[ECOLOG-L] M.S. student wanted to model the effects of climate change and urbanization on the major ecosystems of Long Island, New York

2009-06-15 Thread Russell Burke
M.S. student wanted to model the effects of climate change and urbanization on the major ecosystems of Long Island, New York starting in Fall 2009 or spring 2010 M.S. position modeling the effects of climate change and urbanization on the major plant ecosystems of Long Island, New York. The

[ECOLOG-L] Save Money; Register Before June 17 for the ESA Annual Meeting

2009-06-15 Thread Rachel Dellon
Early Bird Registration for the 94th ESA Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico ends at 5 pm Eastern Time this Wednesday, June 17. To save up to as much as $50 on registration fees and avoid the last minute rush, please submit your registration form today. Links to all meeting and

[ECOLOG-L] FW: ESA Faculty Education Opportunities at the 2009 Annual Meeting

2009-06-15 Thread Jennifer Riem
Hi everyone, As a reminder, ESA Early Bird registration closes this Wednesday, as does registration for the all-day Sunday workshop on teaching using continental-scale datasets. Jennifer ESA Faculty Education Opportunities at the 2009 Annual Meeting ESA is offering several

[ECOLOG-L] Nonequilibrium ecology book suggestions ecology outside the conservation paradigm

2009-06-15 Thread Kelly Stettner
Dear fellow ECOLOGgers,   I've gotten one book suggestion and one dialogue response to my query about nonequilibrium ecology and the conservation/preservation topic.  Perhaps it would help if I jump-started the conversation with some cut-and-paste magic.  Here is some of the interesting

[ECOLOG-L] Summary of Responses to Student w/ Asperger's post

2009-06-15 Thread Azure Zebu
Hi, I wrote about a month ago seeking advice on applying to gradschool as a student with Asperger's Syndrome (high functioning autism). I would like to thank everyone that wrote to me, offering insightful advice or perspective, related to pursing a graduate degree as a student w/ cognitive quirks.

[ECOLOG-L] citation manager

2009-06-15 Thread Cochran-Stafira, D. Liane
Hi, Please tell me I'm not crazy. I seem to remember someone describing a free ware beta-version program similar to Reference Manager etc. during the last few weeks. I have tried to search the archives, but I'm not having any luck. Could someone forward a copy of that email to me offline?

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology Restoration and conservation policy Re: [ECOLOG-L] Nonequilibrium ecology book suggestions ecology outside the conservation paradigm

2009-06-15 Thread Wayne Tyson
Kelly and Forum: (Please forgive me for changing the lead on the subject line--this will get lost in the thousands of archived ecologs if I don't) The crucial pivot-point in conservation and restoration ecology policy decisions probably should be somewhere around the causal factors of the

[ECOLOG-L] Polgar Fellows sought

2009-06-15 Thread David V Howe
The Hudson River Foundation is developing a directory of Tibor T. Polgar Fellows. If you are a past participant, please email Helena: hel...@hudsonriver.org or call 212-483-7667. If you know any former Fellows, please pass on this information. Thank you.

[ECOLOG-L] You can help the funding situation for NSF and USGS

2009-06-15 Thread David Inouye
From the American Institute of Biological Sciences policy list pol...@aibs.org: Write to Congress about Increasing Funding for NSF and USGS Congress is currently considering the spending plans of the National Science Foundation (NSF), US Geological Survey (USGS), and several other science

Re: [ECOLOG-L] citation manager

2009-06-15 Thread Cochran-Stafira, D. Liane
Thanks to all who sent me the URLs for a couple of citation managers. http://www.mendeley.com/blog/2008/09/mendeley-desktop-058-available-now/ Another site mentioned in some replies was http://www.zotero.org/ Liane D. Liane Cochran-Stafira, Ph.D.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] citation manager

2009-06-15 Thread Kerry Woods
Perhaps you're thinking of Zotero (www.zotero.org)? It's open-source, works as a Firefox plug-in, and is under active development. The latest version, which allows synchronization across multiple machines with data-base saved on zotero's server IS beta, but I've been using it for several months

Re: [ECOLOG-L] citation manager

2009-06-15 Thread Josh Stumpf
Zotero is fantastic, and cross-platform (works as a Firefox plugin). There are also several half-way decent Linux programs that should pop up with a synaptic search (assuming you're on a Debian derivative). Josh Stumpf On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Cochran-Stafira, D. Liane