Re: Biostats texts - summary

Dear all, a colleague of mine (a bat taxonomist) asked me: I wonder if there is any mailing list on vertebrate zoology or mammalogy. I am particularly interested in taxonomy and biodiversity as well as information on position openings. Can anyone help? Thank you, Dmitry.

faculty position in environmental microbiology--Jan. 12 deadline

Below is a second posting of a tenure-track faculty position in environmental microbiology at the University of Calgary. The position is broadly defined and so any applicant who thinks he/she might fit the description is encouraged to apply. Note the Jan. 12 application deadline. -Jeremy Fox

Bat Conservation International 2007 Workshops

Bat Conservation International 2007 BAT CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS=20 http://www.batcon.org/home/index.asp?idPage=3D30 =20 Each year Bat Conservation International (BCI) offers a comprehensive curriculum for an introductory field workshop designed to train serious students of bat

Final Call for Nominations for the 2007 National Wetlands Awards

The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2007 National Wetlands Awards Program is rapidly approaching! Nomination forms are due January 16, 2007 (postmarked). The Awards Program honors individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to the conservation and restoration of our

Ecology and Society - New Issue Announcement

ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY DECEMBER 2006 ISSUE NOW PUBLISHED http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/ Editors-in-Chief Carl Folke and Lance Gunderson invite you to read Ecology and Society's latest issue - Volume 11, Issue 2 (http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss2/). In their Editorial, Facing Global

Avian Conservation and Ecology - December 2006 issue

The Editors of Avian Conservation and Ecology are pleased to announce the publication of the journal's third issue (See below for a Table of Contents). Articles can be accessed online at http://www.ace-eco.org/ by selecting the HTML or PDF link beside each article title. We also would like to

Re: rarefaction

For an excellent head start on issues related to rarefaction, sampling curves and richness estimation, see these: Colwell, R. K., and J. A. Coddington. 1994. Estimating terrestrial biodiversity through extrapolation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London-B 345:101-118.

Results of textbook survey

Hello all-- =20 A lot of people were interested in the results of the informal textbook = survey, so here they are. I posted the question What textbooks are = people using to teach general or introductory ecology? to the ESA = Education listserv ([EMAIL PROTECTED] blocked::mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

PLANNED COASTAL RETREAT FROM GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE IN UK

http://www.surfrider.org/files/continental_drift_retreat_in_UK.pdf Cheers, Geoff Patton, Ph.D. Wheaton, MD 301-221-9536 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Assistantship in applied forest ecology at Oklahoma State

GRADUATE STUDY IN SILVICULTURE/APPLIED FOREST ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY The Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University is seeking qualified individuals to work on a research project in

Re: Results of textbook survey

Addendum: There are two books by Townsend Begon Harper. Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems is a larger book, and Essentials of Ecology is a more condensed version that is more similar to Molles. =20 Most people just said Ecology, or the author names, and I wasn't aware there were two books

seasonal bio science tech positions available

Summer Employment Opportunity! Come work among the Giant Sequoias! Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station (USGS, Biological Resources Discipline) is currently recruiting summer Biological Science Technicians. Many positions will be filled. Positions start in mid-May and will last 4 – 6 months.

Conference Reminder: Riparian Management in Headwater Catchments Feb. 19-21, 2007

Riparian Management in Headwater Catchments: Translating Science into Management Feb. 19-21, 2007 - The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada The provisional program and abstract booklet is now online at the conference website.

More on Women in Science....

From another list, thought some might be interested... Mike Nolan Harvard Study of Women's Persistence in Science Needs Your Help =20 Is your science classroom hospitable to female students? What do you do = in your classroom that gets young women to consider majoring in science, = math, or

nextgencode.com....

Saw this at the top of the cnn home page. I found it rather interesting, = some places funny I guess. Wondering if the Brave New World is closer = than I realized? I'm certain that all have seen the latest issues about food = labeling/cloning and the FDA?

Ecuador and Vampire Bats....

I said I would not comment about Galapagos again.=20 This deals with an interesting issue on the mainland. I copy to Michael = McColm, Ph.D., Director of the Jatun Sacha Foundation, the largest NGO = in Ecuador and who can say what they've done for Education and = Conservation? Remarkable story.

PhD Assistantship opportunity (second posting)

Ph.D. position opening (Graduate Research Assistantship):=20 =20 LANDSCAPE SIMULATION MODELING OF MOUNTAIN BIG SAGEBRUSH COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO ALTERNATIVE FIRE REGIMES =20 The Great Basin Landscape Ecology Lab (Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno)