Re: [ECOLOG-L] Onomatopoeia animal names

Dear Warren Aney, There are some onomatopeia in Brazilian Portuguese as well, especially regarding bird vernacular names. For instance: - quero-quero (Vanellus chilensis: Charadriidae) - bem-te-vi (Pitangus sulphuratus: Tyrannidae) - arara (genus Ara: Psittacidae) - quiriquiri (Falco

[ECOLOG-L] ESA Press Release: Arctic Marine Mammals on Thin Ice

Arctic Marine Mammals on Thin Ice Experts outline primary risks of climate change to natives of the Arctic The loss of sea ice due to climate change could spell disaster for polar bears and other Arctic marine mammals. The April Special Issue of Ecological Applications examines such potential

[ECOLOG-L] WILDLIFE MONITORING and ROAD/TRAIL INVENTORY PAID INTERNSHIP Pinedale, Wyoming

The Conservation and Land Management Fellows Program is a partnership between the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Bureau of Land Management, National Parks Service and the USDA Forest Service. Wildlife monitoring and road and trail density inventory. The work assigned to this intern position is

[ECOLOG-L] Help promote ecological literacy through the Encyclopedia of Earth!

Dear ESA members, ESA is pleased to be a new Content Partner of EoE. Over the next few weeks, we will be adding content from the Ecology fact sheets on EoE. You can participate too! Find out how from the message below by EoE Topic Editors Emmett Duffy and Mark McGinley, who are coordinating

[ECOLOG-L] Elasticity analysis

Please post this. Hi, I have a question regarding elasticity analysis for matrix models. The elasticity values are identical for some of the transitions. Could some one please shed some light as to why I am getting these identical elasticity values for different transitions. Thank you

[ECOLOG-L] RESOURCE MANAGEMENT-SAGE GROUSE HABITAT MAPPING PAID INTERNSHIP Wyoming

The Conservation and Land Management Fellows Program is a partnership between the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Bureau of Land Management, National Parks Service and the USDA Forest Service. The intern selected for this position will be working in one of the BLM's busiest offices. The pace and

[ECOLOG-L] ringtail research

Does anyone here work on ringtails (Bassariscus astutus) either in the wild or in captivity, or have in the past? Have any anecdotes about them in any way? Know anyone who has had them legally or illegally as pets? I'm doing an article on them for TX Parks Wildlife mag but the anecdotes don't

[ECOLOG-L] FW: Landsat announcement

Hello all, This came to me via another listserver, and I thought it would be of interest here. cheers, Lara Juliusson Greetings, I just received the following announcement about the USGS plans on making all Landsat data available for no-charge. Today, the USGS released a technical

[ECOLOG-L] marking insects

Does anyone have experience with capture-mark-recapture of insects, specifically orthopterans, to estimate population size in the field? I'm planning to use a dusting (Day-Glo florescent powder) method, but am not sure when and how often to trap after the initial capture-mark session. I will

Re: [ECOLOG-L] monitoring salinity in a shallow estuary

I'm looking for a way to automatically measure the salinity of the water in an estuary for a couple of months this fall. i can get to the site every week or so, so i don't need massive data storage. hourly measurements would be fine, and I'd like to measure salinity at several different sites