*CALL FOR ABSTRACTS*
*3rd Symposium on Acoustic Communication by Animals*
*August 1-5, 2011*
*Cornell University, Ithaca, NY*
This four day conference will bring together experts, students and
others working in the field of acoustic communication by all species of
animals. The topics will
Hi everyone, and a belated Happy New Year to you!
We need your help getting in contact with NSF-funded PIs on your campus or in
your institution. The National Science Board's (NSB) Merit Review Task Force is
undertaking a thorough review of the National Science Foundation's two merit
review
I'll buy that, David. I do think that folks on the list are sometimes a little
more concerned about definitions and differences, lumpers and dividers, than I
am typically am. Folks may have noticed that, about 1/2-way into my post, it
started petering out as I realized that there *was* a lot of
Dear Loggers,
Excel frustrates me to no end, but I have sort of gone down a path that
can't be reversed. I am wondering if anyone out there can help me plot some
data. I hope I can be clear about this. I am trying to plot paired data
points on a scatter plot, but the catch is that I want to
Good Afternoon Everyone,
It seems that I made an error on this
emailthe date is wrong. Please note the
cutoff date is March 31, 2011. Will you please
forward to any list serves that might be able to
send it out for us. I will appreciate it. deb
I am the administrator for the Duke
Position: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
Date: February 2, 2011
Position Summary:
The Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory is seeking
undergraduate applicants for several Arctic research projects. The
Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) positions are
Jeff's comments are good ones. I don't know why all the apostrophes
came through as question marks, but maybe that's appropriate -- these
are difficult issues and I, for one, have more questions than answers.
On one hand, there are certainly examples that demonstrate that
understanding is neither
One more thing: what predictions can you make if you understand what
caused the extinction of the (non-avian) dinosaurs?
Jane
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Jeff Houlahan jeffh...@unb.ca wrote:
In response to Jane?s comments ? I admit that understanding and prediction
are not the same thing
Hi Jane, great question about how to get students to demonstrate
understanding. One I hadn't thought about. Off the top of my head I
would say that they would demonstrate understanding if they knew what
predictions a certain concept would make, which of those predictions
had been tested,
Dear list members,
As someone who has
-been teaching model based stats to natural scientists for decades
-has mastered the logic and arcana of Neyman-Pearson
Decision Theoretic Hypothesis Testing (p-values)
-routinely uses model based statistics and parameter estimation
with conf intervals
Hello All,
Many ECOLOG readers requested that I summarize the responses I received to
my question about whether or not game cameras could be used to estimate
population density or abundance for small mammals without the requirement to
identify individual animals. So, following is a summary of the
Graduate Research Assistantships MS and PhD
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife // Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and
Behavior Program
Michigan State University
Subject: Community Ecology, Invasion Biology, Non-consumptive predator
effects, Marine Ecology, Ecological Theory and Modeling
We
Within this thread I was reminded of another situation related to publishing
individual observations and the increasing use/creation of shared databases.
Why are there so many requests to create shared databases? Because people
have delegated individual observations and observations with small
I'm moving to different quarters, and wish to sell my Ecology journals
dating from 1956 through 2010, and my American Naturalist series from
1968 to 2000. If an acceptable sale is not negotiated, I will donate
these journals to an institution in a developing country, provided that
shipping
Senior Naturalist
Riveredge Nature Center in Newburg, Wisconsin, invites applications for a
full-time Senior Naturalist who is the Centers principal educator,
scientist and naturalist, and is responsible for (1) planning and delivering
innovative environmental-education programs for people of
PhD Opportunity in Whitebark Pine Ecology and Restoration, University of
Montana
Graduate Research Assistantship available to study the efficacy and
ecological effects of treatments to restore whitebark pine forests. The
successful applicant will contribute to investigations of the effects of
Two graduate assistantships (M.S.) are available beginning in June, 2011
to work in South Africa on applied behavioral ecology of African buffalo
and bushpigs, in the context of human-wildlife conflict.These two
positions are grant-funded and include a stipend, partial tuition
waiver, housing
Hello Ecolog,
The National Park Services Northeast Temperate Network Inventory and
Monitoring program (http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/netn/) is seeking
to fill a hydrologic technician position (GS-6, $16.73/hr; or GS-7,
$18.59/hour) to lead water quality monitoring in 10 northeastern
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