Re: [ECOLOG-L] Nonprofit publishers of ecology related journals
Hey James et al. - This site might help you - http://www.eigenfactor.org/openaccess/ Although it shows a positive correlation between article influence and publication costs, there are many open-access journals with good influence that have no or low publication costs. Alan --- Alan Wilson Program Director - National Science Foundation - Population and Community Ecology Associate Professor - Auburn University - Fisheries - www.wilsonlab.com - 703-292-5190 From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [ECOLOG-L@listserv.umd.edu] on behalf of James Browne [ecoj...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 4:07 PM To: ECOLOG-L@listserv.umd.edu Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Nonprofit publishers of ecology related journals A different way to look at the question of getting a list of not-for-profit publishers is to ask for a list of ones that are the best value in which to be published. I would like that one. Even if you have access to pay-walled papers, simple impact factor is not the only consideration if you don't have much funding to cover page costs. Some knowledge of the costs to researchers and others who would like to read you work is a consideration, but choosing a journal can be daunting. Another thought is the business model and longevity of open access journals. It will not help to publish but not accessible a few years or even months later, neither on library shelves nor a server farm. Jim On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 12:00 AM, ECOLOG-L automatic digest system lists...@listserv.umd.edu wrote: There are 13 messages totalling 875 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Landscape Ecology of Pollination Postdoc 2. Postdoc and 2 PhD positions at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia 3. M.S. Graduate Research Assistantship in Landscape Connectivity Modeling, University of Illinois at Springfield 4. Field Technicians - Osprey Recovery in Illinois 5. Nonprofit publishers of ecology related journals (2) 6. Dear Colleague Letter - Stimulating research using NEON data 7. Job: COORDINATOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 8. Grad Assistantships in Forest Nutrient Cycling: May or June 2015 9. Harmful Algal Bloom Research Scientist Position 10. Summer REU coordinator (temporary position) 11. WA DNR Northwest Region Engineer Job Opening 12. Field assistant positions in pollination ecology - CLARIFICATION -- Date:Wed, 1 Apr 2015 23:17:49 -0400 From:=?windows-1252?Q?Rufus_Isaacs?= isaa...@msu.edu Subject: Landscape Ecology of Pollination Postdoc Michigan State University=92s Department of Entomology seeks a post-docto= ral=20 research associate to study pollination in agricultural landscapes. The i= nitial=20 focus of this position will be on understanding and developing models for= how=20 local and landscape manipulations affect pollinators and pollination serv= ice=20 provisioning, with plans to integrate additional ecosystem services into = the=20 framework as the research develops. This position will be based in Rufus=20= Isaacs=92 laboratory and will work closely with Doug Landis=92 laboratory= . The=20 preferred candidate will hold a Ph.D in environmental biology, conservati= on=20 science, entomology or ecology, and will have experience with spatial=20 statistics, GIS, mechanistic and empirical modelling, and R and/or Python= =20 programming. Detailed knowledge of insect biology would be useful. Experi= ence=20 in modelling ecosystem services from a variety of domains (e.g., insect- mediated services, water quality, cultural services) would be an asset. T= he=20 full position description and application information are available at:=20= www.ent.msu.edu and application materials are due April 29.=20 -- Date:Thu, 2 Apr 2015 16:40:56 +1100 From:Ascelin Gordon ascelin.gor...@rmit.edu.au Subject: Postdoc and 2 PhD positions at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia *Postdoc and 2 PhD positions at RMIT University, Melbourne * We are looking for one postdoctoral fellow and have scholarships available for 2 PhD students to work on two ARC funded projects at RMIT University, Melbourne. Both projects will be based at RMIT (city campus) within the Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Group http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/our-education/academic-schools/global-urban-and-social-studies/research/research-centres-and-groups/interdisciplinary-conservation-science/ with the potential for national and international travel. *Evaluating environment policy that has immediate costs but long-term gains* PhD and postdoctoral fellow opportunity A fundamental challenge for environmental policies is the different timescales over which ecological and financial costs and benefits occur. For example, whilst revegetation to offset land clearing incurs immediate
[ECOLOG-L] Reminder: Individual-based modeling short course
The application deadline is approaching for the one-week short course on individual-based modeling, taught by Steve Railsback and Volker Grimm and based on their book Agent-based and Individual-based Modeling: A Practical Introduction. The course will be July 27-31 at Humboldt State University. The course is intended primarily for faculty planning to teach their own classes, but we also welcome researchers. Information is at: http://www2.humboldt.edu/ibm/ The official deadline is 6 April but we will consider applications made through next week. Steve Railsback
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Graduate School Funding Advice
