Re: [ECOLOG-L] Blog ideas for science use

I would agree with Andrew regarding Wordpress.org. It does allow you to include both static and dynamic pages and is very user-friendly. If you decided to go with www.wordpress.org (the paid version which affords you more flexibility in how your site looks and acts), I would recommend using

[ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions

Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions ScienceDaily (Jan. 3, 2012) — Predictions of the loss of animal and plant diversity around the world are common under models of future climate change. But a new study shows that because these climate models don't account for species

[ECOLOG-L] Ecologists Call for Screening Imported Plants to Prevent a New Wave of Invasive Species

Ecologists Call for Screening Imported Plants to Prevent a New Wave of Invasive Species ScienceDaily (Jan. 4, 2012) — A recent analysis led by ecologist Bethany Bradley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that climate change predicted for the United States will boost demand

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions

This underscores the critical need for baseline inventory of multiple taxonomic groups in all parts of the world - not just tropical or remote regions. Even in relatively well studied regions of North America like the northeast we generally have a poor understanding of rare species'

[ECOLOG-L] