[ECOLOG-L] Wilburforce Fellowship in Conservation Science - Apply by Sept 16

[Karen McLeod]

Dear Colleagues,

Wilburforce Foundation, in partnership with COMPASS 
, is now accepting applications for the 2017 
Wilburforce Fellowship in Conservation Science 
. The Fellowship is a year-long 
program providing leadership and science communication training, along 
with coaching and support, to conservation scientists from a wide range 
of affiliations, career stages, and disciplines.


The fellowship is open to 20 scientists from universities, NGOs, 
agencies, and other institutions, who work in a relevant field of 
conservation biology, ecology, economics, other social sciences, or 
traditional ecological knowledge in Wilburforce's Priority Regions 
. The aim is 
to bring together a diverse network of researchers - young to senior 
scientists, from a range of backgrounds - to form a continuing community 
of mutual support and inspiration.


Fellows will attend a six-day intensive training led by COMPASS from 
April 23-28 in Tuscon, AZ, and a shorter follow-up training focused on a 
topic of the Fellows' choice (date TBD). The training will provide 
fellows with a foundation of skills, as well as enabling and encouraging 
individual and collective leadership. At the training, each participant 
will be expected to set a goal for individual or collective engagement 
on a specific conservation issue, and begin to define an action plan to 
achieve it. Throughout the following year, fellows will receive coaching 
and support from trainers and peers to achieve their goals, as well as 
help connecting with target individuals and audiences.



We know the future of conserving nature relies upon a collaborative 
community of individuals, organizations, agencies, and allied partners 
who together seek to sustain wildlife and wildlands. The Wilburforce 
Fellowship builds a community of practice where scientists are advancing 
decision-relevant research, effectively communicating scientific 
findings, and contributing to conservation solutions by engaging with 
local communities, policymakers, land managers and advocates.


Please share widely with your networks!


To download an application and find out more, please visit 
http://www.wilburforce.org/fellowship.


Applications are due September 16, 2016 and decisions will be finalized 
by January 16, 2017.


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_**wilburforcefell...@compassonline.org* 
*_.

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Oregon State University

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[ECOLOG-L] two technician positions for road ecology project in Wyoming

[Corinna Riginos]

Position Titles: Lead Research Technician & Research Technician

Employment Term: full-time temporary position, October 1, 2016 - April 30, 
2017, with possibility of extension through May 2017

Application Closing Date: Sept 6, 2016

Start Date: Oct 1, 2014

Salary - Lead Research Technician: $2,900/month

Salary - Research Technician: $2,400/month

PIs: Dr. Corinna Riginos (University of Wyoming and Northern Rockies 
Conservation Cooperative) and Dr. Marcel Huijser (Western Transportation 
Institute, Montana State University)

Job Description

We are seeking two dedicated technicians to assist with a road ecology study in 
western Wyoming. Western Wyoming is home to significant populations of big game 
and some of the most intact ungulate migration routes in the United States. 
Nevertheless, species such as mule deer face myriad challenges as they navigate 
a landscape increasingly impacted and fragmented by human activities. Roads are 
one type of barrier that animals must face as they migrate between and move 
within their seasonal ranges.

In partnership with the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), we will 
be testing the extent to which lowering nighttime speed limits can reduce the 
negative impacts of vehicles on mule deer and other large mammals. We will do 
this by collecting data on vehicle speeds and traffic patterns, working with 
WYDOT crews to collect carcass data, and collecting behavioral data on 
deer-road interactions using a nighttime thermal video camera. Field work will 
involve some direct deer observations and deploying and maintaining automated 
equipment (radar speed recorders and thermal video camera systems). Office work 
will require reviewing video footage and collecting deer behavioral data from 
that footage, managing data, and assisting with report writing as needed. 
Research technicians, especially the Lead, will have the opportunity to assist 
the project PIs with study design and data analysis.

Out of each month, approximately two weeks will be spent deploying and managing 
equipment in locations throughout southwestern Wyoming (coupled with some 
daytime office work), one week of full-time office work, and one week off. 
Research technicians should be prepared to spend considerable time on the road. 
Field housing and partial food stipend will be covered. Research technicians 
will have to supply their own vehicle(s); project-related mileage will be 
reimbursed.

