[ECOLOG-L] Job: Faculty position, quantitative ecology, University of Maryland

Note slightly modified procedure for submitting recommendations. TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGY The Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in quantitative ecology. We s

[ECOLOG-L] Faculty Position, Microbial Biology, U. of Utah

Faculty Position in Microbial Biology Department of Biology, University of Utah The Department of Biology at the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Microbial Biology. We encourage applicants who are investigating any area of microbial biology, includ

[ECOLOG-L] Seeking Graduate Position or Employment

Hello, I am a recent graduate of the department of biology at The College of New Jersey in Trenton, New Jersey and am seeking a position in the field of ecology. My specific interests within this field include, but are not limited to, botany, dendrology, and community ecology. A resume and C

[ECOLOG-L] life that uses Arsenic in place of phosphorus

For those who have not heard NASA today announced that research done through their exobiology program discovered a that a bacterium living in Mono Lake, California can use Arsenic in place of phosphorus. This is being pretty hyped in the news as a new form of life. I think the aspect regardi

[ECOLOG-L] The International Canopy Network

Hello, We at the International Canopy Network would like to invite you to join our membership in support of canopy science and education! Here's some info about our organization. Please email can...@evergreen.edu with questions/inquiries. Thanks! INTERNATIONAL CANOPY NETWORK ICAN exists to faci

[ECOLOG-L] JOB LISTING: Assistant Professor, Columbia College Chicago

Tenure-Track Position in Biology (POS 763) About Columbia Columbia College Chicago is an urban institution of over 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students emphasizing arts, media, and communications in a liberal arts setting. The Department of Science and Mathematics invites applicants for a f

[ECOLOG-L] Tenure-track position: Tropical Ecologist, Nicholas School, Duke Univesity

friends, please share this announcement with your colleagues. and please reply to the contact info below (not to me!). thanks, dlu _ Dean Urban Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University Tropical Ecology - Nicholas School of the Environment The Nicholas School of the Environm

[ECOLOG-L] What is the best equipement for recording bird calls?

Rebecca, We are using SongMeter Model SM2 recorder which is made by Wildlife Acoustics. Our first recording calls are amazing, but of course it depends where about you have to place the recording system, and how hard is the noise around it. You can have a look on the SongMeter supplier website:

[ECOLOG-L] Internship opportunity

INTERNSHIP OPENING: The Herpetology program at Archbold Biological Station is seeking two interns to assist with population monitoring of threatened Florida sand skink populations of the Lake Wales Ridge in south-central Florida. The length of appointment will be for approximately 5 months sta

[ECOLOG-L] Help with Multiple Regression

Dear friends, It has been recently suggested by Legendre and co-authors that we include quadratic and product terms of our environmental variables in constrained ordinations. For instance, to include not only latitude but also latitude^2 and latitude*longitude, the same with physical and bioti

Re: [ECOLOG-L] AIC and Occam's Razor

There are a couple of strange things about the description of the scenario. First, the idea of thinking about a model with almost the same AIC (or, better, AICc) but fewer terms, in pursuit of "parsimony" is doing parsimony twice. The AIC already accounts for the relative number of param

[ECOLOG-L] Ph.D. opportunity in Plant Physiological Ecology, Mojave Desert

We seek a Ph.D. student with training and interest in plant physiological ecology or a related field to study mechanisms of community transitions in the Mojave Desert. The focus is on the blackbrush community, one of the most endangered communities in the Mojave Desert. The research is part of a mu

Re: [ECOLOG-L] AIC and Occam's Razor

What answers have you found and why were they unsatisfactory? First, use AICc, not AIC. See Burnham and Anderson 2002 or Anderson 2008 (Primer). Second, I think most all literature is rather clear that models with deltaAICc < 2 are basically equivalent. So of course you should report support for

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Ecologist at Rocky Mt. Research Station/MSU Bozeman, MT

Postdoctoral ecologist – USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) at Montana State University (MSU), Bozeman, MT Duties: Analyze large-scale studies of disturbance and forest management (e.g., fire, bark beetles, and salvage logging) on wildlife populations (mainly birds),

[ECOLOG-L] quantifying scent

    Would someone be able to recommend a survey paper on olfactory sensitivity in different mammals?  I'm interested in the differences in sensitivity across taxa--whether certain species are more focused on certain elements of the olfactory environment.     I realize this is something of a n

[ECOLOG-L] AIC and Occam;s Razor

Bob: Here are a few thoughts on your comments: > This might shock some people, but AIC does not give The Truth. Of course not; one cannot hope to find full truth from finite samples. > If you > have a model that fits almost as well, but is simpler, then I don't > see a problem with using it. Y

[ECOLOG-L] New NSF solicitation for international collaborations

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12815 Catalyzing New International Collaborations Support for International Conferences OISE does not provide support for U.S. scientists and engineers to participate in international confere

[ECOLOG-L] The National Science Foundation calls it "peer review" for a reason, Mr. Smith!

Colleagues, You may have heard or read about the recent announcement regarding what the incoming Tea Party driven congressional leadership wants to do about "wasteful spending" at the NSF. Here's my response: http://leafwarbler.posterous.com/the-national-science-foundation-calls-it-peer Madhu

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate student opportunity in prairie ecology/restoration in Nebraska

I am looking for a Ph D student interested in vegetation dynamics in prairie remnants and prairie restorations. The Nature Conservancy has restored 1,500 acres of grassland and manages 2,000 acres of remnant prairies and uses prescribed fire and grazing to increase habitat quality around Grand I

[ECOLOG-L] ISRS abstract date change

Given the short notice in the first announcement, the deadline for submission of abstracts to the biennial meeting of the International Society for River Science has been changed to 12 Feb 2011. The meeting will be in Berlin, 8 - 12 August 2011. Information on the meeting and submission of abs

[ECOLOG-L] European ecology list?

Hy all, I'd like to know if is available an Ecology list focused on Europe, I'm asking this because I'm a Graduate Student from Italy, searching for a PhD, some weeks ago I've wrote a letter searching some information about it, but I had not received any reply from Europe. Best Regards Simo

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate student positions in forest ecology

Positions are available for PhD or Masters students who are interested in investigating how acid deposition affects the nutrient dynamics and productivity of deciduous forests in central Appalachia. Students will have the opportunity to conduct research at the Fernow Experimental Forest and cont

[ECOLOG-L] Faculty position in sustainability at Northwestern Univ.

Despite this opening being advertised by Materials Science and Engineering, this is a cross-disciplinary position with ecology as one of the search's target disciplines: http://www.matsci.northwestern.edu/empl_opps.html Questions may be directed to mcc_sustainabilitysea...@northwestern.edu. ---

Re: [ECOLOG-L] AIC and Occam's Razor

This might shock some people, bit AIC does not give The Truth. If you have a model that fits almost as well, but is simpler, then I don't see a problem with using it. It's worth checking how much less of the variation is explain (e.g. using R^2), and also how different the fitted models are. AI