Re: [ECOLOG-L] definition of "native"

prior to human record keeping works for me. if it was there before people started talking about it and writing it down, that's good enough. do you expect the world really was once upon a time in a state of some kind of "purity"? mcneely Andrew Pierce wrote: > While the definition you

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology terminology Re: [ECOLOG-L] definition of "native"

Honorable Forum: Anybody who has any "sense" knows that words are imperfect, and anybody who has read "Alice in Wonderland" (or was it "Through the Looking Glass?" I just don't remember) knows that a word means "just what I (or the Red Queen?) say it means." Words are communication tools, and

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Why does the ESA publish paper?

Don, Thanks for your feedback on this. I have a more specific question - when will Ecosphere show up on Web of Science? I understand that it takes a few years to accumulate an impact factor, but that's not what I'm concerned about. Rather, I would like users of WOS to be able to find papers on Ecos

Re: [ECOLOG-L] definition of "native"

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's

[ECOLOG-L] Why does the ESA publish paper?

This is a great question, "Why does ESA still publish paper journals?" The answer to this question changes by the year if not more quickly. The basic answer is that we still publish on paper because libraries want to buy our paper journals. However, the fraction of libraries desiring paper is fall

Re: [ECOLOG-L] definition of "native"

While the definition you provide might be a suitable working definition, it is not a suitable scientific definition. As a counter-example to your claim "it was not taken there by human agency, but either evolved there or migrated there prior to human record keeping" there are species that the firs

[ECOLOG-L] Forestry Summer Research Technician Positions in the Northern and Southern Rockies

Currently hiring technicians for summer 2012. Please do not reply to this email but direct all inquiries and materials to Dr. Affleck. DESCRIPTION & QUALIFICATIONS: Full-time (40 hours/week) field research assistants are needed to aid in the collection of tree biomass data as part of an ongoi

[ECOLOG-L] MSc Graduate Research in West African Savanna Ecology

MSc Graduate Research in West African Savanna Ecology. Funding is available for a 2-year Masters Graduate Fellowship for a student interested to study ecology and natural resource management in West African Savannas. The student will have the opportunity to conduct field research in West Africa

[ECOLOG-L] Smithsonian Botanical Symposium, Washington, DC - April 20-21, 2012

Tenth Annual Smithsonian Botanical Symposium April 20-21, 2012, Washington, DC   “Transforming 21st Century Comparative Biology using Evolutionary Trees”   The 10th Smithsonian Botanical Symposium, hosted by the National Museum of Natural History Department of Botany and the United States Botanic

[ECOLOG-L] Full time field research supervisor position

This full-time position will coordinate and supervise regular aerial and ground surveys for wading bird nesting colonies and studies of nesting success in Florida south of Lake Okeechobee, assist with other field and lab research, manage and analyze data, and write annual reports as needed. Req

[ECOLOG-L] Imperial College – NUS joint PhD opportunit y: Modeling of prevention and control of harm ful non-indigenous species in Southeast Asia.

PhD opportunity:Modeling of prevention and control of harmful non-indigenous species in Southeast Asia. We would like to invite applications for a joint PhD between Imperial College London and National University of Singapore on modeling for prevention and control of harmful non-indigenous in South

[ECOLOG-L] How to get established in the developing world?

I was wondering about scientists, raised and educated in the Western developed world, who establish their reputation and become based in the developing world.  Examples would be Birute Galdikas among the Orangutans, or, better yet, Daniel Janzen and his work with the biodiversity of Costa Rica. 

[ECOLOG-L] Forest Plant Community Ecologist (Researcher) Position

The Missouri Department of Conservation is seeking to fill their Research Scientist position focusing on Forest Plant Communities. The position is located in the beautiful Ozarks of southern Missouri. Recreation abounds in this region, including hunting, fishing (trout, smallmouth bass, walleye, e

[ECOLOG-L] Environmental Research Letters (ERL) special issue on 'Second generation biofuels and sustainability' – call for articles

Dear All, We would like to invite you to contribute to an upcoming special issue of Environmental Research Letters entitled: 'Second generation biofuels and sustainability', edited by Dr Jason Hill (University of Minnesota), Dr Essel Ben Hagan (Accra Institute of Technology), Professor Daniel Kamm