[ECOLOG-L] Workshop: Resilience, ecological solidarity and stewardship

2013-04-08 Thread David Inouye
See the conference website: http://www.resilience2014.org/ This workshop is the second of a workshop series in preparation for the 2014 Resilience Conference to be held in Montpellier, France (www.resilience2014.org). The objective of the series is to bring together French and international

[ECOLOG-L] MS Assistantship on Thermoregulation, Thermal Sensitivity, and Stress Responses in Endotherms

2013-04-08 Thread Justin Boyles
We are seeking a M.S. student in the Zoology Department at Southern Illinois University Carbondale to begin fall 2013. The student will work with Dr. Robin Warne (http://www.zoology.siu.edu/people/warne.html) and Dr. Justin Boyles (http://wildlife.siu.edu/Boyles.html) to evaluate thermoregulation,

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Ecological Data Manager, Hamaarag (Israel)

2013-04-08 Thread David Inouye
Job Opportunity: Ecological Data Manager Hamaarag, Israel's ecosystem assessment program, is a partnership of the organizations that manage Israel's ecosystems and open landscapes: the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Israeli National Parks Authority, the Israeli Forestry Service

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Teaching/Research Position

2013-04-08 Thread Nat Weston
Mendel Science Experience Post-Doctoral Fellow Department of Geography the Environment Villanova University Faculty Mentors: Nathaniel Weston and Steven Goldsmith Villanova University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites applications for a Mendel Science Experience Post-doctoral

[ECOLOG-L] Post-doctoral opportunity in avian neuroscience at USF

2013-04-08 Thread Lynn B. Martin
Post-doctoral opportunity in avian neuroscience at USF Dr. Toru Shimizu and I are looking to hire a post-doc to help faciliate interdisciplinary research between our labs. Interested individuals can get more information about our research at the links below, but in brief, we're seeking

[ECOLOG-L] REEFS Special Session at ESA's Annual Meeting

2013-04-08 Thread Andrea McMillen
Will you be at ESA's annual meeting in Minneapolis? What is your favorite lesson to dispel misconceptions in undergraduate students' understanding of ecology? What is your favorite ecology focused classroom, lecture hall or laboratory activity? Do you have a new idea for a learning activity

[ECOLOG-L] MS Assistantship: Floodplain Forest Restoration, U. of Illinois

2013-04-08 Thread Jeffrey W. Matthews (University of Illinois)
Graduate opportunity in floodplain forest restoration, University of Illinois A Graduate Research Assistantship (M.S.) is available starting Fall 2013 in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois. Research will focus on the relationship between

[ECOLOG-L] Computational Ecologist job (NOAA, Silver Spring, MD) --statistical modeling of marine wildlife surveys in R

2013-04-08 Thread Brian Kinlan
Dear colleagues, The NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science is hiring a Computational Ecologist, a statistical/computational ecologist with experience fitting advanced spatial models to marine wildlife survey data (e.g., seabirds and marine mammal transects, fisheries trawl surveys) in

[ECOLOG-L] pop/quant textbook

2013-04-08 Thread Kim Cuddington
A question to the ecolog-verse: Do you have a fave text for either a 3-4th year population ecology course or quantitative ecology course? I'm being asked to create a combo pop/quant course and am looking for the perfect blend of modelling and stats with a pop spin. Kim

[ECOLOG-L] Society for Range Management Save the Date!

2013-04-08 Thread Angie Reid
Save the date! February 9-14, 2014 67th Society for Range Management Annual International Meeting, Technical Training and Trade Show in Orlando, Florida. The theme for the 67th Society for Range Management Annual International Meeting, Technical Training and Trade Show is “From Dusty Trails

[ECOLOG-L] Mass Migrations - PhD opportunity

2013-04-08 Thread Grant Hopcraft
We are offering a fully-funded PhD opportunity for a student to work on quantifying mass migrations at the University of Glasgow. This is an integrated project between ecology, medicine and statistics. The project aims to synthesize our empirical observations of two mass movement events: the

[ECOLOG-L] Gazetteer of China

2013-04-08 Thread Jorge A. Santiago-Blay
Gazetteer of China Hello: What is the best Gazetteer of China available online? Ideally, I would like to type a geographical name and get: 1. a map with a dot of the locality (dots, if more than one location has the same name) 2. a list of small spelling differences and previous spellings of

[ECOLOG-L] Research Volunteers needed in Panama through June 11, 2013

2013-04-08 Thread Guy Finley Litt
Considering a trip to Latin America in the near future? Stop by Panama and help out with a cool research project! I am a University of Wyoming doctoral student investigating the impacts of land use on tropical hydrology. My research is through the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Agua

[ECOLOG-L] Paid Summer Research Assistantship - central Ontario

2013-04-08 Thread Mark Horsburgh
Field assistant required who enjoys being outdoors in forested areas to assist with ecological fieldwork. Fieldwork will be conducted regularly from *May - August 2013*. The project involves aspects of plant ecology/reproduction and possible influences logging may have on plant reproduction and

[ECOLOG-L] summer courses at Highlands Biological Station

2013-04-08 Thread Karen Kandl
Summer Courses at Highlands Biological Station Highlands Biological Station, in the beautiful southern Blue Ridge Mountains in Highlands, NC, is offering the following summer courses and workshops. Two-week courses are 3 credit hours for $700. One-week workshops are $350 and 1 credit hour.