[ECOLOG-L] Re-publishing of open access articles without authors' knowledge

2013-08-12 Thread Elizabeth Wolkovich
I am posting this on behalf of my colleague Rosie Redfield. Please contact Rosie at redfi...@interchange.ubc.ca for more information or any questions. Thanks. Lizzie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc Available Malaria Pop Gen UCSF

2013-08-12 Thread Bryan Greenhouse
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Statistical Population Genetics at U.C. San Francisco, San Francisco, CA A postdoctoral position is available starting between September 2013 and January 2014 in the laboratory of Bryan Greenhouse in the Division of Infectious Diseases at U.C. San Francisco. The curre

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Land Area within a Latitudinal Range

2013-08-12 Thread Christopher Tracey
This is pretty much it. One additional important point is that the data within the GIS needs to be setup in a map projection that conserves area. If this is neglected, you could end up with area measures that are extremely off (probably overestimating), especially in the higher latitudes (in m

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Land Area within a Latitudinal Range

2013-08-12 Thread Neahga Leonard
If you have access to ARCGIS software it would be pretty easy to do. Select your area, exclude oceans (-1 and under meters elevation - in my experience setting the measure at 0 winds up excluding a lot of land area), and query for area in whatever units you have set up to measure in. The base-map

[ECOLOG-L] Land Area within a Latitudinal Range

2013-08-12 Thread Abdel Halloway
Hi ECOLOG, I was hoping you could help me. I'm trying to determine the land area of the New World and Old World separately within certain latitudinal ranges. Is there some way of determining this? Any information will be helpful. Thank you. Sincerely, Abdel Halloway

[ECOLOG-L] JobPosting: Seeking Coordinator for OTS NAPIRE research program, App due Aug 25

2013-08-12 Thread Andres Santana
Hello, I am posting this on behalf of a colleague of mine. It as very interesting job opening in Costa Rica but that at certain moments of the year the job responsibilities can be filled from anywhere in the Americas. Cheers, Andres S. Hello, I hope this message finds you doing very well to

[ECOLOG-L] Northeastern US Ecology Conference - Sept 27 - 28, 2013

2013-08-12 Thread Lesley Knoll
We are excited to announce the annual Lacawac Ecology Conference (LEC) to be held September 27 - 28, 2013 at Lacawac Sanctuary in the Poconos of Northeast Pennsylvania (Lake Ariel, PA). LEC provides: - A great venue for connecting with regional scientists - An opportunity to discuss research ide

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate student positions in plant-herbivore interactions and quantitative/theoretical ecology

2013-08-12 Thread David Inouye
Graduate student positions in plant-herbivore interactions and quantitative/theoretical ecology The labs of Nora Underwood and Brian Inouye in the Ecology and Evolution Group at Florida State University are looking for new graduate students (PhD or exceptional MS) to join our labs. Our labs f

[ECOLOG-L] motion tracking software

2013-08-12 Thread Asaf Sadeh
Hi I received more requests to share the suggestions that I get than actual suggestions, so I'll share it with the listserv. - Bio-tracking (http://www.bio-tracking.org/), requires Ubintu. - Ctrax (http://ctrax.sourceforge.net/) - DLT Dataviewer (http://www.unc.edu/~thedrick/software1.html), requ

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Fellow – Arctic Soil Carbon Cycling @ Colorado State University

2013-08-12 Thread Matthew Wallenstein
*Postdoctoral Fellow – Arctic Soil Carbon Cycling* * Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory Colorado State University* The Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University seeks candidates for a postdoctoral fellow position for research on Arctic soil carbon cycling and microbial ec

[ECOLOG-L] Senior level scientist position at HawkWatch International

2013-08-12 Thread John DeLong
I am posting this on behalf of HawkWatch International. Please scroll down for contact information:Senior Level Scientist Salt Lake City, Utah HawkWatch International (HWI), a non-profit conservation science organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah, seeks a trained ornithologist (Ph.D. prefe

[ECOLOG-L] Position: Senior Plant Ecologist Catalina Island Conservancy

2013-08-12 Thread John Mack
POSITION: Senior Plant Ecologist STATUS: Full time, Exempt POSITION SUMMARY: Develops and implements ecosystem assessment, natural recovery, and habitat restoration projects related to plant communities of Santa Catalina Island, other Channel Islands and Southern California. This positio

[ECOLOG-L] Call for Papers: Special Issue "Global Freshwater biodiversity" - Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818)

2013-08-12 Thread Thilina Surasinghe
Dear Colleagues The following Special Issue will be published in Diversity (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity/, ISSN 1424-2818), and is open for submission of a comprehensive review article or a full research paper for peer-review and possible publication: Special Issue: Global Freshwater bio

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc: viral transmission dynamics and spillover

2013-08-12 Thread James Holland Jones
The Jones lab at Stanford University invites applications for a post-doctoral researcher to develop models of viral transmission dynamics and zoonotic spillover as part of a larger project on human dimensions of zoonotic disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. The post-doc will be an integral member of a

[ECOLOG-L] Doctoral assistantship in ecosystem dynamics of vernal pools

2013-08-12 Thread Krista Capps
Doctoral assistantship in ecosystem dynamics of vernal pools in Maine Graduate Assistantship: There will be a new Ph.D. post available beginning January 2014 in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program at the University of Maine. The candidate will participate in studies of the impacts of

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Position

2013-08-12 Thread Shannon LaDeau
We are seeking a postdoctoral research associate to collaborate on a funded NSF project to develop models that integrate field and experimental data to investigate viral transmission in northwestern fisheries. The associate will interact with a multi-disciplinary team to target an important aquatic

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Research Associate - Gopher tortoise conservation

2013-08-12 Thread Clint Moore
### Postdoctoral Research Associate ### Landscape-scale decision support for conservation of gopher tortoise populations in Georgia Application deadline October 31, 2013 The Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is recruiting for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct research

[ECOLOG-L] Reef restoration scientific diver positions, Seychelles

2013-08-12 Thread Sarah Frias-Torres
We are still recruiting reef restoration scientific divers in Seychelles. We need to fill several temporary posts (3 months each) for the January 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013 field season. More details below. Follow link.Contact me directly off list if you have any questions. Position title: scien

[ECOLOG-L] Ph. D. or MS Research Assistantship

2013-08-12 Thread Sam Riffell
Ph. D. or MS Research Assistantship Effects of biomass production on birds and plant communities in managed pine forests of east-central Mississippi This is an operational-scale experiment to evaluate wildlife and vegetation response to switchgrass intercropping within intensively managed pine fore

[ECOLOG-L] Faculty Position – Coral Reef Biogeoche mistry – Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Bi ology

2013-08-12 Thread Megan Donahue
*Faculty Position – Coral Reef Biogeochemistry – **Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology * The Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Hawai‘i invites applications for a full-time, 11-mos, tenure-track research faculty position in coral reef biogeo