[ECOLOG-L] Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network Seeks Network Manager

Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network Seeks Network Manager The Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network has announced that it is seeking a qualified individual to serve as Network Manager to coordinate the network’s activities. See the attached Press Release for more information about the S

[ECOLOG-L] Marshbird field technician - Prairie Pothole Region Minnesota

Marshbird field technician for 2016 field season in MN The Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is seeking one field technician to join our team for the 2016 spring-summer field season. The technician will join the graduate researcher in conducting sunrise and sunset secretive mar

[ECOLOG-L] Post-doctoral Researcher in Soil Microbial Ecology & eBiogeochemistry

Post-doctoral Researcher in Soil Microbial Ecology & Biogeochemistry A post-doctoral position is now available in the Ecology Center and the Department of Biology at Utah State University, Logan, UT. The successful candidate will contribute to a project examining how soil microbial growth effic

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate assistantships in Soil Microbial Ecology & Biogeochemistry

Graduate assistantships in Soil Microbial Ecology & Biogeochemistry Two PhD and one MS graduate student assistantships are available in the Ecology Center and the Department of Biology at Utah State University, Logan, UT, beginning summer or fall 2016, as part of a USDA-AFRI project examining h

[ECOLOG-L] Environmental Technician position, Johns Hopkins University

An environmental technician position is available in the soil ecology lab of Dr. Katalin Szlavecz at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. We are looking for a person with good hands-on skills, familiar with simple electronic tasks such as soldering and assembling circuits, as well as medium lev

[ECOLOG-L] Teaching faculty position in Environmental Sciences and Sustainability, Johns Hopkins University

Teaching Professor in Environmental Sciences and Sustainability The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University invites applications for a teaching professor position in Environmental Sciences and Sustainability. The position will be filled at the Senior Lecturer, Ass

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Assistant Curator of Mycology

*Job Title:* Assistant Curator of Mycology *Job Summary:* Coordinates the growth and improvement of Denver Botanic Gardens’ mycology program, advocate biodiversity science and natural history collections, develop an active externally funded research program that incorporates postdoctoral fellows,

[ECOLOG-L] Summer Field Opportunities in Forest Ecology in Oregon and Washington: The DEMO Study

Summer field crew positions are available for the Demonstration of Ecosystem Management Options (DEMO) Study, a large-scale, long-term experiment in structural-retention harvests in the Pacific Northwest. Overview: Crews will take measurements in permanent plots to characterize overstory stru

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc: Network analyses of pollinator movements, University of Toulouse

Postdoc: Network analyses of pollinator movements, University of Toulouse Our lab seeks a postdoc in the field of spatial ecology to study bee foraging movements. In the lab, bees tend to establish routes minimizing travel distances between feeding sites, an optimisation problem analogous to t

[ECOLOG-L] germination tips for Spartina alterniflora, Juncus roemerianus, and Panicum virgatum

We are trying to germinate seeds of Spartina alterniflora, Juncus roemerianus, and Panicum virgatum that we hand-collected from the field in coastal Mississippi. We collected a lot of seed since the viability can sometimes be low for Spartina, and have been trying various techniques to promote

[ECOLOG-L] Hymenoptera Short Course - HYM Course 2016, Highlands Biological Station

Please direct questions to Robert Kula, robert.k...@ars.usda.gov To Prospective Participants: The Entomological Society of Washington (entsocwash.org) and Highlands Biological Station (highlandsbiological.org) are pleased to announce the seventh offerin

[ECOLOG-L] MS opportunity in forest science and information management

Opportunity for MS Degree focusing on forest science and information management with the Andrews LTER The HJ Andrews Experimental Forest and Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Site has funding for a student to pursue a Master’s Degree focusing on Information Management in the Forest Ecosystems

[ECOLOG-L] GRANT: Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative Small Grants OPEN

Interested in studying biodiversity on the Nantucket? The *Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative (NBI*) is seeking proposals to conduct research that expands knowledge of understudied taxonomic groups and the overall biodiversity of Nantucket, Tuckernuck, and/or Muskeget Islands. The mission of t

[ECOLOG-L] TODAY - AASHE webinar: Student Leadership for Campus and Community Sustainability

Dear All, Please join us for the second webinar of the “AASHE 2015 Award Winner" series, today Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET. Speakers of "Student Leadership for Campus and Community Sustainability" will explore two differing and successful approaches to deepening student engagement i

[ECOLOG-L] Four new job postings, ecology of ticks and mammals, Cary Institute

Dear Colleagues, Please distribute the following job postings as you see fit. *1. Research Specialist needed for field and lab project on “Climate Change and Tick-borne Disease Project”:* Job Reference # 16011-I. Research the effects of weather and climate on the survival and behavior of bl

[ECOLOG-L] Hydrological modelling — ILRI MSc Research Fellowship

Hydrological modelling — ILRI MSc Research Fellowship The International Livestock Research Institute (www.ilri.org) is offering an MSc Research Fellowship focused on hydrological modelling aspects of a larger project. Please find the full job description and application portal at: http://ilri.sim

[ECOLOG-L] 2016 Field Courses in Tropical Biology and Primatology

ANNOUNCEMENT: New Summer Field Courses in Southeastern Peru. Our courses are organized around several discrete modules in the fields of tropical biology and primatology. At the start of the course, students begin by learning basic orienteering and navigation skills, while becoming familiar with sa

[ECOLOG-L] 4th International Marine Conservation Congress - Call for Abstracts (closes 7 March)

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The 4th International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC4), Making Marine Science Matter, will be held from 31 July-3 August 2016 at the Delta Conference Centre, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (YYT). It's time to start writing your abstract! The Call for Abstract