Re: [ECOLOG-L] Neutral Theory Carried out to Physical Systems

2011-10-26 Thread Mansour Haddad
Hi Alexandre, Thank you for your appreciation of my work. I appreciate you qualifying your knowledge of the subject, but still I would be happy to hear your criticism if you are willing to give it. I will keep in mind your expertise - and keep in mind that my expertise is limited. It is hard to

[ECOLOG-L] Climate change and human population growth survey reminder

2011-10-26 Thread Christopher Lepczyk
Dear Colleagues, We are currently conducting a survey on climate change and human population growth as part of a larger research project. In particular, we are interested in gaining a better understanding of both ecologists and sociologists opinions and knowledge on the synergistic

[ECOLOG-L] USIALE 2012 Newport, RI: Now Accepting Abstracts for the US Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) Annual Meeting

2011-10-26 Thread Jeff Hollister
We are now accepting abstracts for the the US Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) Annual Meeting to be held in Newport RI from April 8-12, 2012. Please visit our website for more information: http://www.usiale.org/newport2012 Visit the abstract submission

[ECOLOG-L] Royal Society Science Papers Now Online

2011-10-26 Thread Mohr, Gary
News link from the Beeb: http://bbc.in/uC3flc Link to Royal Society Journals: http://royalsocietypublishing.org/journals The Royal Society Journals are now free and online, all the way back to the very beginning in 1665. There are few restrictions, as far as I can tell; some journals are

[ECOLOG-L] Job: tenure track position, community ecologist, Bowling Green State University

2011-10-26 Thread David Inouye
Tenure Track Position: Community Ecologist The Department of Biological Sciences at Bowling Green State University seeks applicants for an Assistant Professor level, tenure track Community Ecology position. Applicants with postdoctoral experience and research expertise that complements

[ECOLOG-L] MANAGING PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS - DOING MORE WITH LESS

2011-10-26 Thread Jiri Hulcr
Are you an ecologist in the Southeastern USA? Or a forest owner? A land manager? Do you need the most up-to-date information and tools for forest management, regulatory issues, invasive forest species, etc.? Please join us for the annual Symposium: MANAGING PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS - DOING MORE

[ECOLOG-L] Ediacaran Fossils Podcast

2011-10-26 Thread Tracy Barbaro
When the cod fishery collapsed in Newfoundland in the early 1990s, the hopes of the local fish harvesters collapsed with it. Hundreds of Newfoundlanders moved away and businesses that depended on the cod fishery closed. But retired schoolteacher Kit Ward of Portugal Cove South wasn’t content to

[ECOLOG-L] PH.D STUDENT OPENING IN COMMUNITY ECOLOGY OR MACROECOLOGY

2011-10-26 Thread Morgan Ernest
The Ernest Lab at Utah State University has an opening for a Ph.D student in the general areas of Community Ecology or Macroecology to start fall 2012. Active areas of research in the Ernest lab include long-term dynamics of communities, processes generating macroecological patterns, and the role

[ECOLOG-L] AIC scores

2011-10-26 Thread Minda Berbeco
Hello, I am looking for recommendations for programs to use for calculating AIC scores. I've looked into the AICcmodavg package with R, but the associated instructional material is not clear and I have not been able to get it to work. I hear that SAS is good as well, but have not found a good

[ECOLOG-L] Net ecosystem exchange time series

2011-10-26 Thread Andy Bunn
I'm looking for annual and cumulative NEE (gC m^-2 y^-1) from as many biomes as possible. I've seen nifty plots of cumulative NEE at the Harvard Forest from 1990 on and similar data from BOREAS. Does anybody know of a compilation of annual or seasonal NEE data from Ameriflux or similar?

Re: [ECOLOG-L] AIC scores

2011-10-26 Thread Manuel Spínola
Hi Minda, You can use AIC(model) or extractAIC(model) in R (base). Or take a look at the bbmle (Ben Bolker) package in R. Best, Manuel Spínola 2011/10/26 Minda Berbeco mberb...@gmail.com Hello, I am looking for recommendations for programs to use for calculating AIC scores. I've looked

[ECOLOG-L] tenure-track position in Microbiology, Wright State University

2011-10-26 Thread Don Cipollini
*FacultyPositioninMicrobiology, Department ofBiological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435* The Department of Biological Sciences at Wright State University in Dayton OH seeks a microbiologist to fill a tenure-trackpositionattheAssistant Professor level.Area of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] AIC scores

2011-10-26 Thread Foley, Patrick
Hi Minda, AIC scores depend upon the statistical models used. I think R does the best job of providing these scores, for example in the context of multiple linear regression and generalized linear models. The literature on R or on stats using R is growing rapidly. You will find readable

Re: [ECOLOG-L] AIC scores

2011-10-26 Thread Lawrence Gary Oates
Model selection using S-Plus will give AIC scores of model comparisons.  See: Statistical Computing - An Introduction to Data Analysis using S-Plus by Michael J. Crawley. On 10/26/11, Minda Berbeco mberb...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I am looking for recommendations for programs to use for

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Research Associate in Terrestrial Carbon Cycling and Ecosystem Modeling

2011-10-26 Thread Jingfeng Xiao
Sorry for cross-posting. Please forward the following job announcement to potential applicants. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Terrestrial Carbon Cycling and Ecosystem Modeling The Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire has an immediate opening

[ECOLOG-L] Research abroad program in South Africa, summer 2012

2011-10-26 Thread David Inouye
Hi All, We are offering a unique interdisciplinary research abroad program in South Africa during the summer of 2012. This opportunity is ideal for students interested in gaining field experience in rural communities along the border of one of the world's most amazing game reserves. We will

Re: [ECOLOG-L] AIC scores

2011-10-26 Thread kerry Cutler
Dear Minda I don't think that you need any special package in R. You can calculate AIC scores and weights just using some basic functions. Here is an example: ##these are some models you might want to evaluate a-glm(rtsizeB~rtsizeA) b-glm(rtsizeB~rtsizeA+mBIO1) c-glm(rtsizeB~rtsizeA+mBIO18)

[ECOLOG-L] PhD opportunity in wetland ecology at Texas Tech University

2011-10-26 Thread Kerry Griffis-Kyle
PhD opportunity in wetland ecology at Texas Tech University Start date January 2012 The Griffis-Kyle lab invites applications for a PhD position in Texas Tech’s Natural Resource Management Program. We welcome inquiries from motivated students interested in how climate change affects wetland

Re: [ECOLOG-L] AIC scores

2011-10-26 Thread James Novak
Burnham and Anderson (2002) provide the formulas for computing AIC from any model that generates either a log-liklihood value (Page 61) or a residual error (Page 63) so you can generate an AIC for pretty much any statistical model. SAS provides AIC as standard output on some procedures such as

[ECOLOG-L] PhD Project Available: Piping Plover Population Dynamics on the Missouri River in Relation to Natural and Engineered Sandbars

2011-10-26 Thread Craig, Tara
PhD Project: Piping Plover Population Dynamics on the Missouri River in Relation to Natural and Engineered Sandbars Ph.D. project available in an active and collegial shorebird ecology/management lab in Virginia Tech's Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation. Currently 3 faculty and 3

[ECOLOG-L] PhD research assistantship in Fisheries at SDSU

2011-10-26 Thread Bertrand, Katie
The Fish Ecology Lab at South Dakota State University has an opening for a Ph.D. student in the general area of Ichthyology to start summer 2012. Active areas of research in the lab include native and introduced fishes, and applied and experimental stream fish ecology. This graduate research