Hi Jordan, Travis is right (I actually went to school with Travis), your best option is finding a program that will fund you. For a M.S., it is harder to find a program that will fund you well enough to live off of, but not impossible. When you said in this area were you referring to living area, or area of study? If you are only looking in your local area, you will find it even more difficult. Start looking nationally, and internationally. If you don't find a program, don't get discouraged. Funding comes in waves, as does new research projects and openings for students. If there isn't something this year, there may be next year or the year following. My advice (this is how I found a M.S. and a PhD program) is to start reading journal articles on topics that you are interested in. Contact the authors and let them know you've read such and such paper and ask them if they have funding for a student. If not, ask if they have contacts who do have funding. Also, keep a lookout on this and other listservs. Keep that up until you find something. In the interim, look for internships doing any research and especially research in your area of study (but any type of field work/research will get you a leg up in your marketability). You'll have fun, gain great experience, and perhaps great contacts. Don't give up and best of luck! Cheers, Ed Krynak
[ECOLOG-L] Graduate School Funding Advice
A word from the other side of the desk might be useful. I'm a professor at one of the very many mostly undergraduate institutions that has a small graduate program. We offer two master's degrees (Biology and Urban Ecology) but not a PhD program. In my 19 years here I have graduated 13 graduate students, all of which have gone on to bigger and better things. Four are currently in PhD programs, others are in industry and gov't and education. I have 5 (!) defending this spring and three entering my lab this summer. Only two were fully funded via outside grant support. This discussion has centered around finding funded MS programs. In contrast, we have very little financial support for our graduate students here, and both tuition (~$32K) and cost of living are high. We therefore do all this without very much funding, in fact I can't promise my incoming students much support at all. We patch together limited internal funding, mostly tuition assistance, with teaching assistantships, summer research fellowships, local environmental jobs, and yes, loans. We always find the funding needed for the projects themselves. My master's students all get some experience writing funding proposals themselves, and some are funded. I regularly lose good prospective students to other institutions that provide more support. Nevertheless, I have had an extraordinary run of talented students over the years, and we've done great work. I think everyone has gotten their money's worth and then some. The take home: finding a fully funded project is not the only good way to go. When I talk with prospective grad students I try to make all this very clear, and if they have a better opportunity elsewhere I encourage them to take it. Signing on at schools like Hofstra is a financial gamble. But with the right student and the right project and the right advisor it can be great, and it can be the right career move. I strongly recommend meeting any prospective advisor, spending a little time in the lab or field with his/her students, and looking at the lab's track record. Kick the tires a bit before making the deal. Dr. Russell Burke Professor, Chair Donald E. Axinn Distinguished Professor in Ecology and Conservation Department of Biology Hofstra University http://russelllburke.wix.com/labs
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Nonprofit publishers of ecology related journals
I dont' see a problem with a for-profit journal, its the principle of soaking researchers for the value of the publication that is out-of-whack. When publication costs for an online outfit are priced at over $1,000 for an article, it is largely undefendable. I have been publishing a journal for a decade with a group of herpetologists. I know how much things cost and how much automata is available. I seriously doubt that total costs per article for a given journal that is online open-access exceed 10% of that for the big corporate publishers. Like I alluded to earlier, if HCB were to adopt all of the services for its one journal, the cost would be to high to defend due to economy of scales. However, it becomes exceedingly cheap for large publishers for the same reasons. The online jouranl is a very lucrative business for these publishers, and they know 90% of who are using their services have no clue how little they will really spend on any new adopted publication. On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 4:07 PM, James Browne ecoj...@gmail.com wrote: A different way to look at the question of getting a list of not-for-profit publishers is to ask for a list of ones that are the best value in which to be published. I would like that one. Even if you have access to pay-walled papers, simple impact factor is not the only consideration if you don't have much funding to cover page costs. Some knowledge of the costs to researchers and others who would like to read you work is a consideration, but choosing a journal can be daunting. Another thought is the business model and longevity of open access journals. It will not help to publish but not accessible a few years or even months later, neither on library shelves nor a server farm. Jim On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 12:00 AM, ECOLOG-L automatic digest system lists...@listserv.umd.edu wrote: There are 13 messages totalling 875 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Landscape Ecology of Pollination Postdoc 2. Postdoc and 2 PhD positions at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia 3. M.S. Graduate Research Assistantship in Landscape Connectivity Modeling, University of Illinois at Springfield 4. Field Technicians - Osprey Recovery in Illinois 5. Nonprofit publishers of ecology related journals (2) 6. Dear Colleague Letter - Stimulating research using NEON data 7. Job: COORDINATOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 8. Grad Assistantships in Forest Nutrient Cycling: May or June 2015 9. Harmful Algal Bloom Research Scientist Position 10. Summer REU coordinator (temporary position) 11. WA DNR Northwest Region Engineer Job Opening 12. Field assistant positions in pollination ecology - CLARIFICATION -- Date:Wed, 1 Apr 2015 23:17:49 -0400 From:=?windows-1252?Q?Rufus_Isaacs?