WWF Kathryn Fuller post-doctoral fellowships in conservation science

2006-07-05 Thread Keya Chatterjee
WWF Kathryn Fuller Fellowships 2007-2008 World Wildlife Fund is announcing the opening of its 2007-2008 Kathryn Fuller Fellowship competition. Two post-doctoral fellowships will be awarded for a two year period to individuals with outstanding research proposals that are of fundamental and

ecology textbooks

2006-07-05 Thread Mark Dixon
Dear ECOLOGgers, Any recommendations for a junior/senior level general ecology textbook for majors? Currently I'm favoring using Molles. I've seen some past postings (ECOLOG Archives) where people promoted Begon et al., Krohne, Krebs, etc. However, none of these three appears to have much

Bringing Conservation Research and Technology to Educat ion - Professional Development Workshop

2006-07-05 Thread Michelle Frankel
Bringing Conservation Research and Technology to Education - Professional Development Workshop This course, developed by Earthspan, will engage participants in research projects that combine field-based methods with the advanced technologies used in wildlife conservation research, such as

Re: Herbivory Measurement

2006-07-05 Thread ivey
Kendra, This project is a great idea, I look forward to seeing your results! Have you seen the following papers from the plant pathology literature, which also address this issue? They argue that, with a little calibration, visual estimation can be an effective approach. Nita, M., M. A.

Lyme disease ecology position

2006-07-05 Thread Rick Ostfeld
Job Announcement, Disease Ecology, Summer-Fall 2006 Full-time, temporary (to mid October), paid, Project Assistants needed for research on the ecology of Lyme disease in New York's Hudson River Valley. Research in the laboratory of Richard S. Ostfeld focuses on the relationships among mammalian

M.S. Graduate Assistantship in Rare Plant Ecology

2006-07-05 Thread Scott Abella
A M.S. research assistantship is available with the Public Lands Institute and the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The project, funded by the National Park Service, will focus on the ecology of rare plant species at Lake Mead National Recreation

two post-doc openings in Hawaii

2006-07-05 Thread Russell Messing
Aloha colleagues, I currently have two openings for post-doctoral researchers with an emphasis on invasion biology of exotic insect pests, biological control, and the behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids in Hawaii (one on aphids; one on tephritid fruit flies). Please post or circulate the