Desired Research Technician qualifications include: BS + field experience in 
wildlife ecology or related field; experience installing and maintaining 
electronic equipment; experience working with public agency staff and 
communicating to the general public; willingness to work hard as part of a team 
and to spend considerable time in rural Wyoming.

Additional qualifications desired for Lead Research Technician: experience 
leading field research in remote conditions with little day to day supervision; 
experience with data management; experience with statistical analyses; 
excellent written and verbal communication skills.

To Apply: Send a single PDF document (file name 
“Lastname_Firstname_LeadTech.pdf” or “Lastname_Firstname_Tech.pdf”) to 
crigi...@uwyo.edu  containing (1) cover 
letter/statement of interest, (2) CV, (3) copies of undergraduate and any 
graduate transcripts (unofficial okay), and (4) contact information for three 
references.


***
Corinna Riginos, Ph.D.
Research Ecologist
http://www.corinnariginos.com
phone: 307-413-2280

[ECOLOG-L] On the analysis of observational behavior

[Jeremy Koster]

I am conducting a literature review and seeking references to the statistical 
analysis of observational data on animal behavior, especially data that were 
collected via instantaneous scan sampling. In particular, I am interested in 
papers and monographs that examine multiple behaviors exhibited by the study 
population (e.g., time spent feeding, traveling, resting, social behavior, 
mating, etc.).
This literature review represents an informal survey of the methods used by 
behavioral ecologists to analyze these data, whether general linear models, 
logistic regression, log-linear models, etc.
Suggested references can be sent off-list to this email address: 
helix...@yahoo.com
Many thanks,Jeremy

[ECOLOG-L] Evolutionary Impacts of Seasonality symposium, SICB annual meeting, New Orleans LA Jan 3-8, 2017

[Caroline Williams]

Dear colleagues, 

Greg Ragland and I are organizing a symposium on the Evolutionary 
Impacts of Seasonality at the annual meeting of the Society of 
Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), on Jan 6th 2017 in New 
Orleans, LA. Organisms living in seasonal environments experience 
fluctuating selection pressures that influence their ecology and 
physiology, and drive their evolution. This symposium brings together an 
international group of seasonality experts in the fields of genomics, 
physiology, ecology and evolution, working on plants, insects, birds and 
mammals. We aim to identify emerging areas of inquiry across disciplines 
and study systems that can most benefit from cross-pollination with 
other disciplines. A full description and speaker list is below this 
email. We are seeking contributed oral presentations for a complementary 
session to this symposium. 

Abstract deadline is Sept 1st 2016 (soon!), and abstracts can be 
submitted here: 
http://www.sicb.org/meetings/2017/abstracts/index.php

To be considered for the complementary session, please select J1: 
session related to symposium" as your first topic, and then select 
"Evolutionary Impacts of Seasonality" in the Complementary Sessions 
drop-down box below. 

We have funding available for travel grants to help students and 
postdocs attend the complementary session. If you wish to be considered 
for a travel grant, please send an application by Sept 1st to Caroline 
Williams (c...@berkeley.edu) and Greg Ragland 
(gregory.ragl...@ucdenver.edu) containing your name, abstract, brief CV, 
a statement of how participation will advance your career goals (1 
paragraph), and a statement of how you support and contribute to 
diversity in science (1 paragraph). 

For more information see 
http://www.sicb.org/meetings/2017/symposia/seasonal.php or contact us.

We hope to see you there!

Cheers,
Caroline and Greg


Caroline Williams
Assistant Professor | Department of Integrative Biology | University of 
California, Berkeley
Office: 5120 VLSB, (510) 643-9775 | Lab: 5117 VLSB | Skype: 
caro_williams | cmwilliamslab.com



Symposium: Evolutionary Impacts of Seasonality
Organisms living in seasonal environments experience fluctuating 
selection pressures that influence their ecology and physiology, and 
drive their evolution. Classic work by Dobzhansky and early researchers 
identified seasonal fluctuations as a potentially important mechanism 
maintaining genetic polymorphism in natural populations, and studies of 
seasonal polyphenism and phenology have advanced our understanding of 
life history evolution. Recent advances in the field are moving towards 
greater understanding of the impacts of seasonality on genomic and 
physiological evolution, promising to illuminate the importance of 
seasonality in generating adaptation and constraining evolution. We thus 
propose to bring together experts from across these disparate fields, 
with complementary expertise covering the entire span of the biological 
hierarchy and the breadth of terrestrial eukaryotes. The goal of this 
symposium is to identify areas of inquiry across disciplines and study 
systems that can most benefit from cross-pollination with other 
disciplines. We aim to produce a roadmap to unifying seasonality 
research by highlighting transformative research questions emerging from 
research across organisms, and to suggest how this research can best be 
integrated, conceptually and quantitatively.

