[ECOLOG-L] Submit your film - marine film festival second call for entries

Second call for submissions - Beneath the Waves Film Festival! The Beneath the Waves Film Festival is one of the only film festivals that is housed within an academic conference. We are partnered with the Benthic Ecology Meeting, a group of marine scientists that meet once each year to present

[ECOLOG-L] Naturalist on Horseback

Experience the best backcountry Yellowstone National Park has to offer! Use your wildlife and botany knowledge to work as a naturalist for Yellowstone Wilderness Outfitters. You will have the opportunity to view grizzlies, black bears, moose, and wolves all while interpreting Yellowstone's

[ECOLOG-L] Avian surveyors needed for Hart Mountain, Oregon

Three avian field technicians needed to survey songbirds in riparian areas of Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge in southern Oregon and Sheldon NWR in northern Nevada. The 4-person field crew will be stationed at Hart Mountain headquarters, a remote and scenic area. Successful applicants

[ECOLOG-L] Amazon eco-tourism project that supports endangered turtle conservation

Dear fellow ecologists, I am writing to ask your help in promoting a unique tourism project that directly supports endangered species conservation in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia. I am a co-director of this project, which is a collaboration of the Bolivian National Park system and

[ECOLOG-L] Staining glandular trichomes

Hello, I have thousands of leaf discs from Helianthus annuus (see image at this link: http://web.me.com/scott_c1/Scott_Chamberlain/Other.html). I need to count the glandular trichomes (both the ones with and without glands on the end, i.e., the long hairs, and the white blobs) on the leaf discs.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Winter Ecology Labs

Get hold of a winter botany book and have them identify trees WITHOUT the leaves!!! This is a very good one: http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Botany-William-Trelease/dp/0486218007 http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Botany-William-Trelease/dp/0486218007Essentially do the same lab you might have done with

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Staining glandular trichomes

If these are glandular trichomes, what are they secreting? You could have a fluorescent antibody dye made to stain that specific product. Alternatively, put a grid reticle in your eyepiece to make it easier to do. Also, if you just don't have time to sit and count, maybe you could get an

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Plant Physiologist Desert Botanical Garden Phoenix

Plant Physiologist Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona Research position in one of the world’s major botanical gardens specializing in desert plants. The successful applicant will use innovative approaches to study physiological processes in arid land plants. We are especially seeking

[ECOLOG-L] Director - Museum of Natural History - Auburn University

Position Announcement Director of The Museum of Natural History College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University The Department of Biological Sciences at Auburn University invites applications for a tenured, 9-month faculty position as Director of the Museum of Natural History and

[ECOLOG-L] Earth Systems Modeling Postdoc Opportunity at Washington State University

Position Announcement Post-doctoral Research Position Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-1030 The Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach (CEREO) at Washington State University (WSU) invites applications for

[ECOLOG-L] Funding and Research opportunity, Huron Mts Natural Area, MI

FUNDING and RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES: HURON MOUNTAINS, MICHIGAN The Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation (HMWF, www.hmwf.org) invites proposals for field research at a natural area of approximately 10,000 ha in northern Marquette Co., Michigan. The Huron Mountains region encompasses an unusual

[ECOLOG-L] Retaking GRE for PhD

Dear fellow scientists, I am curious to know whether I should retake the GRE to get into a good PhD program? I just completed my first semester of my masters. I spoke to a PhD student at Berkeley who stated that graduate programs are not emphasizing the GRE so much anymore, however I do not think

[ECOLOG-L] Conservation and Food Security panel at 2011 Society for Conservation Biology conference

Hello, A fellow UC Berkeley ESPM graduate student and I are putting together a symposium for the 2011 Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting (Nov 28th to Dec 2nd at University of Canterbury, New Zealand) on Conservation and Food Security and we are looking for individuals who work

[ECOLOG-L] Visual identification of true sedges

Announcing a new, interactive visual identification key to the Carices of North America with over 1200 images in a resolution-free format. Requires Microsoft Silverlight and best experienced with a scroll mouse to zoom-in on images. http://www.herbarium2.lsu.edu/aaa/index.html Best, Tim --

[ECOLOG-L] Avian field crew leader needed for Hart Mountain, Oregon

One avian field crew leader needed to survey songbirds in riparian areas of Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge in southern Oregon and Sheldon NWR in northern Nevada. The field crew leader will lead a crew of 3 other avian surveyors. The successful applicant will be hired as a Biological

[ECOLOG-L] EEID 2011: The 9th Annual Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease Conference

SAVE THE DATE! EEID 2011: The 9th Annual Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (EEID) Conference and Workshop will be held on the beautiful University of California, Santa Barbara campus. Conference: June 19-20, 2011 Hike/Field Trip: June 21, 2011 Workshop: June 22-25, 2011 This year's