[ECOLOG-L] POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE / AGRONOMY - SOIL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre and Algoma University are looking for a postdoctoral research associate. 1. General Accountability One of the most critical challenges faced by human society is producing more and healthier food at competitive prices while minimizing the ecological footprint

[ECOLOG-L] Travel Grants to ESA Annual Meeting--Urban Ecosystem Section Due June 1st

Dear Students, The Urban Ecosystem Section of the Ecological Society of America encourage all graduate students with presentations addressing some aspect of urban ecology to submit applications for our section's 2012 travel awards: *2012 Urban Ecosystem Ecology Section Travel Awards* -UEE wi

[ECOLOG-L] Environmental Education/Visitor Services Specialist

Environmental Education/Visitor Services Specialist Description: The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service, is recruiting an Environmental Education/Visitor Services Specialist at Desert National Wildlife Refuge (Clark County, NV). The specialist will work coll

Re: [ECOLOG-L] canopy cover measurements per plots

Hi Merav Take a look at systematic sampling design for plots. Example links http://www.fao.org/forestry/11649/en/ and assessment of uncertainty in spatially systematic sampling by Heikkinen (Finnish Forest Research Institute). http://www.metla.fi/pp/JuHe/pub/sluumea05.pdf Also do a search und

[ECOLOG-L] Aquatic Ecologist job: Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

Job posting can be found at: https://jobs.hrd.state.ma.us/recruit/public/3111/job/job_view.do?postingId=J30563&code=search.public&federalStimulus=no&companyId=59 For more information, contact: Jon Regosin Chief of Conservation Science Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program Massachuset

[ECOLOG-L] Job Opportunity - Ecological Science Technician - Boulder, CO

Overview The National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. (NEON™) is a $430 million dollar observatory project dedicated to understanding how changes in climate, land use and invasive species impact ecology. For the next three decades NEON will collect a comprehensive range of ecological data

[ECOLOG-L] canopy cover measurements per plots

Hi all, I'd like to measure canopy cover using a fisheye camera in my research plots in the Bay Area, California. Most of the literature I've found deals with point sampling, but I'm interested in sampling plots (each of my plots is 25 x 25 m). Are you aware of a suitable simple protocol? All I

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Freezing Eggs: Solution for female grad students, post-docs, early-career researchers?

Interesting article.Of course, the world population is now 7 billion and counting. So before running out to freeze your eggs (or sperm) one must carefully evaluate whether or not you want to have children. I've met many women (with or without professional careers) who had children because it wa

[ECOLOG-L] Two spots available: The 2012 Summer Soil Institute at Colorado State University

Interested in Soil Ecology and Biogeochemistry? Looking for a quick course to enhance your knowledge of soils this summer? Due to cancellations, two spots have opened for the 3rd Annual Summer Soil Institute Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO July 8-21, 2012 http://soilinstitute.nrel.col

[ECOLOG-L] NEPA Technician

NEPA Technician Description: Working with the BLM Winnemucca District Office, GBI is recruiting a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Technician to work cooperatively with BLM’s Resource Management Plan (RMP) Team Lead and Planning and Environmental Coordinators. The NEPA Technician will be p

[ECOLOG-L] Wyoming toad - MS position

I am recruiting a MS student to investigate recovery strategies for the Wyoming toad. Currently the population is critically endangered and information is needed to define short and long term recovery strategies. The project will include both experimental release strategies and landscape-level ana

[ECOLOG-L] National Initiative Launched to Change the Way Biology Departments Approach Undergraduate Education

National Initiative Launched to Change the Way Biology Departments Approach Undergraduate Education PULSE program seeks faculty to help lead systemic change A new national initiative promises to improve college biology education by engaging faculty members in an effort to change how post-second

[ECOLOG-L] Sarewitz on Systematic Error

Everyone should take a minute to read this Nature 'world view' piece. http://www.nature.com/news/beware-the-creeping-cracks-of-bias-1.10600?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20120515 Matthew K Chew Assistant Research Professor Arizona State University School of Life Sciences ASU Center for Biology &

[ECOLOG-L] Wetland Field Tech Position - Applicant needed ASAP

Wetlands and Climate Change: Position Announcement Project description: A field technician position is available to work on a research project on wetland hydroperiod and biodiversity in the context of climate change. The research will be carried out in E Wyoming, E Montana, South Dakota, North Da

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Freezing Eggs: Solution for female grad students, post-docs, early-career researchers?

The article forgot to mention that sperm deteriorate as well, so career-only men should freeze sperm early too! https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2006/NR-06-06-01.htmltoo! https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2006/NR-06-06-01.html Of course, older women with frozen eggs should try to hav

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Position in Community Ecology at Yale University

I am seeking a Postdoctoral Associate to work at the interface of theoretical and experimental ecology, on an NSF funded project examining the impact of environmental variability on the dynamics of ecological communities. Population biologists have developed a growing understanding of how the

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Positions (2) in Soil Biogeochemistry and Hydrology

Postdoctoral Positions in Soil Biogeochemistry & Hydrology The DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC; www.glbrc.org) has postdoctoral openings at Michigan State University's Kellogg Biological Station for fundamental research on the environmental sustainability of cellulosic biofuel