[ECOLOG-L] Suggestions for a first-year book related to sustainability?

For the last couple of decades the University of Maryland has picked a book that is provided to all first-year students to read during the summer before they matriculate. Faculty in courses that first-year students are likely to take can try to incorporate the book, or ideas from it, in their c

[ECOLOG-L] Ecologist support position USFS Northern Research Station Houghton MI

Dear colleagues, This is an Outreach Notice that was just posted for a GS-0408-09/11 Ecologist position is with the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Climate, Fire and Carbon Cycle Sciences Research Work Unit (NRS-06) located at Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Houghton, MI. The pos

[ECOLOG-L] CfP "People and Fishing Places of the North" at ICASS IX June 8-12 2017 Umea Sweden (Deadline: December 16 2017

*CfP "People and Fishing Places of the North" at ICASS IX June 8-12 2017 Umea Sweden (Deadline: December 16 2017)* Dear Colleagues, those of you working on topics related to Indigenous fishing, fish camps, water use, fishing places in the North, may want to consider submitting a paper to our sessio

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Entry-Level Plant Ecologist/Plant Biologist

We have an immediate opening in our Los Gatos office for a full-time, entry- level plant ecologist/plant biologist. This person will conduct field studies, including plant community mapping, rare plant surveys, and wetland assessments and delineations, and will prepare a variety of reports/techn

[ECOLOG-L] MS assistantship - land use decision support in native prairie

Dr. Paige Ferguson, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alabama, is seeking a MS student to begin in Summer or Fall 2017. Research will use structured decision making to evaluate management of private land use in the Black Belt Region of Alabama. The MS

[ECOLOG-L] Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

*Augustana College-Environmental Studies Visiting Assistant Professor Position* The Environmental Studies Program at Augustana College invites applications for a full-time (10-month) Visiting Assistant Professor beginning August 2016. The position is annually renewable for up to 3 years. Augusta

Re: [ECOLOG-L] use of test strips/kits in water quality monitoring

I have had experience using the Hach test strips and can attest to their accuracy and ease of use. I used the nitrate/nitrite, pH, and Chloride test strips and compared them with an electronic field meter. All three tests were very close to the field meter (cannot remember the exact values I compar

[ECOLOG-L] 2 PhD positions in Plant (Evolutionary) Ecology in Tübingen, Germany

There are currently two PhD positions offered in the Plant Evolutionary Ecology group (www.uni-tuebingen.de/plantevoeco) at the University of Tübingen, Germany: 1. PHENOLOGY OF FOREST UNDERSTOREY PLANTS IN RELATION TO LAND USE AND CLIMATE CHANGE The PhD student will combine field surveys with t

[ECOLOG-L] Mewaldt-King Student Research Award

ECOLOG - Please circulate: The 25th annual Mewaldt-King Student Research Awards will be announced by the newly merged American Ornithological Society at the 2017 North American Ornithological Congress in East Lansing, MI. These $1,000-$2,000 awards are designated in the memory of L. Richard M

[ECOLOG-L] use of test strips/kits in water quality monitoring

Hi folks, Does anybody have experience and feedback that they could share using test strips/kits for estimating concentrations of nutrients in streams, lakes and ponds? Our current approach is to analyze many elements within grab samples taken twice a year and we don’t have the resources to sup

[ECOLOG-L] MS GRA in grassland fuel ecology/fire behavior available now at North Dakota State University

A Master’s-level Graduate Research Assistantship in is available immediately in the School of Natural Resource Sciences at North Dakota State University (Fargo, ND), advised by Devan McGranahan, Assistant Professor of Range Science. The GRA will collect vegetation data and measure fire behavior as

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc: remote sensing of vegetation photosynthesis using solar-induced fluorescence

Dear all, Sorry for the cross-posting! I am looking for a postdoc working on the remote sensing of vegetation photosynthesis using solar-induced fluorescence. Please see below. I will be at AGU to chat if you are interested. Thank you! *Postdoctoral Research Associate* The Department of Environ

[ECOLOG-L] What are science faculty members doing when evaluating anti-science papers in science classes?

What are science faculty members doing when evaluating anti-science papers in science classes? Dear Colleagues: To encourage civilized face to face or digital discussions, in my science classes, I like to ask questions about topics some people find controversial (e.g. age of Earth, age of human l

[ECOLOG-L] Amphibian Research Field Technicians Needed

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative Northeast program will be hiring 2-4 student contractors/field technicians in 2017. Technicians will be hired for the spring & summer period (early March through July 2017). Technicians may have the possibility of extens

[ECOLOG-L] Assistant Professor of Fisheries and Aquaculture

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FISHERIES & AQUACULTURE The Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Science (FWES) at SUNY Cobleskill invites applications for a 10-month tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Fisheries & Aquaculture to start in Fall (August) 2017. This is an applie

[ECOLOG-L] Ohio State MS Student recruitment - Ecosystem Restoration

OPEN INVITATION TO APPLY FOR MS POSITIONS IN ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION The School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) at The Ohio State University currently offers MS and PhD programs with a specialization in Ecological Restoration. Our faculty have expertise in terrestrial vegetation ecology

[ECOLOG-L] Utah Stable Isotope Courses - Application period open

Announcing the Stable Isotope Short Courses at the University of Utah, June 2017 Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry and Ecology, June 12-23, 2017 Isotopes in Spatial Ecology and Biogeochemistry, June 12-23, 2017 https://itce.utah.edu/courses.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - We are

[ECOLOG-L] Survey on Soil Biodiversity Data

Hi Everyone, Working as part of an sDiv working group, sWorm (https://www.idiv.de/?id=429) led by Nico Eisenhauer (iDiv) and Erin Cameron (University of Helsinki), I am conducting a survey on soil biodiversity data to assess what data currently exists, as an initial step towards developing a gl

[ECOLOG-L] 7 PhD position in Integrative Biodiversity Research in iDiv (Germany)

iDiv, the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, invites applications to several doctoral and post-doctoral positions for candidates from various backgrounds. iDiv (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig) is the world-leading place f

[ECOLOG-L] 8 Postdoc in Integrative Biodiversity Research at iDiv (Germany)

iDiv, the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, invites applications to several doctoral and post-doctoral positions for candidates from various backgrounds. iDiv (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig) is the world-leading place f

[ECOLOG-L] Sessions on root-related research at IUFRO 2017 - abstract submission deadline extended (December 15, 2016)

Dear colleagues, you are invited to submit an abstract for the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg Germany, 19-22 September, 2017! http://iufro2017.com There will be two sessions on root-related research: ** Forest rhizosphere ecology and biogeochemistry across en

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Researcher, Phenological adaptation in variable environments

Researcher Phenological adaptation in variable environments 12 month pos A 12 month position as a researcher in Evolutionary Ecology is open at Lund University. Topic: Evolution in variable environments, Phenology in interactive communities Project description This is a project on how organ

[ECOLOG-L] Undergraduate Internship in Tropical Ecology and Evo lution – Summer 2017

REU program in Tropical Ecology and Evolution – Summer 2017- University of Puerto Rico We are now accepting applications for the Summer 2017 internship in Tropical Ecology and Evolution at El Verde Field Station, Puerto Rico. The internship will run from May 29 - August 4. Application deadli

[ECOLOG-L] call for Working Groups, Postdocs and Sabbaticals (sDiv)

Message forwarded at the request of sMarten Winter: Dear colleagues, (apologies for cross-posting) sDiv has opened a new call for Working Groups, Postdocs and Sabbaticals. Deadline: Proposal 15 FEBRUARY 2017 & Deadline for Letter of Intent 18 January 2017 For more information see www.idiv.de/s