[ECOLOG-L] EBSCO
Dear Listers: I publish a peer-reviewed scientific journal (blaypublishers.com). Recently, an EBSCO representative has offered me a “standard, non-exclusive, license agreement”. If any of you have interacted with EBSCO and is willing to share your interactions with me, could you please contact me off the list (blaypublish...@gmail.com)? If you prefer the phone, that may be possible, just send me an email first. Thank you. Sincerely, Jorge -- Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD blaypublishers.com 1. Positive experiences for authors of papers published in *LEB* http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/ 2. Free examples of papers published in *LEB*: http://blaypublishers.com/category/previous-issues/. 3. *Guidelines for Authors* and page charges of *LEB*: http://blaypublishers.com/archives/ *.* 4. Want to subscribe to *LEB*? http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/ http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.cfm
[ECOLOG-L] RSF: seeking 1-2 volunteers in sustainable/intl development
Please pass along to anyone who might be interested! The Redemption Song Foundation (RSF) is seeking a full-time volunteer to join us in Uganda for 3, 6 or 12 months, beginning summer 2015 (or earlier if you can). This is a full-time all-volunteer position. Join a growing team working on a very exciting project to align environmental sustainability with community livelihoods. We are a small but growing nonprofit with a big vision and a big heart. If grant money becomes available, this could turn into a full-time job down the road. The position involve working with indigenous Batwa pygmies who live in extreme poverty, as well as other marginalized communities. We work holistically to improve quality of life, health, and the environment in the vein of the late Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom¹s ³Design principles.² Any given day, we may be making the steep trek to Karehe village to inventory houses and do community education, take HIV+ women to the hospital to ensure they receive their medicine, supervising latrine digging or mud-house-building, or (this is something we will be doing in the near future) tree planting for carbon sequestration projects RSF wants to get started, or working with Batwa children on our educational ³soup kitchen² day. Computer work may involve working on inventory of baskets and jewelery (part of an income-generating Artisan Co-op), communicating with donors and potential donors, and working on grants. An ideal candidate has a college degree in sustainable development,international development, sanitation engineering, or ecology (with an interest in sustainable livelihoods), some experience with living or at least traveling in developing nations, a positive, can-do attitude and a solid work ethic. I am flexible and we can implement new, innovative projects that the volunteer candidate has a special interest in. For more info about RSF visit http://www.redemptionsongfoundation.org, or the Facebook: http://www.redemptionsongfoundation.org. After earning a M.S. in Ecology (and ³almost² a Phd in Ecology/Evolutionary Bio), I have worked as an environmental journalist and photographer for nearly 2 decades, and my growing interest in environmental justice issues led me here. A grant from Mongabay brought me to Uganda in Jan/Feb, and not long after, I sold my house in Houston and moved to Uganda permanently in September 2014. RSF is a (US) 501c3 nonprofit organization with our ³base² a few km outside of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home to critically endangered mountain gorillas, as well as a small community of indigenous Batwa ³pygmies.² The Batwa are struggling to survive and thrive since the park¹s creation. Here¹s an article I wrote about the situation before I moved here: http://www.takepart.com/feature/2014/11/25/conservation-refugees-of-uganda-b atwa-mountain-gorillas. (Note I didnt come up with that title and don¹t like it!) You will be required to pay your way here (airfares can be as low as $860 from the US to Uganda, plus transport from Kampala to Bwindi, which can be another $450 round trip airfare, or a $400 car hire). Very low-cost or possibly free housing is available. You may be required to pay a small monthly fee for food, though it will be cooked for you, if you wish. RSF headquarters are in a fairly remote village (the nearest bank is 1 hour away, for example), although it is simultaneously a hub for mountain gorilla tourists. and we have no vehicles, there are motorcycles to transport you, and there are several tourist lodges in the vicinity that allow visitors for dinner or drinks. One of the best hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa is right here, Bwindi Community Hospital. The RSF house has solar power, hot water/showers, flush toilets, and everything you need to be comfortable after the sometimes tough field conditions. **Note I am looking also for volunteers in the US who want to help with everything from social media to financial management to grant writing (write yourself a job!) so if you¹re interested, let me know, email me at redemptionsongfoundation AT gmail DOT com. Wendee Wendee Nicole, Founder Director, REDEMPTION SONG FOUNDATION (http://www.redemptionsongfoundation.org) Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/redemptionsongfoundation ³Spreading Hope by Growing Healthy Communities and Sustainable Ecosystems in Africa M.S. Wildlife Ecology * Freelance Writer * Photographer * Bohemian (http://www.wendeenicole.com)
[ECOLOG-L] Invitation for papers for special issue on biodiversity and high value timbers
