[ECOLOG-L] Urgently seeking advice on skunk film - NHK Japan

Dear ECOLOG-L members, My name is Gene Hamazaki and I am a wildlife filmmaker at a Japanese public broadcaster called NHK. We are currently preparing to make a film on wild skunks in the U.S., and would kindly like to seek advice or information on the following - 1 and 2 with the highest prior

[ECOLOG-L] Post-doc in land change modeling and coupled natural-human systems - Purdue

Post-doctoral Opportunity- Land Change Modeling and Coupled Natural-Human Systems - Purdue University The Human-Environment Modeling and Analysis Laboratory (www.human-environment.org) in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University invites applications for an exciti

[ECOLOG-L] looking for new student project ideas for Biostats

I'm teaching Biostatistics for majors and am looking for new ideas for student research projects that don’t need equipment. For these projects, students use chi-squared goodness of fit test, test of independence, t-tests (unpaired and paired), correlation, or regression. In the projects, small g

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Arguments for Native Plants

What is a native plant? A lot of what we consider native plants does not make it native to the specific area where you reside. For example, in Northern IL Silver Maples can be an invasive species, in the south Sweet gum is invasive in some habitats despite their native status. The reality is that

[ECOLOG-L] Open Position in Forest, Fish, Fire, and Wildlife Research

Afternoon: If you’re interested in Forest, Fish, Fire, and Wildlife research then do we have a position for you. The Resource Science Division of the Missouri Department of Conservation has an open supervisor position. Please follow the following link if you are interested or would like to apply

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Arguments for Native Plants

Vast stretches of the USA and southern Canada are already dominated by non-natives and have been for a century or more. So adding natives to the landscaping of a new residential subdivision or industrial park is generally a largely symbolic gesture, not one that will significantly offset landsc

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Arguments for Native Plants

Native plants host native insects that provide food for native birds. See Tallamy, Douglas W. 2007. Bringing nature home; how you can sustain wildlife with native plants. Timber Press. Prof. Tallamy is chair of the Dept of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware. Warren W. Aney S

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Numbered pins?

Alden, Q-pins (quilting pins) may work. The range of numbers is 1-20 and the cost is $25/130 pins. http://quiltingpins.com Peter - Original Message - From: Alden Griffith To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:39:51 - (UTC) Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Numbered pins? Doe

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sampling pollinators

The Kearns and Inouye book is a good place to start: http://www.amazon.com/Techniques-Pollination-Biologists-Carol-Kearns/dp/0870812815 On 4/24/2013 9:09 AM, Steven Corso wrote: Hello Ecologs, I have a small research grant to study pawpaw (Asimina triloba) in my local park district. I am consid

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Numbered pins?

Alden, Here is a link to another type of pin, probably more robust than the Q-Pins. I've used these pins to mark dissections. http://www.biologyproducts.com Selection dissection equipment, then look for T-pins. Peter - Original Message - From: Alden Griffith To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Arguments for Native Plants

One of the most important arguments for using native plants is that the alternative – using exotic species – runs the considerable risk of introducing taxa that become invasive and displace native species, by virtue of the exotics having left their pathogens, predators, and other natural enemies

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Arguments for Native Plants

I am a big advocate of native plants, but the argument that natives are adapted to local soils, climate, etc. is really not right some (if not a lot) of the time. In the majority of "landscape" settings, the soils have been remarkably degraded and even the climate little resembles that in which

[ECOLOG-L] Sampling pollinators

Hello Ecologs, I have a small research grant to study pawpaw (Asimina triloba) in my local park district. I am considering adding a pollination component. Can anyone steer me to a (paper describing a) method of sampling pollinators, such that I can not only see what's pollinating (I know this is g

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Arguments for Native Plants

Native plants support more native pollinators, many of which are in decline, but are incredibly important. In particular, many species of native plants serve as larval hosts for native insect species, such as butterflies, which can increase the local diversity of pollinator communities. On Wed,

[ECOLOG-L] Invitation to serve on the NEON Collections Technical Working Group

Dear List Members, Field activities related to the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) will result in the collection of a variety of biodiversity samples that will be archived in museums around the United States. NEON is currently seeking members of the scientific community to serve on

[ECOLOG-L] Snake Fungal Disease (SFD) Increases in Incidence in Free-ranging snakes in Eastern & Midwestern United States

National Wildlife Health Center Wildlife Health Bulletin 2013-02 Snake Fungal Disease in the United States To: Natural Resource/Conservation Managers From: Dr. Jonathan Sleeman, Center Director, USGS National Wildlife Health Center Date: April 22, 2013 Snake Fungal Disease (SFD) is an emerging dise

[ECOLOG-L] South Dakota State University Ph.D. Assistantship: Does climate warming decouple food web interactions in Great Plains streams?

South Dakota State University Ph.D. Assistantship: Does climate warming decouple food web interactions in Great Plains streams? Position Description: A graduate assistantship is available to study how temperature and photoperiod interact to regulate food web interactions in prairie streams.

[ECOLOG-L] Job announcement: Scientific programmer/analyst at NCEAS

Scientific Programmer/Analyst (COMPUTER & NETWORK TECHNOLOGIST III) THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS & SYNTHESIS (NCEAS) NCEAS is seeking a scientific programmer/analyst to consult with and advise NCEAS' researchers on efficient, appropriate, and powerful computational approaches and

[ECOLOG-L] Development Officer Intern vacancy

Development Officer internship at the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment, Belize The Toledo Institute of Development and Environment (TIDE) is a Belizean NGO working to protect some of the most pristine coastal and marine ecosystems in Central America, including the healthiest coral

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Animal introductions Oryx

In the Jornada Experimental Range (NM), they are very common and established with herds of up to 8-10 animals. Andrea Campanella

[ECOLOG-L] Numbered pins?

Does anybody know where to get long numbered pins for marking small plants and seedlings? Numbered map pins are similar to what I'm looking for, but they all tend to be too short and/or have too large a head. Something like an insect pin with a small numbered head would be perfect. I'm lookin

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Arguments for Native Plants

Also especially important for landscaping purposes, because native plants have adapted to the local soils and climate, they require less water, fertilizers, pesticides as well as less pruning and maintenance generally. - Original Message - From: "Ted Turluck" To: ECOLOG-L@listserv.umd.e

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Rare species that have become invasive elsewhere

Budy, Ph., Thiede, G. P., Lobón-Cerviá, J., González Fernández, G., McHugh, P., McIntosh, A., Asbjørn Vøllestad, L., Becares, E., Jellyman, Ph. 2013. Limitation and facilitation of one of the world's most invasive fish: an intercontinental comparison. *ECOLOGY*, 94: 356-367. doi.org/10.1890/12-0628

[ECOLOG-L] Arguments for Native Plants

Hello List Members, I am working with native plants and would like to make sure I have all the arguments for native plants correct. If I am missing some, please let me know. My goal is to promote native plants for use in landscaping and grazing. Native plants provide habitat and food for native w

[ECOLOG-L] AIC MODEL SELECTION AND MULTIMODEL INFERENCE COURSES

WORKSHOPS ON FORMAL EVIDENCE FOR ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESES Research workers in many fields are realizing the substantial limitations of statistical tests, test statistics, arbitrary α-levels, P-values, and dichotomous rulings concerning “statistical significance.” These historical approaches were

[ECOLOG-L] Experiment-model interaction meeting support for students and post-docs

Announcing a joint ClimMani-INTERFACE meeting: Scaling across space and time: Benefits and challenges of informing large-scale models with small- scale experiments 4-7 June 2013, Mikulov, Czech Republic Programme available here. Climate change experiments in terrestrial ecosystems build our f