[ECOLOG-L] Scientific accomplishments Causal and Inhibiting Factors? Re: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

Honorable Forum: Observations about causal and inhibiting factors in scientific accomplishments: "The more you generalize about a population, the less you know about any individual in that population." --Henry Geiger There are a lot of variables that figure into such conclusions, and pickin

[ECOLOG-L] Announcing the 2012 - 2013 $2,500 MASNA Undergraduate and Graduate Student Scholarships.

The Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA ) is proud to present the 2012 - 2013 MASNA Student Scholarships. The application for the 2012 - 2013 $2,500 MASNA Student Scholarships is now available for download.

[ECOLOG-L] Terrestrial Invasive Plant Species Conference - Program now available

The preliminary program of the upcoming First Terrestrial Invasive Plant Species Conference (August 20-22, 2012) is now available @ www.tipsconf.ca The call for posters is still open! Looking forward to seeing you in Sault Saint Marie, Pedro M. Antunes On behalf of the Organizing Committee

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

I've been thinking of chiming in before and will do so now. As someone who is now a grandmother, I can say yes - you can do it all, but not exactly all at the same time. Kids do not stay babies that long. You can cut back when they are, and when your kids are a bit older, you can plunge back into f

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Study abroad options for Ecology students

Hello, I am a senior undergrad student Drexel University and studied abroad on Bioko Island of Equatorial Guinea this past Fall. Here is a link to their website (not too recently updated but I am sure you can contact them and they'd be happy to assist in any way): http://www.bioko.org/study_abroa

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Study abroad options for Ecology students

I second Chris! I studied abroad in New Zealand last year and had an incredible experience. I cannot recommend Frontiers Abroad enough! Their programs are lead by professors from the University of Auckland and University of Canterbury and involve a semester at one of those universities,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Study abroad options for Ecology students

I was a biology and environmental science major at University Wisconsin - Green Bay and I spent a semester studying abroad at University of Auckland - New Zealand and it was phenomenal. I was able to take two biology courses and a GIS course. The country is also fantastic for ecologists and student

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

In this era of an extremely high number of spousal hirings, who is considering Case 3. The scientist with no spouse? or even Case 4. The scientist with a non-academic spouse, or Case 5. The scientist with no spouse BUT does have children? Who looks out for the unmarried in our society? On

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Study abroad options for Ecology students

OTS South Africa is a fantastic option! http://www.ots.ac.cr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=321&Itemid=447

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

One problem not addressed here so far is that science is very competitive for jobs, publication, and grants. Let us imagine two young scientists with similar intelligence and education beginning their careers: Case 1. This person has a spouse who assumes most of the responsibility in the domesti

[ECOLOG-L] Study abroad options for Ecology students

Hello All, A large number of students on our campus do Study Abroad semseters. I currently have two options, Denmark and Costa Rica. Are there other options for students with interests in ecology or environmental science? Thanks for your time. Sherri Dr. Sherri Morris Associate Professor B

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

I am struggling with this. I finished my MS in Wildlife Biology when my baby was 7 months. She's going on 15 months now and I haven't been able to find any work in my field. I'm limited to a job that has no travel and is in town where my husband has his job and we have our house. This makes for

[ECOLOG-L] Ithomiine butterflies/Solanaceae at Los Amigos, Peru

Hi Geoff, Have you heard of Atrium, a searchable plant database dev Hi Geoff, Have you heard of Atrium, a searchable plant database developed by BRIT (Botanical Research Institute of Texas)? This is part of the Andes to Amazon Research Program based in Los Amigos. Co-director of the program and

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

Andres, do you have any ideas about how we can import that Finlandian model to the U.S.? And how to get more universities and other employers in the U.S. to recognize the need to provide for professional couples? Thanks, David Ufff... this discussion may become more political than ecologi

[ECOLOG-L] Hilton Pond 04/01/11 (Spring Hummer Flowers)

We're often asked what Ruby-throated Hummingbirds eat if they come back in early spring before there's a noticeable flower bloom. Among other things they consume tree sap and tiny insects, but there may be more blossoms out there than you think. "This Week at Hilton Pond" we've selected five nat

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

Andres, do you have any ideas about how we can import that Finlandian model to the U.S.? And how to get more universities and other employers in the U.S. to recognize the need to provide for professional couples? Thanks, David Andres Lopez-Sepulcre wrote: > In my experience, it all depe

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

Rachel, I believe that the relative success of combining family life and work life is similar for scientists and other highly intensive occupations. It is simply a matter of how individuals manage, their temperaments and their abilities to deal with stress when it arises, as it inevitably will.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

In my experience, it all depends on the country and how easy funding agencies, research institutions and governments make it. I have experience in several countries: Spain, USA, France and Finland. They each have their good and bad points on that respect. Fore example, while the USA and Can

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral position: Terrestrial Ecosystem/ Global Change Ecology

Postdoctoral position: Terrestrial Ecosystem/ Global Change Ecology: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks a creative and energetic postdoctoral associate to participate in research on carbon dynamics of forest recovery and how these are shaped by climate. Desired qualifications incl

[ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

I've been following the debate Simone Whitecloud inspired concerning babies in the field. This brought to mind something I was told when I was pursuing my B.S. in Wildlife Ecology: "You can be a scientist, a spouse or a parent. Two of these things you can be simultaneously great at doing, whi

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Summer Field Technician: Understory vegetation in northern hardwood forests

Summer Field Technician: Understory vegetation in northern hardwood forests Position description: The University of Minnesota Dept. of Forest Resources is seeking an undergraduate student to assist on a project examining the response of second-growth northern hardwood systems to old-growth r

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Where have all the earthworms gone?

For what it is worth, my garden and compost are "wriggling" with worms this year, far more than usual. Like Martin, I have speculated that my bounty, like his dearth, is due to the warm, almost snowless winter we experienced here in central Oklahoma. Our soil hardly froze all winter, and when

[ECOLOG-L] climate change video Thanks

Hello All, Thank you to everyone for so many good climate change video suggestions. Many people responded requesting a summary of the information. Here are the highlights -sorry for the long list - and numbering is off b/c of pasting. The server would not allow an attachment. I received many g

[ECOLOG-L] Ithomiine butterflies/Solanaceae at Los Amigos, Peru

Hi Ecologgers, I'm currently planning a year-long study of ithomiine (clearwing) butterfly abundance and niche- breadth in southern Peru, to begin this September. Los Amigos Biological Station (12°34'2.14"S 70° 5'56.15"W) in the southern Peruvian Amazon is one place I'm considering, but befo

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc position

2-year post-doc position – the genomics of ecological speciation in whitefish Umeå University, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science Project description Scandinavian populations of whitefish form distinct ecomorphs with separate spawning sites within 50-100 years. This finding provides

[ECOLOG-L] Thanks for weighing in on the babies-in-the field debate

I've received a ton of information that I will compile and post. I appreciate the input and concern voiced over the listserv and the emails I've gotten off-list. This discussion should continue among the ecology community if we want to foster diversity in our field. How can we support families in t

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Where have all the earthworms gone?

Martin, I don't have the answers to your questions but I can provide a little background that may help. You live in an area that has no native earthworms (this may be true for Susannah, whose message you forwarded, as well). All of the earthworms you are seeing are non-native, some invasive. It sou

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Backpacking with an infant?

I think the problem, Liz, is with the hyberbole and assumptions in your response. No one is saying there are "no challenges or obstacles," but many of us weathered the experience, and frankly, our recollections are based on that experience, not some rose-colored memory of idyllic parenthood.