[ECOLOG-L] ESA Invasion Ecology Section meeting

Please join us next week in Baltimore for the first meeting/mixer of the newly formed ESA Invasion Ecology Section. We'll describe the mission of the section and how you can get involved. Dan Simberloff will provide some brief comments. Wednesday, August 12, 2015: 6:30 PM 315, Baltimore Convention

[ECOLOG-L] First Cut:No Five-Kid Presidents

In the week leading up to the ESA conference and its two symposia on population and economic growth, and in the wake of the Republican primary debate, I offer "First Cut:No Five-Kid Presidents" as food for thought, to pique some interest in population matters, and even as an exercise to be analy

[ECOLOG-L] 100th anniversary of the Ecological Society of America

This Sunday will be the first day of the annual meeting of the ESA, in Baltimore. In recognition of that landmark anniversary, Science magazine's editorial this week focuses on the history and future of the field. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6248/565.full I hope to see many of you a

[ECOLOG-L] CASSE strategy discussion at ESA conference

As you probably know, the ESA will be holding its 100th Annual Meeting in Baltimore next week. Of course, the entire conference should be worthwhile, but a symposium on Thursday afternoon (1:30-5:00 on 8/13) will be particularly relevant to a steady state economy: _ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS AND PLANE

[ECOLOG-L] Updated link - Lacawac Ecology Conference (Sept 25-26) in NE Pennsylvania

Join us for the Lacawac Ecology Conference (LEC) September 25 - 26, 2015. Lacawac Sanctuary and Field Station is in Lake Ariel, PA. Lacawac is an independent field station and is in the Poconos of Northeast Pennsylvania within 2.5 hours of Philadelphia and NYC. LEC is our annual ecology conf

[ECOLOG-L] Assistant/Associate Professor: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Assistant/Associate Professor: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, is conducting a broad search for an Ecologist or Evolutionary Biologist. We are interested in applicants who will fit into our department's focal research area

[ECOLOG-L] ESA Organized Session: Implications of positive interaction studies to the future of ecological research"

Dear Eco-Loggers: ESA is next week in Baltimore!! We would like to invite you all to the session OOS 37: “Implications of positive interaction studies to the future of ecological research”. The goal of this session is to highlight the current state of facilitation research and describe the futu

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Research Assistant in Sustainable Agriculture and Grassland Conservation

Fall-Winter Research Assistant: Sustainable Agriculture and Grassland Conservation Job Description: The USDA, Agriculture Research Service, Northern Plains Agriculture Research Laboratory in Sidney, MT is seeking an enthusiastic and hard working individual to serve as a biological science aide to

[ECOLOG-L] M.S. Assistantship in Fish Conservation GIS

Institution: Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, Ames (http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/) Responsibilities: We are looking for a highly motivated graduate student to join a collaborative study led by Drs. Clay Pierce, Kevin Roe, and Michael Weber evaluating re

[ECOLOG-L] Job:

The Agnes Scott College Biology Department invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in ecology and related areas, to begin August of 2016. A strong commitment to both undergraduate teaching and research is expected. The ideal candidate should be prepared to conduct and publis

[ECOLOG-L] The Martin lab at U South Florida is seeking graduate students

The Martin Organismal Biology lab at the University of South Florida is seeking graduate students for admission, Fall 2016. Our lab asks questions about the effects of vertebrate physiology and behavior on ecological and evolutionary processes. Our current foci are the study of the individu

[ECOLOG-L] Free Webinar on Antarctic Research

As the planet's coldest and windiest continent, Antarctica offers unique opportunities for scientific research: the region’s varied ecosystems hold secrets to life in extreme environments, ice and sediment cores record Earth’s climate history,and the dry, stable atmosphere provides optimal conditio

[ECOLOG-L] Visiting Researcher opportunities in Republic of Korea, National Institute of Ecology

Job Announcement Visiting Researcher The National Institute of Ecology (NIE) is a newly-established government-funded research institution of ecology in Korea. The two main research themes that the NIE pursues are "Biodiversity ecology" and "Climate change science". In addition to establish f

[ECOLOG-L] Bee and Wasp Expert Needed for NYC BioBlitz August 30

Dear colleagues, I'm organizing the third annual Macaulay Honors College BioBlitz that is taking place at the future Freshkills Park on Staten Island on August 29-30, 2015. Our BioBlitz teams up our 500 sophomores with scientists and others who have expertise with local species for a celebration

[ECOLOG-L] DEADLINE EXTENDED: ICMB 2016 abstract submission - last week

9th ICMB, Sydney, January 2016 - abstract submission closing Friday August 21 Dear Colleagues, In response to numerous requests, the closing date for abstract submission had been extended to the 21st August 2015. We encourage all those interested in speaking or presenting a poster at the conferen

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc position in soil biogeochemistry, native plant restoration, and ecosystem resilience

Postdoc position in soil biogeochemistry, native plant restoration, and ecosystem resilience The laboratories of Ben Sullivan (Soil Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Ecology; sullivanlab.weebly.com) and Elizabeth Leger (Restoration Ecology; www.ag.unr.edu/leger

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc and PhD positions

** One Postdoctoral Associate and Two Ph.D. Students ** We are searching for outstanding applicants for one postdoctoral associate and two Ph.D. student positions to participate in an NSF-funded interdisciplinary and international project on telecoupled human and natural systems, in which humans a

[ECOLOG-L] Call for Abstracts

Dear Colleagues, We (Chelsey Armstrong and Cynthia Fowler) seek proposals to participate in the "Looking Backward and Moving Forward: Applying Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Traditional Resource and Environmental Management" session at the SfAA 2016 meeting

[ECOLOG-L] Systems Modeler/Software Engineer

** Systems Modeler/Software Engineer ** A systems modeler/software engineer is sought to lead and coordinate the development and applications of a suite of computer software programs on telecouplings (socioeconomic and environmental interactions over distances, telecoupling.org). Telecoupling is

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Assistantships/Fellowships

** Graduate Assistantships/Fellowships ** Graduate assistantships/fellowships are available for outstanding self-motivated students to conduct innovative and high-impact research at the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS) at Michigan State University. Research topics may in