Re: [ECOLOG-L] Limbaugh belittles extinction crisis

The Big Question: Is it possible to change the minds of people that listen to and believe Rush Limbaugh? This would be a great scientific study. Perhaps some scientist could determine the success rate of various methods for changing minds of his listeners? The results would be very interesting!

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Limbaugh belittles extinction crisis

Apparently, some people think Rush Limbaugh "is a big fat idiot." https://www.amazon.com/Rush-Limbaugh-Big-Fat-Idiot/dp/0440508649 While Malcolm's points are undoubtedly valid, I wonder who of the folks that listen to Rush Limbaugh will find them compelling. We can preach to our choir, but I

[ECOLOG-L] National Audubon Society Quantitative Ecologist opening

Dear colleagues, National Audubon Society's Science Division is hiring another Quantitative Ecologist to join our team. We're looking for someone with substantial population modeling experience using a variety of approaches, including Bayesian, frequentist, and machine-learning methodologies.

[ECOLOG-L] Looking for an obscure report

Greetings everyone I have tried for some time to find a copy of the following unpublished report to no avail. Kridler, E. 1966. Experimental poisoning of the Hawaiian mongoose with thallium sulfate. Unpublished report. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, HI. 12pp. The USFWS office

[ECOLOG-L] FW: JOB POSTING Director of Conservation & Education, E.N. Huyck Preserve

Position Opening Please reply directly to posting organization: The Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve, Rensselaerville, NY, seeks a full-time Director of Conservation and Education. The individual will ensure that the Preserve’s current programs continue to grow. Major responsibilities: Coordinate

[ECOLOG-L] Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN) Brown Bag Lunch at ESA Meeting

Dear Colleagues, The Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN) is focused on creating and facilitating collaborative ecological research projects that generate high-quality, publishable data involving undergraduate students and faculty across a broad geographic network of research sites.

[ECOLOG-L] People of the Big River Field Class

Hello All, We are currently out on our 2 week People of the Big River field class with 6 White Swan High School Students and 10 Heritage University students as we travel to the traditional lands of the Columbia River and meet with natural resource managers from each of the areas of the Pacific

[ECOLOG-L] AGU 2017 Biogeosciences session on Agriculture, Hydrology and Biogeochemical Cycling

Dear colleagues, I'm co-organizing a session for anyone working on hydrology and/or biogeochemical cycling in agricultural systems, at the AGU Fall meeting. Please consider sending your abstracts to us. The deadline for submission is Aug 2. B008 Agricultural Systems: Links between Hydrology

[ECOLOG-L] ESA session on getting a job at an undergraduate ins titution – soliciting questions

The Researchers at Undergraduate Institutions Section is hosting a session at the upcoming Ecological Society of America annual meeting in Portland, OR. In addition to announcing this event, we are soliciting questions from our audience (whether planned to be in attendance or not) to pose to our

[ECOLOG-L] Post Doc in Mining Impacts at the University of Pittsburgh

Hi All- We are looking for a post doc to work on upcoming the Act 54 report (the previous report is here: http://www.dep.pa.gov/Business/Land/Mining/BureauofDistrictMining/Act54/Pages/default.aspx). The position description is below. These impacts are generally under-reported in the

[ECOLOG-L] AGU 2017 Biogeosciences session on soil organic matter

Dear Colleagues, This session will be of interest to those exploring soil organic matter in a changing world. Please see below. We invite abstracts to our session “Soil organic matter: mechanisms for accumulation, loss, and retention in a changing world” at the AGU Fall 2017 Meeting. This

[ECOLOG-L] Podcast Episode: Of Apes and Man

For those interested in podcasts, I uploaded a new episode of my podcast, A Worldview Apart, earlier this morning. The title of this episode is Of Apes and Man, and you can download or listen at the link or find the episode on iTunes, Google Play, and

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc: honey bee and bumble bee ecology

Department of Biology Postdoc position in Animal Ecology (University of Würzburg) “Honey bee and bumble bee ecology” We offer a Research Scientist (Postdoc) position at the Department for Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Germany for three years with

[ECOLOG-L] Grant Opportunity - urban sustainability, green infrastructure, citizen science

Dear Colleagues, We are looking for a research team to lead our new citizen science program on the relationship of green infrastructure with urban sustainability and the water cycle in the USA and Canada. The program is funded by HSBC and the citizen scientists will be predominantly HSBC

[ECOLOG-L] AGU session: Optimizing Data Sharing in Transdisciplinary Research: Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

Are you engaged in transdisciplinary research as an ecologist? We would be delighted if you would consider submitting an abstract for our upcoming session on “Optimizing Data Sharing in Transdisciplinary Research: Giving Credit Where Credit is Due” at the Fall AGU meeting. The Belmont Forum,

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: PhD position in Evolutionary Biology

Dear Ecologgers, Find below an open PhD position in evolutionary biology. Please forward to any potentially suitable candidate. http://bit.ly/PhDvirulence-ecoevo IGB invites applications for a *PhD position in Evolutionary Biology “The Evolution of Virulence under Conditions of Frequent