[ECOLOG-L] Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant Opportunity: Urban Forest Carbon Sequestration

Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant Position: Urban Forest Carbon Sequestration The Interdisciplinary Hydrology Laboratory of the University of Missouri, in collaboration with Lincoln University, is seeking a Ph.D. graduate research assistant (GRA) to conduct independent research investigating

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD) Ideas Challenge

Good idea (I hope), but as I am not connected with any academic institution, I will not be able to submit. Perhaps someone else who is properly connected can: 'One of the major problems with agriculture, particularly in the developing world, is that it means destruction of ecosystems and

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Recommendations for affordable Field PC Tablets?

I purchased a CL900 last year for use as a navigational aid during aerial fauna surveys and am very happy with its performance so far. I was running Oziexplorer http://www.oziexplorer.com/ as a moving map application with a Garmin Glo Bluetooth GPS

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Permaculture mysteries Re: [ECOLOG-L] [Be the Change] Sustainability, Permaculture and Leadership

It is worrying to see the completely wrong perception some people have about permaculture being confused with unrelated businesses or being assigned charateristics that are opposite to its approaches. Attacking an entire applied discipline because annoyed by an advertisement is also unfair.

[ECOLOG-L] Overly Honest Methods

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2013/jan/10/scientists-twitter-methods If only I could get my students to start with writing this way... CL ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net

[ECOLOG-L] EXTENDED: US-IALE Foreign Scholar Travel Applications due 25 Jan

US-IALE Foreign Scholar Travel Award _http://www.usiale.org/austin2013/foreign-scholar-travel-award_ (http://www.usiale.org/austin2013/foreign-scholar-travel-award) US-IALE 28th Annual Symposium Landscape Dynamics Along Environmental Gradients Austin, Texas April 14 - 18, 2013

[ECOLOG-L] Environmental Scientist, Assistant Professor, Bard College

Environmental Scientist, Assistant Professor, Tenure Track -- Bard College Environmental and Urban Studies Program The Environmental and Urban Studies Program at Bard College is seeking applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. We are looking for a

[ECOLOG-L] NR Technician Position Sharp-tailed Grouse

Position: Natural Resources Technician - Temporary Agency: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife Work Location: Grand Rapids/Aitkin/Cloquet - Minnesota Start Date: March 2013 Salary: $14.61 per hour Job Description: Support habitat evaluation work for

[ECOLOG-L] Summer jobs: USGS Biological Science Technicians (Botany)

Summer Employment Opportunity! Come work among the Giant Sequoias! Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station (USGS) is currently hiring summer Biological Science Technicians (Botany). Pay: GG-5 (approx. $15.00/hour) Location: Three Rivers, CA Application opening/closing dates: Jan 11 – Feb. 4,

[ECOLOG-L] CFA: EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS CONFERENCE, deadline February 1st

3RD CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS Horizontal and Vertical Transmission and Micro- and Macroevolutionary Patterns of Biological and Sociocultural Evolution May 27-29th, 2013 | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal Website:

[ECOLOG-L] Mantel's Test Software

Greetings, Could anyone direct me to some free/inexpensive software that has a user friendly interface for performing a Mantel's test? I have found PC-Ord4 difficult to work with, due in part to my lack of administration privileges. Also, PAST doesn't provide specific enough results (only

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Recommendations for affordable Field PC Tablets?

Thanks Kay! This is especially helpful because I was about to ask about using it for aviation applications. Did you have it mounted on the aircraft's dash (instrument panel)? I'd be especially interested in how it was used for the faunal surveys, but also if it was useful or potentially

[ECOLOG-L] Online Ecological Courses from the University of Illinois

There are a number of online courses starting next week that may be of interest to members of ECOLOG. Non-degree seeking students are welcome! Courses that may be of interest: * Environmental Science and Natural Resource Careers (NRES 108)- http://oce.illinois.edu/Section/59570/120131

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Eco-exploitation

2013/1/11 Martin Meiss mme...@gmail.com Hi, Jon, Without regard to permaculture or any other particular field, what do you mean by stealing an idea? Once research is published, the ideas belong to everyone. Patenting and copyrighting protect certain uses of certain types of idea,

[ECOLOG-L] SOUTH AFRICA STUDY ABROAD 2013- CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY IN SOUTH AFRICAN PARKS NATURE RESERVES

HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO AFRICA? ARE YOU INTERESTED IN AFRICAN WILDLIFE AND CONSERVATION? DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AMAZING AFRICAN EXPERIENCE!! We're now accepting applications for our 2013 study abroad program - CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY IN SOUTH AFRICAN PARKS

[ECOLOG-L] New REU in STEM Education at North Dakota State University

We have extended the application deadline for our REU, Growing up STEM to January 22, 2013! Growing up STEM is an excellent opportunity for students interested in STEM education at the undergraduate level to engage in an immersive, 10-week summer research experience. Our program includes

[ECOLOG-L] Deadline Tuesday: 2013 Summer Graduate Workshop

The2013 Summer Graduate Workshop on Connecting Biological Data with Mathematical Model http://www.mbi.osu.edu/eduprograms/graduate2012.htmls http://www.nimbios.org/education/WS_grad2013 will be held June 17-28, 2013, at NIMBioS on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The workshop

[ECOLOG-L] job opportunities at NCEAS

Colleagues: The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) is excited to announce several employment opportunities. We are recruiting an Associate Director for Communications and Outreach, software developers, and a part-time position in conservation research. More details

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Position in Evolutionary Ecology

Postdoctoral Position in Evolutionary Ecology Professor Fred Janzen, Iowa State University I seek a Postdoctoral Research Associate to help lead an NSF-funded project examining the roles of climate, maternal effects, and sex-specific fitness in the evolutionary ecology of environmental sex

[ECOLOG-L] INTERNS NEEDED FOR UC BERKELEY RESEARCH

Dates: Two Sessions: April-May and July-August, 2013 Location: Carrizo Plain National Monument, California (60 miles east of San Luis Obispo) Duties: 3 interns are needed for two work sessions to conduct a variety of animal surveys as part of a long-term food web study in the Carrizo Plain

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Mantel's Test Software

Hi Peter, R has a few packages that include the Mantel test. I have done a quick performance comparison among three different implementations a while ago: http://thiagosilva.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/whats-the-fastest-implementation-of-the-mantel-test-in-r/ If you don't want to code, both