[ECOLOG-L] Campus Sustainability Planning News Group

2008-10-28 Thread Ashwani Vasishth
Campus Sustainability Planning News Group: Perhaps four or five messages per week, intended to be used to distribute campus sustainability-related news and resource items. To subscribe to this list, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/campussustplan/ or send a blank message to:

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tempearature dependant sex determination

2008-10-28 Thread Martin Meiss
Hi, Thilina, et al., I don't think there is any single or simple answer to this question. First of all, as Wirt Atmar's answer point's out, historical factors are certainly very important. Some evolutionary decisions were made in the Carboniferous, and we are still living with the

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tempearature dependant sex determination

2008-10-28 Thread Luis J. Villanueva
Hi, This paper answers the question: Warner, D. A., and R. Shine. 2008. The adaptive significance of temperature-dependent sex determination in a reptile. Nature 451, 566-568. Luis J. Villanueva-Rivera [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://research.CoquiPR.com http://www.AvesPR.org Doctoral Graduate

[ECOLOG-L] Symposium May 2009: Regulatory role of soil resources in plant and ecosystem response to climate change

2008-10-28 Thread Sam St.Clair
Plant Biology-Climate Change Symposium, Penn State, May 19-21 2009 The function of plants in both natural and agricultural ecosystems is primarily constrained by suboptimal soil resource availability. Water and N deficit are major limitations to plant growth on earth and most terrestrial

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Acceptance of basic research, even with fruit flies

2008-10-28 Thread James Crants
If talking about fruit fly research is hurting McCain's poll numbers, it's mostly because he's talking about FRUIT FLY RESEARCH. As Samuel Johnson said, the sight of the gallows doth wonderfully concentrate the mind. We have a lot of very big problems that only good governance can solve, and

[ECOLOG-L] Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass)

2008-10-28 Thread Mandi L. Bevers
Hello, I am a graduate student at Ohio University and I am doing some research with worms and invasive plants. I have been unsuccessful in gathering Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass) seeds for my research, and I want to know if anyone has seed that I could buy from them? Or, does

[ECOLOG-L] post-doc for land cover change modeling

2008-10-28 Thread Lucy Hutyra
Post-doctoral Research Associate in Land Cover Change Modeling in Coupled Human-Natural Landscapes (University of Washington) We are inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Urban Ecology Research Laboratory. The position of Postdoctoral Research Associate is a

[ECOLOG-L] LIMS Database Manager

2008-10-28 Thread Joseph N. Boyer
The Southeast Environmental Research Center at Florida International University is seeking qualified person to participate in our ongoing research and monitoring programs in Florida Bay, Everglades marsh, mangrove forests, and Florida Keys reef system. This position will act as lead manager

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Scientist Position -- Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions

2008-10-28 Thread Rebecca Irwin
Postdoctoral Scientist Position -- Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions Creative and enthusiastic candidates are invited to apply for a Postdoctoral Scientist position to work on the ecology and evolution of multispecies plant-animal interactions at Dartmouth College in the lab

[ECOLOG-L] Technician Position -- Full-time Research Technician

2008-10-28 Thread Rebecca Irwin
Technician Position -- Full-time Research Technician A full-time technician position in Plant-Animal Interactions will be available in the lab of Dr. Rebecca Irwin at Dartmouth College. Responsibilities will include laboratory, greenhouse, and intensive field work. The research focuses on a

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc plant physiological ecology - Univ. of New Mexico

2008-10-28 Thread Nate McDowell
Apologies for cross-posting Plant Physiological Ecology - University of New Mexico The Department of Biology has postdoctoral support, starting in January 2009, for a highly motivated individual interested in working on a DOE funded collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

[ECOLOG-L] faculty position in complex systems in ecology and evolution at Michigan

2008-10-28 Thread Goldberg, Deborah
Ecology/Evolution and Complex Systems University of Michigan The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Center for the Study of Complex Systems of the University of Michigan seek applicants to fill a tenure-track position in the application of complex systems to ecology and/or

[ECOLOG-L] Michigan Early Career Scientists Symposium--call for nominations

2008-10-28 Thread Goldberg, Deborah
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 5th ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS SYMPOSIUM: USING PHYLOGENIES IN ECOLOGY The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department at the University of Michigan invites the nomination of outstanding scientists early in their careers to take part in a

[ECOLOG-L] Job announcement: Agro-ecologist

2008-10-28 Thread Anja Kade
Hello, Could you please post following job announcement for a full-time faculty position in agro-ecology on your listserv? Thank you very much, Anja Kade _ SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE FACULTY Sterling College, a small experiential liberal arts

[ECOLOG-L] EDUCATION Solution and Problem Re: [ECOLOG-L] Acceptance of basic research, even with fruit flies

2008-10-28 Thread Wayne
I admit an imperfect knowledge, and one perhaps somewhat biased by USA provincialism, but it seems that part of this phenomenon must be laid to the researchers themselves, and to a great extent to the academic community at large. I do not suggest that any given professor can single-handedly

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Research Assistantship (PhD or strong MS) in Behavioral and Population Ecology of Nonnative Ungulates in Hawai'i

2008-10-28 Thread Christopher A. Lepczyk
We seek a highly motivated Ph.D. student, or an exceptional M.S. student, to conduct novel research on the behavioral ecology of nonnative ungulates on the Island of Hawai'i. This project is funded by the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) of the Department of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] EDUCATION Solution and Problem Re: [ECOLOG-L] Acceptance of basic research, even with fruit flies

2008-10-28 Thread William Silvert
The Joe I referred to was Joe six-pack the plumber who seems to be the main voter in the current US election. I do not think that anti-intellectual snobbery is mainly or even largely due to intellectual elitism. Almost all the scientists and academics I know are either passive with regard to