Re: [ECOLOG-L] A short story about Bob Mitchell

Hi Alison, I met Bob Mitchell only a few times at Jones Center in southern Georgia. It was very clear during our conversations that Bob was a towering intellect, a deep thinker, totally devoted to ecology, and most of all, a very humble person. I came away inspired each time, which speaks to

[ECOLOG-L] Monitor environmental and social change using IPhones, Photo-stitching, and Time Lapse

All: Below is a new and very short video about an idea we have had to measure change using sets of corrected (rectified, if you will) pictures over time from the same place. We think it has lots of applications to the type of work that ecologists, foresters, land managers, and environmental citiz

[ECOLOG-L] ichneumon predators of swallowtail caterpillars?

    After keeping a swallowtail chrysalis all this past winter and spring, my patience was rewarded not with a soft fluttering of wings, but a harsh papery buzz.  The chrysalis, it seems, had been incubating a wasp all the while.     I feel like a kid whose long-awaited birthday present turned o

[ECOLOG-L] Introducing Supply Shock by Brian Czech

The Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) is proud to feature a new book, _Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution_: http://steadystate.org/discover/supply-shock/ [1] _Supply Shock_ is the culmination of 13 years' work by Brian

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Monitor environmental and social change using IPhones, Photo-stitching, and Time Lapse

Sam - Your idea is simple and elegant. Thank you for sharing. To help it grow in a way that is open and collaborative, I have set up an open source platform at http://MonitorChange.org. I will develop in further over the coming days and weeks to help people connect and share efforts. Those w

[ECOLOG-L] Please post this ad

Science Teaching Fellow The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EBIO), at the University of Colorado, Boulder, invites applicants for the position of Science Teaching Fellow to assist with enhancing teaching and learning in our undergraduate courses. Candidates should hold a doc

[ECOLOG-L] Teaching Assistantship with Research Commitment (Wildlife Ecology) in South Texas

We are inviting applications for a graduate position (MSc) that includes 8- 9 hours/week as assistant instructor in undergraduate biology laboratory classes. The appointment is to begin Fall 2013 in the Biological Sciences Department at the University of Texas-Brownsville. This position additio

[ECOLOG-L] Enter the Faces of Biology: Broader Impacts Photo Contest

Help the public and policymakers to better understand the broader impacts of biological research by entering the Faces of Biology: Broader Impacts Photo Contest. The contest is sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). Photographs entered into the contest should demonst

[ECOLOG-L] Identification of spiders from Iran

Dear Ecolog-Listers: I am posting this for Mr. Mahmood Mehrafrooz (mahmood_mehrafr...@yahoo.com). He needs references for the identification of spiders from Iran. Specifically the collections have been done in the Semeskandeh Forest (long. 36°32'55"N lat. 53°9'25"E). Ideally, references should h

[ECOLOG-L] IMPORTANT: Evidence enough to overshadow bottom-up vs. top-down debate?

Dear Colleagues- Listen to the audio from: http://people.ucalgary.ca/~mmusiani/VOA%20Musiani.mp3 It's an interview about our project with Voice of America, Science World. Please also note the PLOS paper, which is just out: Humans Strengthen Bottom-Up Effects and Weaken Trophic Cascades in a Terr

[ECOLOG-L] Training Center on Conservation and Sustainable Development in Peru

Dear Friends, We are part of a non-profit organization trying to implement a Training Center on Conservation and Sustainable Development at the High Land Amazon basin in Peru. The center is located in Oxapampa, (selva central), surrounded by 12.5 ha of cloud forest, two streams, riparian

[ECOLOG-L] experts on nocturnal wildlife behavior?

Fellow listers, I am a science journalist working on a magazine article about nocturnal wildlife behavior: Why are some animals (and plants) active primarily at night, and how has increased human development affected nocturnal behavior in various species? I'm looking for experts to interview w

[ECOLOG-L] New journal on Chemistry central: Sustainable Chemical Processes

I thought people may be interested in the following URL: http://www.sustainablechemicalprocesses.com Also click on the link: Chemistry Central for other info that may be of interest combining interests of chemists, ecologists, biologists and other disciplines Best wishes, Ling Ling Huang Sacr

[ECOLOG-L] MS graduate assistantship: bird migration study (Virginia/Maryland)

Graduate student opportunity in conservation biology at Old Dominion University I am seeking a highly motivated M.S. student to join my lab in the Department of Biological Sciences at Old Dominion University, starting fall 2013. This student will work as part of a new collaborative radar proj

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Mekong Delta example - Monitor environmental and social change using IPhones, Photo-stitching, and Time Lapse

Hi, I would like to share the project that staffs from Can Tho University, Vietnam is doing to monitor the environmental change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. We (Dr. Ni, myself and other colleagues) have set up a network of local farmer who are willing to measure a certain environmental indic