[ECOLOG-L] ECOLOG-L now has 20,000+ subscribers

One of the new subscribers to ECOLOG-L today brought the total to over 20,000.  Here's a graph of the number of subscribers since I started the list in 1992. The unusual gap between 17,000 and 18,000 reflects a change in Yahoo.com addresses that resulted in most of them being deleted because

[ECOLOG-L] intensive course in structural equations modeling and path analysis May 6-10 2019

Structural equations modeling (SEM) and path analysis is a statistical method of testing multivariate hypotheses of cause-and-effect that is becoming increasingly important in ecology and evolution. I will be offering an intensive course on this topic in English from May 6-10 2019, designed

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Research Assistantship in Primate Behavior and Spatial Ecology

I am opposed to this type of advertisement. It is a commercial activity and not one that is likely to provide a high quality education or research experience. These organizations are more like tour experiences and they should not be allowed to post on this list. Mitch Cruzan On 1/8/2019

[ECOLOG-L] Blog on teaching scientific discovery

For the past two years I’ve been writing a blog on research presented in Ecology and Conservation Biology (fredsingerecology.com). My goal is for students to learn about scientific discovery in a variety of contexts, and I structure each post accordingly. The first paragraph gives background

[ECOLOG-L] Summer Field Technician Jobs in Plant and Insect Ecology

Summer Field Technician Jobs in Plant and Insect Ecology Wichita State University seeks three highly motivated technicians to assist in data collection for a collaborative research project investigating the response of birds, plants, and insects to cattle grazing on Conservation Reserve Program

[ECOLOG-L] Call For Proposals - Camp Monaco Prize $100K - Now Open

Hello EcoLog, This is a semi-monthly reminder that the Camp Monaco Prize is now accepting proposals for Greater Yellowstone biodiversity research. Prize award is $100,000 - please read below for more details and please share with colleagues. The Draper Natural History Museum and the Prince

[ECOLOG-L] Pymatuning Lab of Ecology: Early Career Research Fellowship

PLE Schwartz Early Career Fellowship Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology Summer 2019 The University of Pittsburgh's Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology (PLE) is pleased to offer the Frank J. Schwartz Early Career Research Fellowship of up to $10,000 plus up to three months of station fees and

[ECOLOG-L] Your help to save an 80 year old study

Hi all: I started a crowd funding campaign to try and maintain an 80 year old study of forest dynamics at Purdue University. It has seen two faculty members over that time (both now retired), and I'm hoping to keep it going. It's one of the longest ecological studies around. So far, I have

[ECOLOG-L] Full-time position available: Animal Endocrinology Laboratory Technician Based at Disney’s Animal Kingdom®

Animal Endocrinology Laboratory Technician Based at Disney’s Animal Kingdom® “We make magic.” That’s our motto at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. And it permeates everything we do. At Disney, you’ll help inspire that magic by enabling our teams to push the limits of entertainment and create the

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Assistantship in Metacommunity and Ecosystem Ecology of Beaver Ponds

Graduate Assistantship in Metacommunity and Ecosystem Ecology of Beaver Ponds The Howeth Lab of Ecology and Conservation (http://howethlab.ua.edu/) in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alabama invites applications for a M.S. or Ph.D. student in aquatic community and

[ECOLOG-L] REU Program at EKU: Disturbance Ecology in Central Appalachia

Please share this email and flyer with students and faculty in other departments or institutions.   Disturbance Ecology in Central Appalachia NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at Eastern Kentucky University   Eastern Kentucky University is seeking applicants

[ECOLOG-L] Wildland Fire Research Scientist Position, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria

Wildland urban interface fires are an important fire and emergency management challenge. Research is needed to better define wildland urban interface fire risk, model fire behavior in the interface between wildlands and communities, understand community and structure susceptibility, and develop

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Research Assistantship in Primate Behavior and Spatial Ecology

Advertising a program which costs $2700 as a "Research Assistantship" strikes me as disingenuous. As I've said on this list before, I'm not absolutely opposed to pay-to-participate programs being posted on ECOLOG, I just think there needs to be more truth in advertising. The definition of

[ECOLOG-L] NextProf Science Workshop@UMichigan : DiversifyingAcademia

NextProf Science workshop We wish to invite interested ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and organismal biologists to the NextProf Science workshop at the University of Michigan. The University of Michigan will offer a NextProf Science workshop, May 6-May 9, 2019, aimed at encouraging

[ECOLOG-L] Position Announcement: Full-time Plant-Insect interactions Laboratory Technician

The Burghardt lab in the Entomology department at the University of Maryland-College Park is hiring a Faculty Research Assistant. The lab focuses on understanding the ecology of plant/insect/soil interactions within human-managed landscapes. The research assistant

[ECOLOG-L] Job vacancy: Editorial Assistant, New Phytologist and Plants, People, Planet

Dear all, We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive individual to join our team as an Editorial Assistant. The Editorial Assistant will provide administrative support to the Executive Editor, Managing Editor and colleagues in the publication of the journals New Phytologist and Plants,

[ECOLOG-L] Summer field technician position at RMBL

Summer field technician position at RMBL Researchers at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) in Gothic, CO are seeking a research assistant in plant ecology for summer 2019. The field technician will primarily collect data for a long-term flowering phenology project, related

[ECOLOG-L] TRACE session: “Forest growth responses to environmental stress” Call for abstracts

Dear colleagues and friends, We would like to draw your attention to the interesting session dealing with FOREST GROWTH RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS _(Disturbances, extreme events and management: how resilient are forests?)_ at this year's TRACE- TREE RINGS IN ARCHAEOLOGY, CLIMATOLOGY AND

[ECOLOG-L] MS assistantships – Conservation/Evolution/Ecology/Native Bees

Two MS assistantships are available starting Fall semester 2019 at Southeastern Louisiana University. One position is specifically open to a student who will use replicated, systematic surveys of bee communities to investigate how fire management of a threatened longleaf pine ecosystem impacts

[ECOLOG-L] SESYNC Job: Assistant Research Scientist – Data Science

Assistant Research Scientist – Data Science Deadline: Jan 14, 2019 The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) seeks applications for an Assistant Research Scientist to lead our Data Science Team. This is a non-tenure track research faculty position through the University of

[ECOLOG-L] Eukaryotic-metabarcoding Workshop

Dear all, we still have a few places left for our course: "Eukaryotic Metabarcoding", that will be held in Berlin (Free University of Berlin) from the 4th to the 8th of March. Application deadline is: February 4th, 2019. Instructors: Dr. Owen S. Wangensteen (University of Tromsø,

[ECOLOG-L] Wildlife Handling Research Assistantship: Primates, Bats, Birds, and Small Terrestrial Mammals

Overview: This training program targets students with interest in wildlife handling, zoology, or veterinary science. Students will participate in annual capture and release programs focused on nonhuman primates, bats, birds, and small to medium size terrestrial mammals (rodents, marsupials,

[ECOLOG-L] Research Assistantship in Primate Behavior and Spatial Ecology

Overview: Tamarins are notoriously difficult to track and identify in the wild, because of their diminutive size and morphological homogeneity. In this program, we monitor a population of ~14 tamarin groups, individually identifiable and radio-collared, to study their space use and means of