Speakers
Date: Friday, Jan 6, 2017

Early morning session – Functional and mechanistic responses
7:50am Brief introduction: Caroline Williams and Greg Ragland

8:00am Zachary Cheviron, Assistant Professor, U Montana 
http://www.chevironlab.org/
Evolutionary systems biology of adaptation to environmental stress: 
insights from high-altitude deer mice

8:30am Lance Kreigsfeld, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley 
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~ljkriegs/
Seasonal control of reproductive function by two, complementary RFamide 
peptides

9:00am Kimberly Sheldon, Assistant Professor, U Tennessee 
http://www.biogeographyresearch.org/
The impact of temperature variation on physiology and distributions

9:30am Lauren Buckley, Assistant Professor, U Washington 
http://faculty.washington.edu/lbuckley/
Local adaptation of development plasticity and seasonal responses to 
climate warming

10:00-10:30am Coffee break 

Late morning session – Ecological responses

10:30am Murray Humphries, Associate Professor, McGill 
Universityhttp://murray-humphries.lab.mcgill.ca/
The seasonal pace of life: environmental drivers of the year-round 
activity and energetics of boreal mammals

11:00am Øystein Varpe, Associate Professor, University Centre in 
Svalbard https://sites.google.com/site/seasonalecologygroup/
Life history adaptations to seasonality

11:30am To be advised

12:00-1:30pm Lunch break

Afternoon session – Evolutionary responses

1:30am Paul Schmidt, Associate Professor, U Pennsylvania 
http://sites.sas.upenn.

[ECOLOG-L] Hiring Field Research and Monitoring Coordinator at the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute

[Brett Wolk]

The Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at Colorado State University is
hiring a full time staff position with benefits to coordinate and carry out
our research and monitoring fieldwork. Current funding is for 2 years, with
expected continued support into the future. The position duties are
approximately half time conducting fieldwork and half time project
management, coordination, and supervision of field crew technicians. This
position is focused on supporting our field data collection efforts, but
there are ample opportunities to grow and work on diverse tasks at the
interface of research and management to achieve all facets of the CFRI mission.

Visit CFRI website to learn more cfri.colostate.edu

Official job announcement and to apply:
https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/36334

Application deadline is August 28th, 2016.

*
Brett Wolk
Assistant Director
Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State University
brett.w...@colostate.edu
www.cfri.colostate.edu
*

[ECOLOG-L] Field and lab technician at PSU in Portland, OR (part-time)

[Jennifer Morse]

A field and lab technician (Research Analyst I; part-time, 20 h/week) is 
sought to assist with field sampling and laboratory analysis as part of 
a new two-year study on nitrogen biogeochemistry and greenhouse gas 
emissions in agricultural settings in the Willamette Valley, Oregon.

The position is in the Environmental Biogeochemistry Lab, Department of 
Environmental Science and Management, Portland State University, in 
Portland, OR. 

Responsibilities include: field data and sample collection, sample 
processing, and laboratory analyses. Desired qualifications: bachelor’s 
degree in environmental science, soil science, biology, chemistry, 
natural resources, geology, or related field. Training on specific 
procedures will be provided, but applicants with field work experience, 
particularly in agricultural settings, and with a strong chemistry 
background are preferred.

To apply, please send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the 
names and contact information (including email address) for 3 
references, to Dr. Jennifer Morse at jlmo...@pdx.edu, with “Research 
Analyst” as the subject. Review of applications will begin September 1, 
2016 and will continue until the position is filled. Desired start date 
is October 1, 2016. 

[ECOLOG-L] Synthesis Working Groups using LTER data

[LTER Network Communications Office]

The LTER Network Communications Office (NCO) welcomes proposals for Synthesis 
Working Groups based on science from Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) 
sites.  

