[ECOLOG-L] Congress Adapting to Global Change in the Mediterranean in Sevilla, Spain

2013-06-24 Thread Begoña Arrizabalaga
Dear ECOLOG-L members, The Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC) (Sevilla, Spain) invites you to register for the international congress “Adapting to Global Change in the Mediterranean” in Seville September 18-20, 2013. This congress is sponsored by an EU Regpot grant, so registration is free. All

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Geographic Precipitation and Temperature Data

2013-06-24 Thread John Gerlach
Something that you need to consider is how accurate/precise the Hardy, Something that you need to consider is how accurate/precise the data need to be for your needs. You mention specific coordinates. Except for weather stations, which can have many of their own issues and will not likely be

[ECOLOG-L] Bioinformatics of microalgae: Postdoc

2013-06-24 Thread Tatiana Rynearson
Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Bioinformatics: Transcriptome analyses of large next-generation sequencing datasets The Menden-Deuer and Rynearson labs at the University of Rhode Island invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in bioinformatics and computational

[ECOLOG-L] ASSOCIATE/FULL PROFESSOR (TENURE/TENURE-TRACK) IN FOREST OPERATIONS

2013-06-24 Thread Harper, Jeannette
Oregon State University’s Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management invites applications for a full-time 1.0 FTE 9-month tenure/tenure-track Associate/Full Professor position in Forest Operations and appointment as the Stewart Professor of Forest Operations. Though this tenured

[ECOLOG-L] banana monocultures wildlife - ref needed!

2013-06-24 Thread Wendee Nicole
I have an article coming out July 1 on the quite impressive EARTH University in Costa Rica, and how they've transform the banana industry in that area (their bananas are sold at Whole Foods ­ they're not organic, but they are grown in between shade trees, and they've cut way down on the use of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] banana monocultures wildlife - ref needed!

2013-06-24 Thread Wendee Nicole
Dave (et al) I know it may seem that way from my request, but that's not the case. I know from my two decades of familiarity with ecology literature that monocultures support less biodiversity than intact forest and ag systems with forest. I have seen such studies time and again, and was writing

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Acoustical Technician, CSU/NPS

2013-06-24 Thread Cecilia Leumas
U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service POSITION DESCRIPTION *Position Title:* Acoustical Technician (Colorado State University - Research Associate I) *Location:* Fort Collins, Colorado *Salary:* $35,000 plus

Re: [ECOLOG-L] banana monocultures wildlife - ref needed!

2013-06-24 Thread Wayne Tyson
While I agree with Dave (et al? Who else?) completely, I interpreted Wendee as drawing on her experience but having lost/forgotten the references that support her conclusion that monocultures = lower species diversity than the tropical forest removed to plant the plantations. Is there any

Re: [ECOLOG-L] banana monocultures wildlife - ref needed!

2013-06-24 Thread Lee Dyer
Hi Wendee,There are quite a few citations you could use that quantify the relationship between management intensity and different measures of biodiversity in banana. Hopefully you consider invertebrates to be wildlife because the references below mostly focus on invertebrates. All of them

[ECOLOG-L] Resources for ArcGIS

2013-06-24 Thread Tom Bommarito
Was hoping someone could point me in the direction of website that has free Natural Resource based tutorials for ArcGIS. I am looking for something that has data sets you can use to work on various things such as home range, migration/movement, and other spatial ecology issues. I have spent a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] banana monocultures wildlife - ref needed!

2013-06-24 Thread D R Strong
Wendee: Here is another one that I wrote in 1984 in Natural History Magazine, which I cannot get online even in University of California libraries. Banana s best friend. 1984. Strong, D.R.Natural History, no. 12, p. 51-57. The Natural History article was full of color photos of the

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Hawaiian Yellow-faced Bee Research Specialist or Postdoctoral Researcher

2013-06-24 Thread David Inouye
Title: Hawaiian Yellow-faced Bee Research Specialist or Postdoctoral Researcher Job Type: Full-time position Location: Oahu, HI Posting Date: This is a pre-announcement Job Summary: We propose to develop captive rearing, propagation and reintroduction techniques for native Hawaiian

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Resources for ArcGIS

2013-06-24 Thread Neahga Leonard
Hi Tom, I have a list of some free GIS data sources on my website (I'm slowly expanding this as I sort through my book-marks) http://writingfornature.wordpress.com/links-to-interesting-blogs/gis-and-mapping-resources/ U of Oregon has a page linking to tutorials and more info:

[ECOLOG-L] Soliciting responses: survey on postdoctoral stage in ecology

2013-06-24 Thread Allison Shaw
Dear Ecolog: We invite you to fill out a survey, providing your opinion on the support available to postdocs in ecology. We are looking for participation from current, former, and future postdocs about what societies like ESA and ecologists as a community can do to improve the postdoc