[ECOLOG-L] Soil Microbiology Text for Undergraduates

Hello My name is Dr. Ramesh Laungani from Doane College in Nebraska, and I am looking for a textbook on Inroductory Soil Microbiology for undergraduates. This would be a course taken by junior and senior level undergraduates. I was thinking about Mair's Environmental Microbiology Thanks, Ramesh

Re: [ECOLOG-L] ANOSIM vs ANOVA

Hi Alejandro, Here are some thoughts on your question: ANOSIM analyses the similarity (e.g. Bray-Curtis, Jaccard, etc.) between community samples. So it's kind of like a multivariate analysis of variance. In general such a result cannot be obtained using an analysis of variance. So that might e

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Similarity index

Hi Rajasri, Sorry for coming to this late. Is your concern that in the case of small patches you've sampled completely, but in the case of large patches, some species may have gone undetected? If that's the case, using Chao's indices might be a good option. They try to take account of "unseen"

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral positions with the Southwest Climate Science Alliance

Climate Research Position Opportunities Southwest Climate Science Center, Southwest Climate Alliance An alliance of six universities has been appointed by the US Department of the Interior (USDI) to host and support a Southwest Climate Science Center (SWCSC). The host institutions seek to hire s

[ECOLOG-L] flow cytometry for bacterial abundance

I am writing in search of a commercial laboratory that is set up to do flow cytometry to get estimates of bacterial abundance in aquatic samples. Or I am happy to work with a research lab and barter for your services. I only have about 20 samples I need run, but am in a hurry for the data. My id

[ECOLOG-L] Call for Papers: "Urbanization Dynamics" at AGU Fall Meeting

Dear ECOLOG-L Colleagues: We invite you to contribute your abstract to special session focusing on the dynamics of urbanization at the AGU Fall Meeting, December 5-9, 2011, in San Francisco, CA! GC14 Regional Climate Impacts 5. Urbanization Dynamics across a Changing Planet Conveners: Geoff H

[ECOLOG-L] Urban Tree Growth Conference, Sept 12-13, The Morton Arboretum

Urban Tree Growth An International Meeting and Research Symposium September 12-13, 2011 The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL Are you working to improve tree performance in urban conditions? Looking for the latest information on best practices and research in tree selection and care? The Internatio

[ECOLOG-L] 2011 AGU Session on "The Role of Antecedent Conditions on Physical and Biological Processes"

Ecolog community, We would like to bring your attention to the session on "*The Role of Antecedent Conditions on Physical and Biological Processes*" (B7) at the 2011 American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting. This session is cross listed in Biogeosciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Cryosphere, Global

[ECOLOG-L] Expedition to Denali -- Research opportunity

Dear Ecolog, Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation has an expedition that will be leaving in this January to climb Mt. Mckinley in Alaska. This will be the first attempt to solo the mountain in the month of Jan. Please let me know if you are there are any research needs we can help with as

[ECOLOG-L] PhD studentship available in ecosystem ecology

Ref. nr 1764/2011:_PhD studentship on Aboveground-Belowground Linkages in Northern Boreal and Subarctic Ecosystems A new Ph.D. studentship is available with the Department of Forest Ecology and Management at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, at Umeå, Sweden. The position is ful

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral position available in ecosystem ecology

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE We invite applications for the following one year post-doctoral position in Ecosystem Ecology, on the topic of NMR Characterization of Soil Phosphorus and Carbon Forms during Long Term Succession (Ref. Nr. 1982/2011) at the Department of Forest Ecology and Manage

[ECOLOG-L] job announcement

*SENIOR LECTURER IN WILDLIFE SCIENCE*-- Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Science (non-tenure track 36-week appointment), School of Forest Resources, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State, University Park.Available 08/01/11.Teach undergraduate courses in Mammalogy , Vertebrates Lab , Wildlife