To promote analysis and synthesis of LTER data, the NCO requests proposals for 
Synthesis Working Groups, with research to begin before May 2017. Funding is 
available 
for 2-4 projects of up to 2 years in duration. The Project Selection Committee 
is most 
interested in proposals anticipated to return high impact results in the five 
core LTER 
thematic areas (primary production, population studies, organic matter 
dynamics, 
mineral cycling, disturbance patterns and processes) as well as the urban LTER 
themes 
of land use change and human-environment interactions, but proposals in other 
areas 
will also be considered. 

The NCO is operated out of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and 
Synthesis 
(NCEAS) at UC Santa Barbara. The Center provides excellent meeting facilities, 
comprehensive in-house computing capabilities, and consultation and training 
for 
visiting scientists on computation, informatics, and in-person and virtual 
collaboration 
skills.

See the full RFP (https://lternet.edu/rfp-2016-fall) for overview, guidelines 
and proposal 
preparation instructions.  For answers to questions not addressed in the RFP, 
please 
email propos...@lternet.edu or call (805) 893-2500.

Deadline for proposal submission is October 5, 2016. Informational Webinar is 
Monday 
August 29, 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time / 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time / 11:00 a.m. 
Central Time 
/ Noon Eastern Time

[ECOLOG-L] M.S./Ph.D. assistantship in forest biogeochemistry

[William T. Peterjohn]

A graduate student position is available for investigating how acid
deposition affects the nutrient dynamics and productivity of deciduous
forests in central Appalachia.

The student will conduct their research at the Fernow Experimental Forest
and would receive training in the use of analytical instrumentation,
experimental design, data analysis, computer modeling, communication skills,
and teaching.  More about our research at the Fernow can be found at:
www.as.wvu.edu/fernow/

Summer support is available for four years and this would supplement support
received during the academic year for being a teaching assistant in the
Department of Biology at West Virginia University. Information about the
graduate program in biology, and how to apply, is available at:
http://biology.wvu.edu/graduate/admission.

A successful applicant should have: (1) a bachelor's or master's degree in a
relevant field of study; (2) a strong interest in ecosystem ecology and
environmental change; (3) a willingness to learn techniques used to analyze
the chemical composition of soil, water, and plant samples; (5) strong writing 
skills, 
and (6) a commitment to the effective communication of science to technical and 
non-technical 
audiences.

A student able to begin in the Summer 2017 and who has experience, or a strong 
interest, in using 
computer models to synthesize long-term ecological data is desirable.

To learn more, please contact:

Dr. William Peterjohn
Department of Biology
West Virginia University
b...@wvu.edu
304-293-1300

[ECOLOG-L] CALL FOR PAPERS: CONSERVATION CONCERNS IN BEHAVIORAL TOXICOLOGY

[Peterson, Elizabeth]

We are excited to announce a special column in the journal of Current Zoology 
in behavioral 
toxicology and behavioral ecotoxicology. We are calling for the submission of 
papers for this special 
column. We welcome papers evaluating behavioral endpoints of toxicological 
exposure at the 
physiological-, organismal-, population-, ecological-, and evolutionary-levels, 
as well as phylogenetic 
and conservation approaches. Please see the Current Zoology announcement below 
for more 
information.

Questions? Contact one of the guest editors for more information: Dr. John 
Swaddle 
(jps...@wm.edu) or Elizabeth Peterson (epeter...@albany.edu or 
elizabethkpeter...@gmail.com).
 
CALL FOR PAPERS: CONSERVATION CONCERNS IN BEHAVIORAL TOXICOLOGY

Website: http://cz.oxfordjournals.org/page/specialcolumn
 
Guest Editors:  Dr. John Swaddle (jps...@wm.edu), Dr. Elizabeth Peterson 
(epeter...@albany.edu)
 
Behavioral toxicology (also known as behavioral teratology) is the study of how 
anthropogenic 
pollutants alter behavior, and is an emerging field of global importance to 
both conservation and 
public health. The disciplines of behavioral toxicology and teratology have 
made great strides in 
understanding how human pollution disrupts behavior and contributes to disease. 
Although great 
emphasis in the field of toxicology has been placed on understanding how single 
pollutants affect 
individual phenotypes, a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach that 
includes animal behavior is 
essential to address how anthropogenic compounds are risk factors for species 
and population 
survival in an increasingly polluted world. This special column will address 
issues in behavioral 
toxicology using the framework of Tinbergen’s four questions to understand how 
pollutants affect 
behavior in terms of causation and mechanisms, development and ontogeny, 
function and fitness, as 
well as evolutionary history and phylogenetic patterns. The goals of this 
special column are to: 1) 
address the issue that behavioral toxicology is relevant and important when 
assessing the 
conservation and preservation of populations, 2) provide a framework for the 
study of the evolution 
of behaviors, and 3) identify areas of behavioral toxicology that require 
further attention to facilitate 
the future of behavioral toxicology as a discipline within both the behavior 
and toxicology fields.
 
