the kind that I think get us in trouble, if not with the public, then with our scientific rigor. Axel Ringe's post begins with what looks like an inclusion from a previous post with this statement "...one metaphor for biodiversity that I remember was the p

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc available

PostDoc:UniversityofGeorgia.NetworksAndAging The Promislow lab at the University of Georgia is seeking an enthusiastic, independent postdoctoral researcher to study the genetic architecture of aging in* Drosophila*. The goal of this project is to better understand the causes and consequences of ag

[ECOLOG-L] UNEP Policy Series: The role of ecosystems in developing a sustainable Green Economy

The role of ecosystems in developing a sustainable Green Economy The second issue of the UNEP Policy Series on Ecosystem Management titled ‘The role of ecosystems in developing a sustainable ‘Green Economy’discusses how investing in ecosystems can bring about benefits at local as well as at gl

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Defining Biodiversity

As a field ecologist who has frequently evaluated and described natural systems in their entirety and then communicated this information to non-scientists, I find the term and concept of biodiversity very helpful. To me, the best definition is the most general definition: biodiversity relates to d