= isaa...@msu.edu Subject: Landscape Ecology of Pollination Postdoc Michigan State University=92s Department of Entomology seeks a post-docto= ral=20 research associate to study pollination in agricultural landscapes. The i= nitial=20 focus of this position will be on understanding and developing models for= how=20 local and landscape manipulations affect pollinators and pollination serv= ice=20 provisioning, with plans to integrate additional ecosystem services into = the=20 framework as the research develops. This position will be based in Rufus=20= Isaacs=92 laboratory and will work closely with Doug Landis=92 laboratory= . The=20 preferred candidate will hold a Ph.D in environmental biology, conservati= on=20 science, entomology or ecology, and will have experience with spatial=20 statistics, GIS, mechanistic and empirical modelling, and R and/or Python= =20 programming. Detailed knowledge of insect biology would be useful. Experi= ence=20 in modelling ecosystem services from a variety of domains (e.g., insect- mediated services, water quality, cultural services) would be an asset. T= he=20 full position description and application information are available at:=20= www.ent.msu.edu and application materials are due April 29.=20 -- Date:Thu, 2 Apr 2015 16:40:56 +1100 From:Ascelin Gordon ascelin.gor...@rmit.edu.au Subject: Postdoc and 2 PhD positions at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia *Postdoc and 2 PhD positions at RMIT University, Melbourne * We are looking for one postdoctoral fellow and have scholarships available for 2 PhD students to work on two ARC funded projects at RMIT University, Melbourne. Both projects will be based at RMIT (city campus) within the Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Group http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/our-education/academic-schools/global-urban-and-social-studies/research/research-centres-and-groups/interdisciplinary-conservation-science/ with the potential for
[ECOLOG-L] Biodiversity sampling using ArcGIS Collector/Open Foris?
Does anyone have any experience with designing surveys using ArcGIS collector, or other similar software (or App) for collecting biodiversity data? Microsoft Access? Magpi? Open Foris? I have been working through a tutorial with Collector but I am stuck with working out a design for the table in order to enter multiple species data into one sample- e.g each sample is a quadrat for plant diversity. Should I have a separate column for each species and then the data entered is the abundance? This would create a huge form with many fields and I would have to search for the correct species each time... Or should I create one column for manually entering a species name and the next column for its corresponding abundance.. then repeat as many times as needed. If i understand it correctly, in this way I would have columns containing mixed names and columns contain 'random' abundances so could not carry out any meaningful analysis on this. Ideally I would like a form with a drop down list of my (±50) species (which perhaps could even each have associated characteristics such as functional group or conservation status).. which I could then select and enter an abundance, then add species fields as many as needed. Perhaps there is another survey app/ database software that is better suited for this kind of multiples species data form that can then be linked to GIS data afterwards with a gps location? Thanks Tania Tania Bird MSc PhD Student, Dept. of Geography Environmental Development, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed ~ Mahatma Gandhi
[ECOLOG-L] Plant Ecology Fieldwork Position
*Paid Plant Ecology Fieldwork position (May through October 2015)* *Position Description* This is a fieldwork assistant position through Syracuse University designed to give the participant experience with ecological fieldwork, plant identification, and the opportunity to help with a two-year study testing the role of plant dispersal on ecosystem function. You will help establish plots, sample plants, functional traits, soils, and seed dispersal in three old-field plant communities across New York State (based out of Syracuse, NY). The majority of fieldwork will include plot establishment and estimating the cover of plant species in plots. Plant identification will be an important component of this fieldwork. *Required Skills* - Fit, healthy, and able to carry and lug at least 50 lbs at a time - Good, friendly personality, and be able to cheerfully endure harsh field conditions (heat, rain, thorns, long days, mosquitos, ticks, etc.) - Able to follow directions carefully and willing to take on certain responsibilities - Be ready to start work no later than May 15th, but preference will be given to applicants that can start as early as May 1st. - Finally, you should be interested in natural history and ecology and be excited about learning. A strong independent passion for the subject may also allow you to pursue an independent research project as part of this fieldwork experience. I enjoy working with students that share my passion and want to make this as much of a learning experience as possible. *Work Schedule and Wage* May through October 2015. Fieldwork will mostly be conducted every other week of this season with a total of 30-40 hours of fieldwork per workweek @ $9-10 per hour based on qualifications. Email me *(**lnego...@syr.edu http://mc/compose?to=lnego...@syr.edu)* your CV, a cover letter, and contacts for *two references by May 1st (sooner the better).* Feel free to email me with any questions (lnego...@syr.edu http://mc/compose?to=lnego...@syr.edu). Luka Negoita -- Plant Ecology -- Fridley Lab http://plantecology.syr.edu/fridley/ Syracuse University http://www.syr.edu/ www.lukanegoita.weebly.com College of the Atlantic '11 Putney School '07
