[ECOLOG-L] Looking for Canadian Summer Employment Opportunities

2016-03-26 Thread April Martinig
Hello everyone, I am a Canadian citizen looking for work from April to August in Canada. I have two B.Sc. degrees (Ecology and Primatology) from the University of Calgary and have completed my M.Sc. in Biology at Concordia University. I speak English and French. If anyone knows of any jobs a

[ECOLOG-L] Summer Soil Institute at Colorado State University: Deadline Extended- Apply Now

2016-03-26 Thread Matthew Wallenstein
ANNOUNCING THE 7TH ANNUAL SUMMER SOIL INSTITUTE AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SOIL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY? The 7th Annual Summer Soil Institute is your opportunity to gain an integrated perspective with world-renowned faculty to address critical questions using current a

[ECOLOG-L] Summer field assistant – Influences of forest edge on conifer regeneration in the Pacific Northwest

2016-03-26 Thread Brendan Whyte
I am seeking a field assistant for my thesis research, which explores the influences of forest edges on conifer regeneration and growth within harvest units. This research is part of a larger long-term study of variable-retention harvests in the Pacific Northwest, the DEMO Experiment. Overview: W

[ECOLOG-L] Research Assistantship in Environmental Engineering

2016-03-26 Thread Dibs Sarkar
PhD Research Assistantship in Environmental Engineering Position: A research assistantship is available in the Center for Environmental Systems (CES) at Stevens Institute of Technology to conduct transdisciplinary research on (a) soil/water/wastewater treatment of emerging contaminants u

[ECOLOG-L] Possibly silly question about calculating Levins' B from frequency of occurrence diet data

2016-03-26 Thread Chris Harrod
Dear all I’m a fish ecologist and regularly rummage through fish guts to get a feel for what they are eating and to describe their niche width etc. Generally we estimate contents by relative volume and then calculate the standardised Levins’ index (B’). I’ve expanded my horizons and have start

[ECOLOG-L] plant moisture

2016-03-26 Thread Amanda Goldberg
Hi, I am conducting a studying on hibernating ground squirrels are we are interested in measuring change in plant moisture to evaluate whether timing of hibernation is correlated with when particular plants dry out for the summer. We would like some way to measure change in plant moisture from