[ECOLOG-L] Undergraduate Research Opportunity: Ecological Modeling

Spend Summer 2013 at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Be an ecological modeler! UPDATE: Due to some confusion regarding the original wording of the ad, we would like to emphasize that this is not a field position. We are looking for an undergraduate student for paid summer research. The pos

[ECOLOG-L] Fabricating research equipment: Contact a tradesperson

I wanted to post this message for ecologists out there that who have a need for specialty-made equipment, but are without the shop tools or know-how on how to actually make things. Case in point, I have needed a soil corer, a rig for taking bird’s eye view photographs from camera traps, a truck

[ECOLOG-L] Brazilian Ecosystems 2nd Call for Students

Dear ECOLOG Community, Please invite your students to participate in Antioch Education Abroad's Brazilian Ecosystems Program. It is an outstanding opportunity for direct field experience with the ecology and biodiversity of Brazil's preserved environments, and with real world conservation problem

[ECOLOG-L] 2 MSc positions - Conservation Biology and Endangered Species Research

Enthusiastic, team oriented, and self-motivated students are encouraged to apply for a MSc position to work on identifying movement potential and impacts to endangered fishes (e.g. Rocky Mountain Sculpin and Western Silvery Minnow) in southern Alberta. These projects are a multi-disciplinary co

[ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement: Biological Science Technician (Plants)

The USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) is advertising for 3 Biological Science Technicians through Open Continuous Recruitment (OCR) for work on a forest ecology/fire ecology-related research project in northeast California during the summer of 2013. Two crew members

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Assistantships in Climate-Water Quality Interactions at Washington State University, Vancouver

The Global Change and Watershed Biogeochemistry group at Washington State University, Vancouver (http://research.vancouver.wsu.edu/gcwblab) seeks motivated, independent M.S. and Ph.D. students to work on improving understanding of feedbacks between climate change, watershed nutrient transfers, and

[ECOLOG-L] Distribution of Look-Alike Buttercups: Seeking your participation!

*Please address questions and comments to Amanda Treher (amanda_tre...@natureserve.org)* We invite you to be a contributor to our citizen science collaborative project! We aim to harness the power of online citizen science communities to better understand the geographic range of select species

[ECOLOG-L] Summer Research Technician, grassland ecology

Student research assistants needed May 20th through August 16th 2013 to assist with studies of the effects of global change on grassland ecosystems at the Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory in Temple, Texas. Duties: The student will assist with several research projects studying th

[ECOLOG-L] Technician positions in large habitat fragmentation experiment, SC

Multiple field technician positions are available in South Carolina to work within a large scale experiment on restoration of plant and animal communities in fragmented habitats. Research will include studies of the effects of corridors on various aspects of plant and arthropod dispersal. Tasks wil

[ECOLOG-L] Field Course in Coral Reef Ecology, Panama

Panama Coral Reef Ecology Course Description. 2013 SUMMER COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT (June 15-July 10) FIELD COURSE IN CORAL REEF ECOLOGY (CRE B-13) COURSE LOCATION. Bocas del Toro Biological Station, Boca del Drago, Isla Colon, Republic of Panama. The biological station is located on a hill facin

[ECOLOG-L] Was CITES a game-changer for online outreach at fisheries and wildlife conservation management meetings?

Hello, everyone! The recent CITES meeting made history for many reasons, including the first time a commercially exploited species of shark was protected by the Convention. CITES COP16 was also noteworthy because of the extent that online outreach efforts were incorporated. This allowed intereste

[ECOLOG-L] Field stations and marine labs join forces to tackle national environmental challenges

Field stations and marine labs join forces to tackle national environmental challenges March 18, 2013 - A world threatened by extreme weather, biodiversity loss, emerging disease and increasing uncertainty needs the scientific capacity to face those challenges. Natural laboratories around the c

[ECOLOG-L] PhD position, Forest Landscape Dynamics, ETH Zurich

The Forest Ecology Group at ETH Zurich (Switzerland) (http://www.fe.ethz.ch) is seeking a Ph.D. student to focus on the modeling and analysis of climate and land use effects on forest landscape dynamics The detailed advertisement can be found here: http://www.telejob.ch/jobs/impacts_of_clima

[ECOLOG-L] Open PhD-positions in Biodiversity Research

Ph.D.-positions in Biodiversity Research The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) funds a large-scale grassland project “The Jena Experiment” (www.the-jena-experiment.de) on the relationship between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (Grant FOR 1451). On a 10ha field site in Jena, more than