[ECOLOG-L] Petition to Stop the closing of the Invertebrate zoo at the Smithsonian National Zoo in DC

Please sign this: https://www.change.org/petitions/smithsonian-institution-and-national-zoological-park-and-zoo-director-dennis-kelly-and-secretary-wayne-clough-and-dr-david-skorton-and-friends-of-the-national-zoo-keep-the-national-zoo-s-invertebrate-house-open?recruiter=112528375&utm_campaign=ma

Re: [ECOLOG-L] PNAS

I had a paper go through peer review at PNAS last fall, and although the paper got rejected, it was certainly very well peer reviewed. This paper compares current extinction rates of vertebrates in modern times to that in the Cretaceous mass extinction (using fuzzy computational approaches). One r

[ECOLOG-L] PNAS

Problems with peer review at PNAS and trendiness at Science and Nature http://www.nature.com/news/scientific-publishing-the-inside-track-1.15424?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20140619 -- David Duffy 戴大偉 (Dài Dàwěi) Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit Botany University of Hawaii 3190 Maile Way Honolulu Hawaii 968

[ECOLOG-L] SeaKeepers Society Call for Proposals

*I AM POSTING THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FOR A COLLEAGUE, IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT ANGELA ROSENBERG AT THE SEAKEEPERS SOCIETY DIRECTLY AT ang...@seakeepers.org. THANKS!* The International SeaKeepers Society is currently accepting research proposals for DISCOVERY Yacht expeditions. The S

[ECOLOG-L] New publications from the OTS Tropical Ferns and lycophytes course

Hello all, I am pleased to share the references of two new publications that have come out of the Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes course in 2013. The articles are the product of the independent projects that students are required to do as part of the two week course. Canestraro, B., R. C. Moran

[ECOLOG-L] Post Doctoral Fellow: 1000 Curculionidae Phylogeny and Evolution Project

Dear Ecolog, A postdoctoral fellowship is available for a highly qualified individual to join the McKenna lab at the University of Memphis to work on a 3-year NSF-funded project examining phylogeny and evolution of the weevil family Curculionidae, a lineage of phytophagous beetles comprising >5

[ECOLOG-L] CUAHSI Cyberseminar - Debates on Water Research - June 24th!

CUAHSI "Cyberseminars" Online Research Webinars for the Water Science Community Tuesday, June 24th: "Debates on Water Resources: The future of hydrological sciences: A (common) path forward?"- Opinion Articles from Water Resources Research Jeffrey McDonnell and Keith Beven - "A call to action aim

[ECOLOG-L] Support science in Senate FY '15 CJS bill

Dear ESA Members: Today, Wednesday, June 18th, 2014, the US Senate is scheduled to begin debating its bill to increase funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) in fiscal year (FY) 2015. We are asking you to contact your senators today if you agree increased funding for the National Sci

[ECOLOG-L] Key Contact Workshop of the Mountain Research Initiative, at ESA 2014 meeting

Three GREAT reasons to register now for the Key Contact Workshop of the Mountain Research Initiative, prior to the ESA Annual Meeting 2014 -- Why should you join the MRI pre-conference workshop for scientists working in mountain regions?

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology meets Economics Symposium in London

Dear ECOLOGgers - this upcoming symposium is likely to interest many of you. Ecology*Economics= ECO**2 http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/events/current_future_meetings/2014-annual-symposium-eco2/ The Two Sciences of Interaction At BMA house in London, 8 - 10 September, ecologists and econo