[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Opportunity - physiological ecology

2011-11-15 Thread Matthew Gifford
Physiology and ecology of salamanders and lizards Graduate opportunity in the Gifford lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Research in the Gifford lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is focused on how ectotherms (salamanders and lizards) deal with variation in environm

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Position: University of Arkansas at Little Rock

2010-01-08 Thread Matthew Gifford
Thermal physiology of salamanders in contrasting environments Graduate opportunity in the newly established Gifford lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Research in the Gifford lab is focused on how ectotherms (salamanders and lizards) deal with variation in environmental condit

[ECOLOG-L] PhD position

2010-01-20 Thread Matthew Gifford
PhD opportunity in the Gifford lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Thermal physiology and mechanistic distribution modeling in plethodontid salamanders Work in the Gifford lab is focused on how ectotherms (salamanders and lizards) deal with variation in environmental conditions (te

[ECOLOG-L] salamander reproductive energy investment

2009-01-29 Thread Matthew Gifford
Hello all, I am writing to this list to ask if anyone knows of literature reporting data on the energy content of salamander eggs (preferably Plethodon, but any salamander data are fine)? Also, if you have these data and would be willing to share them, please contact me. I have searched, bu

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Faculty Position in quantitative fisheries ecology at UMN

2009-09-03 Thread Matthew Gifford
I am posting this announcement for a colleague. Please respond to the appropriate contact person: Nancy Rothman, rothm...@umn.edu. Although the "deadline" for this position recently passed, the position is open until filled - In other words, you can still submit an application packet! POSI

[ECOLOG-L] AIC and R

2009-09-15 Thread Matthew Gifford
I am posting to this list in the hope that someone can suggest an appropriate approach for my situation. In short, I have a relationship between two variables described by a linear model. These variables are derived from two different predictive models that differ from one another by one pa

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate student stipends

2009-11-10 Thread Matthew Gifford
Hello all, I hope you can help me. I am trying to compile a list of stipends (TAs) offered to "Ecology/Evolution" graduate students at different institutions. If you would like to participate, please include the graduate student stipend (TA) offered by your institution for Master's (if this

PCA question

2006-08-18 Thread Matthew Gifford
I am looking for advice regarding principal components analysis. My situation is as follows: I have a data set of morphological measurements for 6 "taxa" (4 populations of one species and 2 populations of another). I read somewhere that in order to do a PCA appropriately, one needs to have

[ECOLOG-L] Salamander Conference

2014-01-10 Thread Matthew Gifford
6th Conference on the Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, May 18-20 2014 in Tulsa, OK. Please see the message below that was originally distributed a few months ago. It has been nearly seven years since the most recent “plethodontid conference.” Therefore, we are pleased to announce the 6th C

[ECOLOG-L] Plethodontids2014 - deadline extended

2014-02-13 Thread Matthew Gifford
Hi all, We will be extending the deadline for registration and submission of abstracts for the 6th Conference on the Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders. The new (and final) deadline for registration and abstract submission is March 1, 2014. If you have not done so and are planning to attend