[ECOLOG-L] Distance sampling training workshops August 2014

The Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (CREEM) is hosting two linked workshops in the summer of 2014 in our purpose-built facilities at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. The aim of these workshops is to train participants in the latest methods for design and

[ECOLOG-L] Call for papers, ecosystem function and land use change, special issue of Land

Dear Colleagues, I invite you to consider submitting relevant manuscripts to a special issue of the open access journal Land, focused on the connections between land use change and ecosystem functions. The deadline for manuscripts is 30 June 2014. More information on the special issue can be

[ECOLOG-L] JASM 2014 Special Session - Interactions between non-native plants and native animals in submerged, wetland, and riparian systems

JASM 2014 Special Session We are excited to invite interested researchers to submit an abstract to our special session devoted to interactions between non-native plants and native animals at the upcoming Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (May 18-23, Portland, Oregon). We plan to bring together

[ECOLOG-L] Podcasts: An Introduction to Tropical Ecology

Hello all, I wanted to share a link to the podcasts being produced from the OTS field course An Introduction to Tropical Ecology. The link to the podcasts is http://bit.ly/KwdAbh Can also follow the blog for the course if you go to http://bit.ly/1f0PrqA Cheers, Andres S. OTS Graduate Dept.

[ECOLOG-L] MS and PhD Graduate Research Assistantships (2 positions)

The Fisheries Management and Ecology Lab at South Dakota State University has two openings for M.S. and Ph.D. students to start in 2014. Active areas of research in the lab include native and introduced fishes, and applied and experimental fisheries management and ecology. Potential projects:

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (EEID) Conference 2014

*Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (EEID) Conference* *June 1-3, 2014* *Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado* We look forward to seeing you at the 12th Annual EEID Conference held at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 1-3, 2014. Please save the date.

[ECOLOG-L] stream fish/invertebrate intern, Northern Minnesota

STUDENT WORKER / INTERN - BIOMONITORING (STREAM FISH AND MACROINVERTEBRATES) Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, North Biological Monitoring Unit, Brainerd, MN We are looking for qualified students to assist with aquatic biomonitoring surveys on rivers and streams in northern Minnesota. Job

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology and Steady State Economics: The Fruits of Ecologists' Labor

Recent ECOLOG dialog has revealed an interest in the relationship between steady state economics and ecology. To contribute to the discussion, we have posted an excerpt from Chapter 7, Don't Sell the Farm: The Trophic Theory of Money, from

[ECOLOG-L] Support Available for Activities at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis

*Support Available for Activities at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis *March 1, 2014 is the deadline for requests for support for Working Groups, Investigative Workshops, Sabbaticals, and Short-term Visitors for activities beginning fall/winter 2014 at the National

[ECOLOG-L] Field School In Zimbabwe, May 14 - June 4

Sustainable Economic Development in Africa Summer Field School in Zimbabwe (3hr course) A 21 day active learning experience located at two world heritage sites in rural Zimbabwe. The course follows the ecological and social challenges of balancing rural lands for wildlife, plantation

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral position in disease modeling at the University of Minnesota

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN DISEASE MODELING POSITION:The Veterinary Population Medicine Department of the College of Veterinary Medicine has an opening for a 100% Post-doctoral Associate position. The position will focus on network modeling and analytic epidemiology. QUALIFICATIONS:The

[ECOLOG-L] 2nd call for submissions for the Beneath The Waves Film Festival

Dear Eco-loggers, Apologies for cross-posting, this is the second call for submissions for the 2014 Beneath The Waves Film Festival. We are a unique film festival and communication platform run by scientists with a global reach. Our mission is to provide new venues of communication to give ocean

[ECOLOG-L] Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2014 Special Session - Metacommunities in the Built Environment

Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2014 Special Session May 18-23, Portland, Oregon Metacommunities in the Built Environment We encourage researchers to submit an abstract to our special session focusing on multi-scale processes that shape biodiversity in built environments. Examples of built

[ECOLOG-L] BioScience Open Access for a Limited Time

The entire archive and current content of BioScience , the monthly journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, are now open access for a limited time on the servers of its new publisher, Oxford University Press: http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/ Users can access the entire

[ECOLOG-L] Post-doctoral position - molecular biology, ecology, virus-vector-plant interactions

A post-doctoral associate position is available in the Casteel lab at UCDavis, starting in August 2014. The primary research goal of the Casteel lab is to identify the functions of microbes in plant-insect interactions and elucidate the key molecular mechanisms responsible for these

[ECOLOG-L] Ecological-Economics Field Course in Zimbabwe

May 14 - June4. A 21 day active learning experience located at two world heritage sites in rural Zimbabwe. The course follows the ecological and social challenges of balancing rural lands for wildlife, plantation agriculture and subsistence herding and farming on Zimbabwe’s communal areas.

[ECOLOG-L] EPI - Yellowstone Instructor Intern Postions

Please post the following announcements to the listserve *Yellowstone Wildlife Field Ecology Instructor* *2014 Short Announcement* Ecology Project International (EPI), a nonprofit organization, is hiring instructors to teach field-based science/conservation/environmental educational

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate student assistantship (1-2)

Graduate student assistantships (1-2): The Division of Forestry and Natural Resources at West Virginia University is searching for 1-2 graduate students for a funded project to develop and implement acoustic, telemetry, genetic and toxicological studies of King and Clapper Rails in eastern

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral research fellow

Postdoctoral research fellow (1): The Division of Forestry and Natural Resources at West Virginia University is searching for a postdoctoral research fellow to participate in a funded project to develop and implement acoustic, telemetry, genetic and toxicological studies of King and Clapper

[ECOLOG-L] Assistant Professor - Environmental Microbiologist

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) Department of Environmental and Forest Biology invites applications for an academic-year, tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to fill the position of Environmental Microbiologist. The

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate (PhD) Assistantship: Wildlife community occupancy in relation to natural gas development in the Piceance Basin

Graduate (PhD) Assistantship Title: Graduate (PhD) Assistantship: Wildlife community occupancy in relation to natural gas development in the Piceance Basin Agency: Colorado State University Field Location: Piceance Basin, Colorado Job Description: This PhD project will investigate the natural