[ECOLOG-L] Primate Survey Leader - Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Job Type: Primate Survey Leader Hiring Organization: Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program Opportunity location: Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, Africa Closing date (if specified): August 20th, 2012 Start date: September 15, 2012; min. 6 month commitment. The Bioko Biodiversity

[ECOLOG-L] Symposium on oceanic top predators

Dear colleagues, If you happen to study any aspect related to the ocean’s charismatic megafauna (whether fish, mammals, birds, or turtles) or climate impacts on oceanic ecosystems in general, please consider attending the 2nd CLIOTOP (Climate Impacts on Oceanic Top Predators) symposium in New Ca

[ECOLOG-L] Job: desert tortoise research technician

Desert Tortoise Research Technician, U.S. Geological Survey (GG-0404-05) Job Description: The U.S. Geological Survey is recruiting field technicians to assist with research projects investigating Desert Tortoise (G. agassizii) ecology, physiology, and disease dynamics. We are based out of He

[ECOLOG-L] bayesian modeling tutorials or workshops

Hi all, I'm looking for tutorials, workshops, or books on learning Bayesian modeling, particularly as regards species distributions. Can provide recommendations? Many thanks, Lynnette -- L. Lynnette Dornak Ph.D. Candidate Dept. of Geography University of Kansas

[ECOLOG-L] dragonfly migration

DRAGONFLIES Help Untangle the Mysteries of Migration One August, a couple of years ago, friends came back from trips to Oregon's coast with the same question: What's up with all those dragonflies? They'd all noticed that the air over the beaches was full of thousands of red-colored dragonflies.

[ECOLOG-L] Rebanks Family Chair in Pollinator Conservation

The Rebanks Family Chair in Pollinator Conservation The School of Environmental Sciences (SES) at the University of Guelph seeks applications from leaders in the field of pollinator conservation for a newly created endowed chair. The successful candidate will be a recognized champion in the wel

[ECOLOG-L] Climate Deniers Discussion

Hello all, I am a web journalist at ESSIC and we plan to write an article for the site on the issue of climate change. With the various extreme weather conditions across the United States, and the debate on the ECOLOG listserv under the email subject "Confronting climate deniers on college campuse

[ECOLOG-L] Upcoming position: Invasion risk of non-native plants (MS or PhD)

As part of my faculty duties I oversee the IFAS Assessment of Non-native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas at the University of Florida. We will be advertising a new position with the program soon, hopefully within the next month. A brief job description is below. I will be at the ESA meeting next

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Project Based Learning and Ecology???

Hi, You might want to talk with Walter Poleman at UVM ( http://www.uvm.edu/rsenr/faculty-staff/walter-poleman) and look into the LANDS program that UVM runs (http://www.uvm.edu/~conserve/lands_website/), usually with the oversight of a graduate student in the Field Naturalist program (http://www.u

[ECOLOG-L] Remote sensing and Dendrochronology PhD student search

Remote sensing and Dendrochronology (PhD) The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science seeks a motivated PhD student to study the influence of changes in growing season length on the productivity of forest trees in the eastern United States. The student will join a team of ecolo

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Research Assistantship in Root Ecology – Appl ication of Ground-Penetrating Radar

A graduate research assistantship is available starting fall semester 2012 or spring semester 2013. The project involves cutting edge application of ground-penetrating radar to quantify root biomass and spatial distribution of roots. The research will be conducted at the Blackwater Ecologic Pres

[ECOLOG-L] ornithologists/birders - advice please

Hello - I am the director of La MICA Biological Station (http://www.lamica.org/) located in central Panama. We have a local person, Santana, who is an amazing birder. He worked with George Angehr several years ago as a local guide and since then has been really interested in birds. He still has

[ECOLOG-L] Project Based Learning and Ecology???

Dear friends, I am using the PBL method with school teachers to discuss about alternative methods of learning ecology. The idea is to show some project ideas to teachers and they use some of them with the kids. I am using the same approach to teach Conservation Biology for undergrad Biology stu

[ECOLOG-L] Field technician positions, Longleaf Pine Understory

Position Opening: Field Technician position: Longleaf pine restoration The Savannah River Site, South Carolina We seek to fill two field technician positions for a large- scale experiment on the restoration of longleaf pine plant communities in the Southeastern United States. Primary job duties

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Subject: Triumph of Fantasy over Science

Hello Rob, Thank you for sharing your ideas. With a subject like like economics I bet it is hard to find a way to make it accessible to people like me, those who have been taught Neoclassical Economics through out their schooling, but always felt like the theories were incomplete. Using "Fantasy"

[ECOLOG-L] AGU Session on Impacts of Extreme Climate Events and Disturbances on Carbon Dynamics

Hi All, I would like to bring our AGU session to your attention. Shuguang (Leo) Liu and I are convening a session on the impacts of extreme climate events (e.g., drought, heat waves, spring freeze) and disturbance (e.g., fire, hurricane, insect outbreaks, and harvesting) on carbon dynamics ag