Re: [ECOLOG-L] New paper about "invasive species" debate

Hello Wayne, What ecosystems have you witnessed "colonization" ecology in? Invasive plant ecology is different in different ecosystems, though disturbed landscapes, landscapes highly managed by humans, or those close to human development generally tend to be popular with most invasive species in m

[ECOLOG-L] Whitebark pine tree faces extinction threat, USFWS says

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/whitebark-pine-tree-faces-extinction-threat-agency-says/2011/07/18/gIQA7tMcMI_story.html?hpid=z3

[ECOLOG-L] Part-time Program Manager Job

JRS BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION June 2011 A new 6 – 9 month temporary/part-time Program Officer position is currently being sought by the JRS Biodiversity Foundation while the organization completes a strategic plan. This position will be responsible, during the near term for relations wit

[ECOLOG-L] Life requirements and limits

All How many databases and programs are out there somewhere that contain/analyze the requirements and limits for life of organisms? I would like to make a list of them and look at all of them eventually. Which ones do you prefer? Thank you, WT

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology Colonization Re: [ECOLOG-L] New paper about "invasive species" debate

All: 3.9 decades ago, I did a different sort of "restoration" project in which I "used" "invasive" (I prefer "colonizing") species. In the following ten years of observation (could find no ecologists to independently and critically study and quantify; hence no scientific publication was ever

Re: [ECOLOG-L] New paper about "invasive species" debate

Two decades ago, the late Walter Westman wrote thoughtfully on the subject of positive and negative effects of invaders. He suggested a phased strategy in which eradication of invasive plants would be balanced with restoration of native vegetation to minimize both ecological and aesthetic impacts.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Emergency hire: short-term veg work based out of Moab, UT

Thanks to all who expressed interest in this position. I was overwhelmed by the response. I am in the process of filling the position and am no longer taking applications.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Animal Summer Camp Activities

Hi Dr. Barlett, You may also be interested in some of the hands-on activities (geared towards middle schoolers) on the Williams lab website at UC Santa Cruz. The concepts are based on the lives of Weddell seals. http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/people/williams/teachers/ Best, Heather -- ***

[ECOLOG-L] ESA position opening for Communications Officer

Communications Officer The Ecological Society of America, a membership organization of 10,000 professional ecological scientists, seeks to fill the position of Communications Officer to: manage ESA's blog, EcoTone, including writing original posts and soliciting and editing guest posts; help ma

[ECOLOG-L] New paper about "invasive species" debate

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./j.1472-4642.2011.00817.x/full -- Clara B. Jones Associate, Community Conservation, Inc. URL: http://www.communityconservation.org/who.htm E-mail: foucaul...@gmail.com Blog: http://vertebratesocialbehavior.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/cbjone

[ECOLOG-L] AGU Session B26 on Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles

Dear Colleagues, We are announcing a session on coupled biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems for the Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting (December 5-9, 2011, San Francisco, CA). We encourage you to attend the meeting and submit an abstract to the following session: Bio