[ECOLOG-L] EXTENDED DEADLINES for 'ITEX' and 'Changes in Alpine Arctic Flora' conferences, September 2013, Switzerland

2013-07-05 Thread Christian Rixen
Dear colleagues, We would like to remind you of our conferences in Switzerland in September 2013. Please, don't forget to register and to submit your contributions! Note our extended deadlines: 12th July 2013: abstract submission for oral and poster presentations ends 15th August 2013:

[ECOLOG-L] Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

2013-07-05 Thread Steven Gray
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management at the University of Hawai'i invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources.  The position for the announcement can be found here:

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Anti-singles discrimination? Re: [ECOLOG-L] Career - Life Balance supplements to NSF awards

2013-07-05 Thread Christa Zweig
To be fair, it includes people caring for elderly parents/relatives, which most face at some point in their lives. Especially with the baby boomer generation aging, this is a topic no longer limited to people with children. Hopefully that could steer the conversation past the inevitable Well,

[ECOLOG-L] Tropical Conservation, Permaculture Research Internship in the Rainforest of Ecuador

2013-07-05 Thread Jordan Trujillo
Title of Post : Tropical Conservation, Permaculture Research Internship in the Rainforest of Ecuador Applications for the Late Summer Internship Session are due Thursday, July 11th. We are working towards a sustainable future in the rainforest of Ecuador and we need help! In 2007, a few of

[ECOLOG-L] Tropical Conservation, Permaculture Research Internship in the Rainforest of Ecuador

2013-07-05 Thread Jordan Trujillo
Applications for the Late Summer Internship Session are due Thursday, July 11th. Applications for the Fall Internship Session are due Wednesday August 21st. We are working towards a sustainable future in the rainforest of Ecuador and we need help! In 2007, a few of us—ecology, economics, and

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Anti-singles discrimination? Re: [ECOLOG-L] Career - Life Balance supplements to NSF awards

2013-07-05 Thread Kay Shenoy
Dear Unmarried Single, You would naturally feel discriminated against because you have no idea, and absolutely cannot know, the amount of time it takes to care for a family. Before we had a child, my husband and I worked 12 hours a day or more. Yes, it was hard to get laundry, cooking, cleaning,

[ECOLOG-L] Research Assistant Professor position - State-and-transition modeling

2013-07-05 Thread Jason Karl
The Jornada Experimental Range in Las Cruces, New Mexico is recruiting a post-doctoral researcher/college assistant professor to participate in research and lead projects in the application of ecological state-and-transition models to management of arid ecosystems. The Jornada is a leader in the

[ECOLOG-L] postdoc search: optimal restoration of aquatic ecosystem connectivity - UW-Madison

2013-07-05 Thread Peter McIntyre
We seek a post-doctoral researcher for an ongoing project to minimize the impact of in-stream barriers on native fish migrations between the Laurentian Great Lakes and their tributaries. Native and invasive fish migrations into rivers and streams are a key feature of the Great Lakes ecosystem,

[ECOLOG-L] AGU Session Announcement: Observational Networks of Mountain Social-Ecological Systems

2013-07-05 Thread Franco Biondi
Dear Colleagues, Please consider submitting an abstract to the 2013 AGU Session on Observational Networks of Mountain Social-Ecological Systems. This session focuses on data capture and integration relative to social-ecological systems in mountain regions. Mountains concentrate critical economic

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Anti-singles discrimination? Re: [ECOLOG-L] Career - Life Balance supplements to NSF awards

2013-07-05 Thread David Duffy
I hope the article below is unnecessarily pessimistic, but there is a real problem and the resulting professional and personal carnage is something we can't afford to allow to continue--David Duffy

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: Root depth measurement

2013-07-05 Thread 张玉
Hi all, I want to do some measurement of the root depth of plants (including shrub, grass and forb). Excavation of the whole plant root system is most straightforward but hard to get permission for, especially for shrubs. Do you guys have any idea how to measure/extrapolate root depth with minimum

[ECOLOG-L] Masters Assistantship for study in sugar pine growth and defense dynamics

2013-07-05 Thread David Inouye
Masters Assistantship available in Forest and Fire Ecology Department of Forestry and Wildland Resources, Humboldt State University GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP FOR STUDY IN SUGAR PINE GROWTH AND DEFENSE DYNAMICS Dr. Jeffrey Kane, Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Wildland Resources

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology Root Research Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fwd: Root depth measurement

2013-07-05 Thread Wayne Tyson
Zhang: Most root patterns are distorted (guided) by three things--available water, oxygen, and pore diameter. Most plants have limited ability to increase effective pore size (there are exceptions) at the root-tip, but most root growth strength is by expansion of diameter, and that can be

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fwd: Root depth measurement

2013-07-05 Thread Steve Young
Many have used mini-rhizotron tubes installed in the ground and then captured images with a scanner connected to a computer. Software to analyze the images for roots is then employed. The system is very effective at non-destructively obtaining in situ root samples, but there are some obvious