Re: [ECOLOG-L] Editorial on Not Saving Endangered Species

This article is actually an ethics piece pretending to be a scientific piece. Granted, conservation biology is like medicine in that it is science with a mission. There are a lot of folks in the ethics community who are going to take issue with this. You could argue against this on Rawlsian

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Editorial on Not Saving Endangered Species

As I was reading this article, I had a flashback to a scene in the Matrix where the antagonist tells the captured Morpheus that "humanity is a virus". I don't think I have ever agreed with that saying more than I did after reading this article. Thank you for bringing it to the attention of the

[ECOLOG-L] Vertebrate Biology and Forest Ecology Visiting Faculty

The Evergreen State College, located in Olympia Washington, is seeking to fill two environmental studies visiting faculty positions. The campus is located on 1000 acres of forested land at the southern end of the Olympic Peninsula (70 miles south of Seattle), with easy access to a variety of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Editorial on Not Saving Endangered Species

Caroline Tucker (UNC-Chapel Hill) posted a response on her blog, EEB & Flow. http://evol-eco.blogspot.com Best, Justine Whitaker, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher University of West Florida 11000 University Pkwy Pensacola, FL On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 5:03 PM, Angela Demarse

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Editorial on Not Saving Endangered Species

Here is the google-drive version of the Antonelli et al. letter to the editor in response to Pyron: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VJuKuXDP62NQcBdIuIkCi-LqMyRbORv2 Cheers, Tom Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin-Madison

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Editorial on Not Saving Endangered Species

The facts of Dr. Pyron's essay are beside the point. This is not so much a scientific argument as a values one. Here's what I wrote to the Washington Post in response to his essay. "This is a blunt anthropocentric value statement masquerading as a scientific essay. We don't need all the science

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Editorial on Not Saving Endangered Species

Thank you for sharing, Howard. This article embodies my (previously) closeted skepticism/nihilistic perspective about conservation of species. Despite that skepticism, when I think of all the diversity that's vanished, I feel an intense loss. I don't have enough research under my belt to

[ECOLOG-L] Biological Science Aide, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center

Job title: Biological Science Aide Series/Grade: GS-0404-03/04 Start Date: February 2018 Position Length: 9 months Location: Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center Number of Positions: One Duties: Aide will work with Ecologists and Range Technicians. Fieldwork is based in ecological

[ECOLOG-L] PhD fellowship opportunities at the Nexus of Food-Energy-Water (FEW) University of Montana

We are seeking an innovative and creative colleague to join the Global Climate and Ecology Laboratory at the University of Montana (http://www.cfc.umt.edu/research/gcel/). PhD Applicants are sought to participate in the recently NSF-funded National Research Traineeship (NRT) program: UM

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Editorial on Not Saving Endangered Species

re: R. Alexander Pyron, Washington Post on November 22. The title is: "*We Don't Need to Save Endangered Species. Extinction is Part of Evolution*". see https://www.facebook.com/LivingAlongsideWildlife/posts/2103667429865699 with some replies by the author On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 9:35 AM,

[ECOLOG-L] Seasonal Botany Job - Field Technician

Title: Research Assistant - Botany Technician (9 positions) Salary: $10.24/hour Location: free housing is provided in Ellington and Winona, Missouri Employment Period: Temporary, full-time; May 7 through September 14, 2018 Hours: 40 hours/week, Monday-Thursday (4 ten-hour days) Last date to

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Editorial on Not Saving Endangered Species

Dear Howard and others – Alexandre Antonelli has organized a letter to the WaPo editors protesting the appearance of this (ridiculous) piece, and explaining how it has gone off the tracks. I think there are at last 150 signators at this point, mostly from the systematics community. People

[ECOLOG-L] USDA Climate Hub/UC Davis Postdoctoral Fellow # 832801

USDA California Climate Hub - UC Davis Postdoctoral Fellow # 832801 Position Summary - The USDA California Climate Hub in partnership with The John Muir Institute of the Environment at UC Davis have an opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow in climate and water use in perennial crops. This is a

[ECOLOG-L] Seasonal Botany Job - Crew Leader

Title: Research Assistant - Botany Crew Leader (3 positions) Salary: $11.25/hour Location: free housing is provided in Ellington and Winona, Missouri Employment Period: Temporary, full-time; April 30 through September 21, 2018 Hours: 40 hours/week, Monday-Thursday (4 ten-hour days) Last date to

[ECOLOG-L] Assistant Professor of Soil Science, Rhizosphere Processes, Ohio State University- Dec 8th deadline

Assistant Professor of Soil Science, Rhizosphere Processes The Ohio State University Wooster, OH Assistant Professor of Soil Science – Rhizosphere Processes: 75% Research, 25% Teaching. School of Environment and Natural Resources, College of Food, Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, The

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Wildlife Health Technician (Seasonal), Cleveland Metroparks

Wildlife Health Technician (Seasonal) Cleveland Metroparks is accepting qualified applications for a Wildlife Health Technician to assist with ongoing research on wildlife including white-tailed deer and mesopredators at Cleveland Metroparks. This position reports to the Epidemiologist at

[ECOLOG-L] Darwin Core Hour Brainstorming! Monday 4 December 2017 11AM EST

Happy Holidays ECOLOG, We hope you'll join us for: Darwin Core Hour Brainstorming – Inviting the Community to Plan for Next Year. Hi there! Our last Darwin Core Hour of the year is coming! We would like to take this opportunity to invite you all to an open conversation. During this webinar

