[ECOLOG-L] Full Time Natural Resources Job Announcement in Illinois

2008-08-04 Thread Daniel Olson
Full-time Job announcement below. CHAMPAIGN COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT Natural Resources Technician Join the team responsible for conserving, restoring, and caring for nearly 3,500 acres of preserved land throughout Champaign County, Illinois. Responsibilities The Natural Resources

[ECOLOG-L] UWaterloo postdoc: Small-scale predator-prey interactions

2008-08-04 Thread Kim Cuddington
Postdoctoral position: plant morphology and predator-prey dynamics Department of Biology, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario A postdoctoral position is available from Sept. 1, 2008 or ASAP for 1 year (with a possibility of extension) to contribute to a larger project examining the effect

[ECOLOG-L] UWaterloo research technician: plant morphology and predator-prey interactions

2008-08-04 Thread Kim Cuddington
Research technician: plant morphology and predator-prey dynamics Department of Biology, University of Waterloo A research technician is required from Sept. 1, 2008 or ASAP for 1 year to contribute to a larger project examining the effect of plant morphology on insect predator-prey dynamics. The

[ECOLOG-L] Field work in Zion National Park (Veg Survey)

2008-08-04 Thread Marybeth Garmoe
DESCRIPTION: Northern Arizona University is looking to hire 2-3 bio-techs to work in Zion National Park this fall. Technicians will work on a small crew sampling vegetation within the Dakota Hill Complex Fire. This site was treated at a landscape level with the herbicide Plateau in an attempt to

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral felloship in physiological ecology

2008-08-04 Thread Nate McDowell
Impacts of climate on vegetation survival and mortality in Southwestern United States. A postdoctoral fellowship is available within the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory to develop and apply a plant hydraulic and carbon metabolism model for simulation

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral fellowship in climate modeling

2008-08-04 Thread Nate McDowell
A postdoctoral position is available within the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory to develop and apply a regional climate model of the Southwest United States. The work will focus on the use of a high-resolution atmospheric model to characterize the regional aspect of

[ECOLOG-L] The Last Lecture....

2008-08-04 Thread J. Michael Nolan
Some will find this interesting and hopefully inspiring. Mike Nolan There is a Carnegie-Mellon lecture series called The Last Lecture where professors are invited to give a hypothetical last lecture. Professor Randy Pausch of Carnegie-Mellon was actually dying of cancer as he delivered his

[ECOLOG-L] Technician position in marine ecology and conservation

2008-08-04 Thread Steven Y. Litvin
Technician position in marine ecology and conservation The Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University and the Mexican non profit marine conservation organization Comunidad y Biodiversidad  (COBI) invite applications for a technician position. The selected candidate will work in the laboratory

[ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement: Executive Director, Society for Ecological Restoration

2008-08-04 Thread Cara Nelson
THE SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION (SER) INTERNATIONAL seeks an Executive Director to direct implementation of the organization’s goals and strategic plan and manage day-to-day operations. SER International is a non-profit organization of scientists and practitioners actively engaged in

[ECOLOG-L] Research Assistant: Plant Evolution and Genetics

2008-08-04 Thread Jeremiah Busch
Research Assistant in Plant Evolutionary Genetics A research assistant is needed to conduct experiments in the Busch laboratory at Washington State University (WSU). The Busch laboratory conducts experiments in plant evolutionary genetics, with a particular emphasis on the evolution of mating

[ECOLOG-L] AGU Fall Meeting Ecohydrology Session: Call for abstracts

2008-08-04 Thread H.R. Barnard
Dear Colleagues, I'd like to call your attention to an ecohydrology session at the 2008 AGU Fall Meeting: H24: Hydrologic Controls on Ecosystem Function. A full session description can be found below. If this topic is in your field, I would like to strongly encourage you to submit an