[ECOLOG-L] Job: Rank open, ecologist, Univ. of IL

2012-10-04 Thread David Inouye
The School of Integrative Biology and the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant, Associate or Full Professor who uses mathematical, statistical, numerical-modeling, or theoretical approaches to study

[ECOLOG-L] : Master internship 2013

2012-10-04 Thread Rebecca Reurslag
Dear all, My name is Rebecca Reurslag and I am a second year master student in Ecology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). I am looking for an internship for six months (of which 4 months abroad) in 2013. I have worked on marine animals and soil invertebrates, therefore I would like to

[ECOLOG-L] Tree Canopy Access Field Course in Panama

2012-10-04 Thread Peter Lahanas
2012 SUMMER COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT (Dec. 20, 2012-Jan. 9, 2013) FIELD COURSE IN CANOPY ACCESS TECHNIQUES (CAT W-12) COURSE LOCATION: Bocas del Toro Biological Station, Boca del Drago, Isla Colon, Republic of Panama. The biological station is located on a beach facing the Caribbean Sea. Coral

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystem Function Re: [ECOLOG-L] Visualizing functional diversity

2012-10-04 Thread David L. McNeely
Wayne, I thought we went through that, a bit back. Ecosystem function is what ecosystems do. They process energy and chemicals. As someone else pointed out, in both cases those functions are mediated through organisms and other compartments. Evidently some think that the consequences (such

Re: [ECOLOG-L] do citations matter in ecology effect size databank

2012-10-04 Thread Hal Caswell
This approach seems strange to me. The paper says that If citation behavior is rationale [sic], i.e. studies that successfully applied a treatment and detected greater biological effects are cited more frequently, then we predict that larger effect sizes increases study relative citation

[ECOLOG-L] Post-doctoral Fellowship: Statistical Ecology and/or Aquatic Ecology,

2012-10-04 Thread Don Jackson
Post-doctoral Fellowship: Statistical Ecology and/or Aquatic Ecology, University of Toronto I invite applications for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in the areas of statistical ecology and/or aquatic ecology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Visualizing functional diversity

2012-10-04 Thread Ted Mosquin
Hi Wayne, The way to understand ecosystem function is to first clarify the question. Put in a different way the question is: What do ecosystems actually do? As organisms are required to answer this question you also need to ask: What do organisms do individually and collectively? As noted

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystem Function Re: [ECOLOG-L] Visualizing functional diversity

2012-10-04 Thread Antoine C.-Dussault
Hi Dr. McNeely (and others), There were many posts on the notion of ecosystem function, I'd like to raise the question of ecosystem dysfunction or malfunction. Can such notions make any sense in you view? Dr. McNeely made the analogy with the secretion of insulin by the pancreas stabilyzing

[ECOLOG-L] Faculty position: Aquatic Ecology, Loyola University Chicago

2012-10-04 Thread Timothy Hoellein
AQUATIC ECOLOGIST Loyola University Chicago (LUC), College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position in Aquatic Ecology at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning August 2013. We are a large department that serves more than 1500

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Ecology, Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University

2012-10-04 Thread David Inouye
JOB: Ecology, Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University The Department of Biological Sciences at Bowling Green State University seeks applicants for an Assistant Professor level, tenure track Ecologist who addresses questions at large spatial scales. We welcome candidates who focus

[ECOLOG-L] UPDATED: Winter 2012 Field Course in Coral Reef Ecology (Caribbean of Panama)

2012-10-04 Thread Carlos G. A. Ormond
2012 WINTER COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT (December 20th- January 9th) FIELD COURSE IN CORAL REEF ECOLOGY (Caribbean of Panama) http://www.itec-edu.org/coral8.html INSTRUCTORS: Carlos G. A. Ormond, Simon Fraser University, email: corm...@sfu.ca; Elizabeth McGinty, University of Texas-Arlington, email:

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Asst Professors (2) - - Biological Timing - - NDSU

2012-10-04 Thread Steve Travers
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES The Department of Biological Sciences invites applications for two tenure- track Assistant Professor positions to begin Fall 2013. We seek applicants whose primary research interests are in the area of ecological and evolutionary

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystem Function Re: [ECOLOG-L] Visualizing functional diversity

2012-10-04 Thread David L. McNeely
Ms. Dussalult, I accept completely that when beneficial consequences of the two ecosystem functions of energy flow and biogeochemical cycling are impaired, then intervention is appropriate. It is just that intervention itself often has the unexpected and undesired consequence of altering the

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate positions in ecology, evolution, and behavior at Virginia Tech

2012-10-04 Thread Joel McGlothlin
GRADUATE POSITIONS IN INTEGRATIVE ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, BEHAVIOR, AND ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY The Integrative Organismal Biology (IOB) group at Virginia Tech is a diverse group of scientists studying the behavior, ecology, evolution, and physiology of animals. IOB faculty are currently seeking

[ECOLOG-L] University of Alaska Anchorage: M.S. Assistantship in Arctic Tundra Ecology

2012-10-04 Thread Paddy Sullivan
University of Alaska Anchorage: M.S. Assistantship in Arctic Tundra Ecology. A research assistantship is available on a project funded by the National Science Foundation to study the differential phenology of grasses and shrubs and their implications for ecosystem function (cycling of water,

[ECOLOG-L] Environmental Sociologist Faculty Position

2012-10-04 Thread Michelle Baker
Tenure Track Position for Interdisciplinary Environmental Sociologist The Department of Sociology, Social Work Anthropology in collaboration with the Ecology Center at Utah State University invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Sociology beginning August 2013. We seek

[ECOLOG-L] PhD Positions in Earth System Science

2012-10-04 Thread Dominik Kulakowski
PhD Positions in Earth System Science Applications are invited for PhD assistantships within the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University. Assistantships cover tuition, provide an annual stipend, and include eligibility for a competitive fellowship. Clark's Earth System Science program

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc - dryland ecosystem carbon - USGS in Flagstaff

2012-10-04 Thread John Bradford
The USGS, Southwest Biological Science Center, is accepting applications for a Mendenhall postdoctoral fellowship to assess regional-scale carbon cycling patterns in semi-arid ecosystems and the potential impact of climate change on ecosystem carbon storage and cycling. Information about the

[ECOLOG-L] PhD position in physiological ecology

2012-10-04 Thread Nate McDowell
Apologies for cross-posting The Chair of Building Physics of ETHZ studies the multiple physical aspects of porous materials and their interactions with fluids. At Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division is studying the physiology of trees under changing

[ECOLOG-L] Faculty Position - remote sensing science related to air quality and atmospheric chemistry - Washington State University

2012-10-04 Thread Chung, Serena
Washington State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research (LAR) invite applications for a permanent 9-month tenure-track faculty position open at the assistant to full professor level on the WSU Pullman campus with an effective