Re: [ECOLOG-L] Nonprofit publishers of ecology related journals

2015-04-04 Thread Alan Wilson
Hey James et al. - This site might help you - http://www.eigenfactor.org/openaccess/ Although it shows a positive correlation between article influence and publication costs, there are many open-access journals with good influence that have no or low publication costs. Alan --- Alan Wilson

[ECOLOG-L] Reminder: Individual-based modeling short course

2015-04-04 Thread Steve Railsback
The application deadline is approaching for the one-week short course on individual-based modeling, taught by Steve Railsback and Volker Grimm and based on their book Agent-based and Individual-based Modeling: A Practical Introduction. The course will be July 27-31 at Humboldt State University.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Graduate School Funding Advice

2015-04-04 Thread Ed Krynak
Hi Jordan, Travis is right (I actually went to school with Travis), your best option is finding a program that will fund you. For a M.S., it is harder to find a program that will fund you well enough to live off of, but not impossible. When you said in this area were you referring to living

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate School Funding Advice

2015-04-04 Thread Russell L. Burke
A word from the other side of the desk might be useful. I'm a professor at one of the very many mostly undergraduate institutions that has a small graduate program. We offer two master's degrees (Biology and Urban Ecology) but not a PhD program. In my 19 years here I have graduated 13

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Nonprofit publishers of ecology related journals

2015-04-04 Thread Malcolm McCallum
I dont' see a problem with a for-profit journal, its the principle of soaking researchers for the value of the publication that is out-of-whack. When publication costs for an online outfit are priced at over $1,000 for an article, it is largely undefendable. I have been publishing a journal for a

[ECOLOG-L] Biodiversity sampling using ArcGIS Collector/Open Foris?

2015-04-04 Thread Tania Bird
Does anyone have any experience with designing surveys using ArcGIS collector, or other similar software (or App) for collecting biodiversity data? Microsoft Access? Magpi? Open Foris? I have been working through a tutorial with Collector but I am stuck with working out a design for the table in

[ECOLOG-L] Plant Ecology Fieldwork Position

2015-04-04 Thread Luka Negoita
*Paid Plant Ecology Fieldwork position (May through October 2015)* *Position Description* This is a fieldwork assistant position through Syracuse University designed to give the participant experience with ecological fieldwork, plant identification, and the opportunity to help with a two-year