Dear Ecolog: Submissions are invited for a special issue of the International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services Management, entitled Synergies between biodiversity and management for high-value timber species. This issue is based on a technical session of the IUFRO 2014 World Congress, but the issue is open to authors who did not participate in the session. The deadline has been extended to April 15, 2015. This Special Issue examines the scientific basis for managing to create a positive synergy between biodiversity and high-value timber species. Management to conserve biodiversity and management for the production of high-value timber species can be in conflict with each other. The increasing need to conserve biodiversity and the ongoing demand for high-value timbers prompt the goal to integrate these management objectives. Therefore papers are requested for a Special Issue that explores positive interactions between biodiversity and high-value timbers. This Special Issue aims for a global scope, including tropical and temperate high-value timbers. Possible topics include: • How biodiversity can protect high-value species from pests and pathogens • How biodiversity, as an indicator of more intact ecosystems, can sustain production of high-value species • How high-value species in restoration and plantations can reestablish or conserve biodiversity • How high-value species in enrichment plantings or natural forest can help maintain intact forests and their biodiversity • How high-value species themselves are examples of biodiversity in need of conservation For more information, please see: http://explore.tandfonline.com/pages/cfp/tbsm-themed-paper-aug-2014 If you have any questions, please contact Sheila Ward at: sheila.emily.w...@gmail.com -- Sheila Ward, PhD
[ECOLOG-L] Course R Without Fear: Applied R, September 21-25, Barcelona, Spain
Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the workshop R Without Fear: Applied R for Biologists, September 21-25, 2015. Instructor: Dr. Jordi Moya-Laraño (Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas - CSIC, Spain). PLACE: Facilities of the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). WEBPAGE: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/applied-r-for-bio/ PROGRAM: Introduction to the R working environment. - Variable types in R. - Statistical populations and samples through working examples. - Measurements of central tendency and variability. - Precision, accuracy and bias. - Hypothesis testing: Falsability, Type-I and II errors and statistical power. - Correlation and simple regression. - P-value vs. effect magnitude. - Linear Models: Residuals, assumptions and interpretation. - Explained vs. unexplained variance of a model (the coefficient of determination). - Building functions in R. - Introduction to graphics in R. - The concept of partial effect: Partial regression and correlation. - General Linear Models (GLM). - Curve fitting in linear models and General Additive Models (GAMs). - The problem of spatial autocorrelation in ecology and evolution. - Multicolinearity: When is there a problem? - Additive vs. multiplicative effects: Checking and plotting interactions. - Introduction to General and Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMM). - Fixed vs. Random effects and implications for analysis: Main R functions. - Introduction to Bayesian statistics: The function MCMCglmm. - Practical examples in evolutionary ecology: The study of natural selection. Applications of linear models for quantitative genetics. - Student’s case studies. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, Ph.D. Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org
[ECOLOG-L] source of birch tar?
Hello Ecolog-Listers: Does anyone know where to purchase Birch Tar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_tarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_tar)? Note, I am not asking for the birch soap, birch oil, birch drinks, etc. Just the tar (or any such sticky stuff). Please, see an illustration here: http://www.practicalprimitive.com/images/newsletters/birchtar/birchtarstick.jpghttp://www.practicalprimitive.com/images/newsletters/birchtar/birchtarstick.jpg If you know of a source, please feel free to contact me off the list, mailto:blayjo...@gmail.comblayjo...@gmail.com . Gratefully, Jorge Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD http://blaypublishers.comblaypublishers.com 1. Positive experiences for authors of papers published in LEB http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/ 2. Free examples of papers published in LEB: http://blaypublishers.com/category/previous-issues/http://blaypublishers.com/category/previous-issues/. 3. Guidelines for Authors and page charges of LEB: http://blaypublishers.com/archives/http://blaypublishers.com/archives/ . 4. Want to subscribe to LEB? http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/ http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.cfm
[ECOLOG-L] PhD Position: Ecosystem Modeling at Montana State University
Fire, climate, human influences on forest-steppe vegetation dynamics: The Ecosystem Dynamics Lab in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, Bozeman is looking for a PhD student to study forest-steppe vegetation dynamics. Climate, fire, and humans, and their interactions, strongly influence vegetation dynamics over varying temporal and spatial scales and to better understand these relationships, the project partners with a paleoecology team (Drs. Cathy Whitlock/MSU and Jed Kaplan/UNIL) to develop a biogeography/biogeochemistry ecosystem model to investigate late-Holocene forest-steppe vegetation patterns in Patagonia. A highly motivated student, who is interested in field ecology, theoretical ecology, and ecosystem modeling, is desired. Experience in either ecology, environmental science, and computer programming is a plus, but not required. Please send questions and/or application materials to Dr. Ben Poulter (benjamin.poul...@montana.edu). Application materials should include a 1-page letter of interest, a 2-page CV, and contact information for three references. Closing date is May 1, 2015, with a start date for August 2015.