Deadline for title submission: September 1, 2016;
Deadline for manuscript submission: November 1, 2016.
Special Column Publication: April, 2017.
 
A title should be sent to the guest editors and manuscripts should be submitted 
before the deadline. 
Manuscripts received after the deadline will be considered as submissions for 
regular issues.
Submitted papers should not have been published previously, nor will be under 
consideration for 
publication elsewhere. Submitted manuscripts are accepted with the 
understanding that they are 
subject to peer review and editorial revision.  
 
-
Elizabeth K. Peterson
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Biological Sciences
University at Albany-State University of New York
1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 1
epeter...@albany.edu 

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: Job Outreach Notice, GS-408-11 Ecologist, Gila NF

[Diffendorfer, James]

OUTREACH NOTICE

Ecologist

Southwest Region - Gila National Forest, Silver City, New Mexico

GS-0408-11 (Full Time – Permanent)



Please help us distribute this outreach notice for a now
permanent GS-0408-11 Ecologist position at the Gila NF Supervisor’s Office
in Silver City, NM. The Gila NF is revising its Land Management Plan (i.e.
Forest Plan) over the next three to four years, and  as part of this
effort, we are recruiting an Ecologist to be part of our highly talented
core planning team.  This position is a unique opportunity to be involved
in the revision effort under the 2012 Planning Rule, helping to lead issues
related to ecological dynamics and natural processes of the Forest as they
relate to multiple uses and ecosystem services.  Once the Forest Plan
Revision process is complete, the position will become part of the very
active Fire & Aviation Management organization at the Supervisor’s Office
serving as the Fire Ecologist and providing information on wildland fire
and fuels management methods to enhance, restore and protect ecosystems
including fire adapted ecosystems.  The Gila area is quite biologically,
culturally, and topographically diverse with a mild climate, and Silver
City is an interesting historic community with a high quality of life.
This notification is being circulated to inform prospective applicants of
this upcoming opportunity, and to help make future decisions about
recruitment for this position.  Individuals stating interest in this
position will be notified when the vacancy announcement is posted so they
can apply.




The attached outreach notice has the pertinent information.  Please share
this opportunity with those folks who might be interested.  For additional
information, please feel free to contact Art Telles, Natural Resources and
Planning Staff Officer, at atel...@fs.fed.us or 575-388-8417, and Gabe
Holguin, Fire & Aviation Staff Officer, at gholg...@fs.fed.us or
(575)388-8233.  Please respond to the outreach notice by August 31, 2016 if
interested.



This outreach notice can also be accessed through the outreach database at
the following web address: https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com?i
d=87E5CE4C9A7E4095A0DD1031C144E0DA



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[ECOLOG-L] query about automated water quality instrumentation

[Malcolm McCallum]

Hi,
It has been a few years since I priced and looked at water quality
instrumentation.  However, I know find myself with a 50 pond aquaculture
facility.  I am planning a study that will involve 12, 1/4-acre ponds.  I
would really like to set up continuous water quality monitoring of "at
least" standard water quality measures (e.g. DO, pH, alkalinity,
conuctiviy, temperature, and if possible nitrate, nitrite, ammonia).  YSI
used to make a unit that did most of this, and it could be set up to record
and download to a computer.  Howeve, the models have since changed and I am
very interested in hearing people's exprience with different models, and
recommendations or private (off listserv) discussion of what options might
fill the needs within our budget.

Thank you in advance.

-- 
Malcolm L. McCallum
Assistant Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Aquaculture and Water Quality Research Scientist
School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Langston University
Langston, Oklahoma


Link to online CV and portfolio :
https://www.visualcv.com/malcolm-mc-callum?access=18A9RYkDGxO
Google Scholar citation page:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lOHMjvYJ&hl=en
Academia.edu:
https://ui-springfield.academia.edu/MalcolmMcCallum/Analytics#/activity/overview?_k=wknchj
Researchgate:
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