[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Assistantship at Iowa State University

A graduate assistantship for a Master of Science in Entomology is available through the Department of Entomology at Iowa State University (http://www.ent.iastate.edu/). The assistantship will include laboratory and field research focused on insect resistance management for agricultural pest insect

[ECOLOG-L] SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY IN FOREST ECOLOGY: WHITE MOUNTAINS, NH

Undergraduates seeking research experience in forest ecology are invited to apply for a 10-week expense-paid internship at Bartlett, Jeffers Brook, and Hubbard Brook Experimental Forests, New Hampshire. About the Project: Multiple Element Limitation in Northern Hardwood Ecosystems (MELNHE) is

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Georeferencing Help

Hi Lauren Eserman, On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Lauren Eserman wrote: > Dear ECOLOG-L members, > > I am in the process of generating distribution maps for several species > using herbarium specimen records. However, many of the records only > indicate locality, with no GPS coordinates. I hav

[ECOLOG-L] Conference to develop ecologically-based conservation strategies for a future of global change, Feb 27th - Mar 1st, 2012

ESA media advisory For immediate release: February 15th, 2012 Contact: Liza Lester (206) 553-9964; lles...@esa.org or Nadine Lymn (703) 220-2508; nad...@esa.org Conference to develop ecologically-based conservation strategies for a future of global cha

[ECOLOG-L] SEEKING FIELD ASSISTANTS Conservation of an endangered butterfly

SEEKING FIELD ASSISTANTS April - June 2012- Conservation of an endangered butterfly Two full time-limited term field assistant positions (Approximately April 1 st - June 30th) are available at Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge. Dallas, Oregon. Assistants will contribute to an ongoing, col

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Advice on good statistical texts?

Chloe, Three books I use; 1- Multivariate Data Analysis (5th Edition) by Hair, Tatham, Anderson, Black 2- Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments

[ECOLOG-L] Research Technician position, salt marsh ecology

Research Technician, Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research Program. The Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER program seeks a Research Technician II to be based at the UGA Marine Institute on Sapelo Island, Georgia. The selected individual will work as part of the field crew suppor

[ECOLOG-L] Research Assistant Professor position

A 2-year position is available with the Jornada Basin Long Term Ecological Research Program and in collaboration with a recently funded National Science Foundation Macrosystems Project to study effects of changes in the North American monsoon on ecosystems of the American Southwest. The posit

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Best way to jump start a career in ecology

Ryan, Perhaps, your experience is very typical. Looking at the ESA website on Ecology career, http://www.esa.org/education_diversity/webDocs/undergraduate.php The website sites ecologist jobs for BS degree: Intern, field/research technician, research assistant: majority of those are temp/seas

[ECOLOG-L] Research position, Baltimore, MD

Project Assistant (1 position): Job Reference #12003-SF. Research how urbanization and climate influence mosquito production and human risk of mosquito-borne West Nile virus. Duties include field sampling and processing, survey work, and entomological identification. All work will be conduct

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Best way to jump start a career in ecology

To add a couple of little details to what others have said: find out if there is a Greendrinks group in your area.  These are informal groups where eco-minded people, including professionals in the field, met, mingle, and network.  You never know whom you might met, and who might turn out to be

[ECOLOG-L] Summer Field Assistant Position in Colorado

Mammal Diversity and Climate Change We are looking for field assistants to join the lab of Dr. Christy McCain at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and CU Museum for summer 2012. We will be examining small mammal distributions on two contrasting mount

[ECOLOG-L] Georeferencing Help

Dear ECOLOG-L members, I am in the process of generating distribution maps for several species using herbarium specimen records. However, many of the records only indicate locality, with no GPS coordinates. I have tried using GeoLocate, but this program only georeferences localities in the US, Mex

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Integrated Ocean Management Strategy Lead, TNC

Integrated Ocean Management Strategy Lead The Nature Conservancy seeks an experienced marine conservation practitioner and strategic thinker to lead and manage its Global Integrated Ocean Management Strategy, a major element of TNC's Global Marine Program. Our goal is to transform large-scale

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology FIeldwork Opportunity in Greenland - Summer 2012

I am seeking a motivated field assistant to work in Greenland as part of a study of large herbivore (caribou/muskox) ecology from early May through to the end of June, 2012. You will be helping collect data for my PhD thesis, but will also be part of a larger team contributing to the long-term stu

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Environmental Conservation Program Manager, Austin

Job Description: The City of Austin's Wildlands is now hiring an Environmental Conservation Program Manager to lead the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve (BCP). BCP is not one single tract of land but a system of preserves that exists as a multi-agency conservation effort operating under a region

[ECOLOG-L] AAAS Postdoc Survey

All postdocs and recent former postdocs (not faculty) should fill this out - EVERYONE should distribute it widely! http://www.aaas.org/sciencebusiness/surveys/1202072.htm -- Aaron T. Dossey, Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Founder/Owner: All Things Bugs Capitalizing on Low-Crawling Fru

[ECOLOG-L] PhD position in Community Ecology

At the Technische Universität München (TUM) a Ph.D.-position is available in the group of Wolfgang W. Weisser for a project funded by the GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit). The project will involve studying multi-trophic interactions between plants, insects and their nat

[ECOLOG-L] ELTI presents a new informational tool for forest restoration

*Tropical Native Species Reforestation Information Clearinghouse* The Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI) is pleased to present a new educational tool about reforestation with native tree species in tropical Asia and the Neotropics. http://reforestation.elti.org Search for re

[ECOLOG-L] Summer 2012 Positions ? 2 Biological Technicians ? Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD

Summary: The USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland is seeking to hire two full-time temporary student contractors to assist with the North American Breeding Bird Survey program (www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBS), a long-term, continental avian monitoring program. Tasks will include w

[ECOLOG-L] JOB: Plant Conservation in North Carolina

The NCDA & CS* Plant Conservation Program (PCP) is pleased to announce an opening for a Research Specialist. A successful applicant will work as part of the PCP team to develop management plans for N.C. Plant Conservation Preserves and conduct land management, stewardship, and monitoring activities

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Advice on good statistical texts?

Hi Chloe, Which statistical software do you use? I really like 'Statistics: An Introduction Using R' (http://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html) and 'The R Book' (http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470510242.html) by Prof Michael J Crawley. The R Book has lots of worked examples and t

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: Restoring Human Progress

FYI: -- Forwarded message -- From: James McCain Date: Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:17 PM Subject: Restoring Human Progress To: philo...@louisiana.edu This new book might be of interest: *Restoring Human Progress by Professor Rick Szostak* ** http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1907962

[ECOLOG-L] Call for submission: Evolutionary Genomics

The Journal CURRENT ZOOLOGY (ISSN 1674-5507, http://www.currentzoology.org) is preparing one column (A special column is three to eight papers published along with other regular accepted papers in the same issue), Evolutionary Genomics, for the first issue of 2013. Deadline for abstract submi