[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral position in African Savanna Ecology

Applications are being accepted for a postdoctoral position in African savanna tree community dynamics, with a target start date of 01 February 2011 (start date flexible). The position will initially be for one year, with a second year contingent upon performance. The successful applicant will ta

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Summary: Transformation of percent cover data for power analysis

The purpose of a power analysis to simulate data that you'll collect in the field. There's no such thing as negative cover, so if your simulation can produce those kinds of values, it's not really doing what you want. Have you considered tinkering with your simulation so it produces only sensible v

[ECOLOG-L] job: UConn plant ecological or evolutionary genomics

University of Connecticut PLANT ECOLOGICAL OR EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut seeks applicants for a 9-month tenure-track position to begin in August 2012. Although targeted at the Assistant Professor rank, an appoi

[ECOLOG-L] Valuable chance to study forest regeneration after massive deforestation

Dear all, I am writing to see if anyone would be interested in collaborating with us to study forest regeneration and succession following what was a huge environmental disaster. Some of you may have come across news reports that Dole was behind a banana plantation in Sri Lanka situated inside a

[ECOLOG-L] A WORKSHOP ON FORMAL EVIDENCE FOR ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESES

WORKSHOPS ON FORMAL EVIDENCE FOR ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESES Research workers in many fields are realizing the substantial limitations of statistical tests, test statistics, arbitrary α-levels, P-values, and dichotomous rulings concerning “statistical significance.” These traditional approaches wer

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc: Disease at the Margins of Species Ranges: Anther Smut on Alpine Species, UVA

The Department of Biology at the University of Virginia invites applications for a postdoctoral Research Associate position in evolution and ecology of infectious disease. The position will be in the research groups of Janis Antonovics and Martin Wu at the University of Virginia, in collaboration

[ECOLOG-L] Faculty Position in Environmental Chemistry at SIUE

The Department of Chemistry of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville invites applications for a tenure-track appointment to begin in August 2012. We are a comprehensive state university offering a wide variety of undergraduate and masters programs, and offer 3 ACS-accredited BS degrees i

[ECOLOG-L] Online Mathematics Advent Calendars (Millenium Mathematics Project)

http://mmp.maths.org/news-Advent-Dec11 -- Clara B. Jones [Still playing the game with entropy...] Blog: http://vertebratesocialbehavior.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/cbjones1943 Cell Phone: 828-279-4429

[ECOLOG-L] Temporary Ecologist position with USGS, Moab, Utah

http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/news_info/jobs/ The Canyonlands Research Station in Moab, Utah is recruiting for an ecologist (GS-0408-07). This is a temporary (one year with a strong possibility of extension) full-time position with the US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center. Moab

[ECOLOG-L] Seasonal Shorebird Monitoring Job - Nantucket, MA

Please do not respond to this email - see below for application and contact information Job Title: Seasonal Shorebird Monitor (4 months with a possibility of extension) Job Description: The Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Inc. (www.nantucketconservation.org), Department of Science and S

[ECOLOG-L] 2012 STRI Sponge Taxonomy Course

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Bocas del Toro Research Station presents: TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY OF CARIBBEAN SPONGES Dates: July 16 – 30, 2012 Location: Bocas Research Station, Bocas del Toro, Panama Registration Fee: $800 (includes room and board, STRI registration fee, etc.) Som

[ECOLOG-L] M.S. Environmental Science – Forest Soils – Teaching Assistantship

Opportunity for the Fall 2012 M.S. Environmental Science program at Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. Financial support is through an academic-year teaching assistantship, which includes partial tuition & fee waiver. Teaching assistants help in a broad range of environmental scie

[ECOLOG-L] Nanodives are here

Dear ecolog-list you might like this time-lapse underwater video (Nanodive)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNQxXs8iVvc Sarah Frias-Torres, Ph.D. Schmidt Ocean Institute Postdoctoral FellowOcean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) 1420 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida 34949 USA Tel (772)

[ECOLOG-L] Opportunity to take advantage of a long-term demography study

In 1973 Chip Taylor (Univ. of KS) and I started a demography study of what turns out to be a long-lived monocarp, the monument plant, or green gentian, Frasera speciosa (Gentianaceae). We tagged individual plants at an alpine study site near Cumberland Pass, about 30 miles (straight-line) from

[ECOLOG-L] Free Workshop: Advancing Toward Professorship in Biology, Ecology, and Earth Systems Science

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce an upcoming professional development workshop: “Advancing Toward Professorship in Biology, Ecology and Earth System Science” (ATP in BEESS) April 9-11th, 2012 Oregon State University, Corvallis Oregon The application target date is Dec 5. A

[ECOLOG-L] NPS seasonal vegetation monitoring jobs

Biological Science Technician (plants) GS-4/5/6 seasonal National Park Service – Northern Colorado Plateau Inventory and Monitoring Network Moab, UT with travel throughout Utah and western Colorado April - October Job description The incumbent serves as a seasonal Biological Science Technician f

[ECOLOG-L] Ecological phenomenological analysis Take Cover Re: [ECOLOG-L] Transformation of percent cover data for power analysis

Ecolog: What are the uses of cover data, from the most common applications to the most sublime and rare? WT - Original Message - From: "Liz Pryde" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Transformation of percent cover data for power analysis Hi

[ECOLOG-L] Job: SESYNC, environmental science research assistant

The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (www.SESYNC.org) located in Annapolis, Maryland is a new think-tank type research center funded by the National Science Foundation through the University of Maryland. SESYNC is devoted to promoting interdisciplinary synth

[ECOLOG-L] Post Doctoral Opportunity -- Fisheries Oceanography

Please post the following advertisement and contact information (Dr. Kenneth Frank) related to an excellent research opportunity in Canada. Post Doctoral Opportunity A 2 year Post Doctoral position in the field of Fisheries Oceanography with a specific focus on the dynamics of large marine ecos

[ECOLOG-L] Information about manipulating nutrients in seawater

Dear All, I am trying to run an aquarium experiment which will test the effects of nutrients on brown algae. We would like to reduce the concentrations of NO2, NO3, NO4 and PO4 to very low levels and then add set concentrations. Unfortunately the seawater around the coast is very high in nutr

[ECOLOG-L] INSTRUCTOR: 3-WK FIELD COURSE IN WETLAND ECOLOGY

INSTRUCTOR 3-WK FIELD COURSE IN WETLAND ECOLOGY The University of Pittsburgh's Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology (PLE) seeks qualified applicants for an instructor for a 3-week undergraduate course in Wetland Ecology (May 14 to June 1, 2012). This position is outside of the tenure stream. Thi