[ECOLOG-L] Jet or, in Spanish, azabache

Jet or, in Spanish, azabache Dear Colleagues: I am trying to help a college in finding scientific papers (not only anecdotes) on the (alleged) benefits of jet (in Spanish) azabache for humans. Although someone else and I have researched jet, we did not discuss (and it did not occur to me) that

[ECOLOG-L] Editorial on Not Saving Endangered Species

All - This editorial, by Biology Professor R. Alexander Pyron, George Washington University, appeared in the Washington Post on November 22. The title is: "/*We Don't Need to Save Endangered Species. Extinction is Part of Evolution*/".     I haven't seen any comments about this editorial on

[ECOLOG-L] Summer Research Fellowships (Undergrad, Grad, Postdoc) at UVA Field Station

University of Virginia’s Blandy Experimental Farm has some wonderful fellowship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs during summer 2018. The opportunities are open to applicants from any college or university. Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU): The

[ECOLOG-L] Endowed Professorship in Marine Environmental Biology at the College of Charleston

College of Charleston, Department of Biology SmartState Endowed Professorship in Marine Environmental Biology Applications are invited for an endowed professorship in Marine Environmental Biology at the College of Charleston. We seek an environmental biologist who studies the impacts of

[ECOLOG-L] Celebrate Birds/Celebra Las Aves Intern Position post

Environment for the Americas (EFTA) invites you to apply for the America’s Great Outdoors – Celebrate Birds/Celebra las Aves internship program. EFTA created Celebrate Birds/Celebra las Aves to engage the next generation of Latino conservation stewards. The program is designed to encourage

[ECOLOG-L] Smithsonian CTFS-ForestGEO Forest Census Internship & Field Crew Lead Positions

The Smithsonian Institution (CTFS-ForestGEO in partnership with Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, SCBI) seeks four interns—at least one of which will be international— and a field crew lead to participate in recensus of the SCBI forest dynamics plot in Front Royal, Virginia, USA. The

[ECOLOG-L] Announcing AASHE’s 2017 Sustainable Campus Inde x!

Hello colleagues, Recently, AASHE released the 2017 Sustainable Campus Index , a publication that recognizes top-performing colleges and universities in 17 sustainability impact areas and overall by institution type, as measured by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment

[ECOLOG-L] new type of scicomm event: come join us!

The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) is holding a science communication event called OCEANDOTCOMM at our facility in southern Louisiana this coming March (learn more at lumcon.edu/oceandotcomm). We are leveraging all our resources and assets to make the Louisiana coast

[ECOLOG-L] MS Graduate Study in Biology: Multiple Positions

Multiple opportunities for MS graduate study in biology (including evolutionary biology and ecology) are available for Fall 2018 in the Department of Biology at Virginia Commonwealth University (visit http://biology.vcu.edu for more information on specific research areas and faculty). Teaching

[ECOLOG-L] Field accuracy of ibuttons and other temperature loggers

We recently published a study on methods for measuring air temperature in the field with small loggers, such as ibuttons and HOBOs. The goal was to determine the accuracy of these data loggers across different habitat types, when combined with solar radiation shields, which are typically

[ECOLOG-L] WSU - Graduate school research opportunities in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Graduate school research opportunities in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology The School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University invites motivated applicants for graduate training and research in ecology & evolutionary biology. Research opportunities in both plant and animal systems

[ECOLOG-L] The Helsinki Summer School on Mathematical Ecology and Evolution 2018

Applications are now invited to THE HELSINKI SUMMER SCHOOL ON MATHEMATICAL ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 2018 Dear Colleagues, We are glad to invite applications to the 2018 edition of The Helsinki Summer School on Mathematical Ecology and Evolution, an EMS-ESMTB School in Applied Mathematics. The

[ECOLOG-L] Interactive Webinar - Harmonizing scale and process representation across critical zone models - CZO/LTER/NEON/ISMC - Weds Dec 6th @ 9 AM MT

Greetings all, We invite you to join an interactive discussion on the spatiotemporal scales, process representation, and motivating science questions by modelers involved in the CZO, LTER, ISMC, and NEON communities. Specifically, we seek to identify previously unrealized opportunities for

[ECOLOG-L] PhD Research Assistantship Opportunity in Ecological Restoration, Remote Sensing, and Data Analytics at Northern Arizona University�in Flagstaff, AZ

Announcement: https://tinyurl.com/y9cathdd PDF: https://tinyurl.com/yadkwhgr Graduate Research Assistantship (PhD) Opportunity at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ Data Fusion for Forest Planning and Implementation: Ecological Restoration, Remote Sensing, and Data Analytics Are you

[ECOLOG-L] 2-week wildlife field course May 13-26, 2018

The Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society, in cooperation with Castleton University and the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, will be hosting our 10th annual 2-week Wildlife Field Course in Castleton, Vermont, May 13-26, 2018. Please visit the course website for details and

[ECOLOG-L] Center for Systematic Entomology fundraising - latest round of historical entomologically-oriented (and more) books for sale to support the center's systematics mission

This message (apologies for cross-posting) is being sent on behalf of *Paul Skelley* (Entomology Section Administrator, Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA)) and *Zachary Prusak* (Florida Fire Manager for the Nature Conservancy) who are working on getting all of the donated books in

[ECOLOG-L] LAST WEEK to Submit Application for the 2018 CUAHSI Virtual University!

Be a part of the 2018 CUAHSI Virtual University! Apply to teach your specialized sub-discipline. Submit applications by THIS FRIDAY, December 1st CUAHSI Virtual University is composed of inter-university online courses aimed to enhance the depth and breadth of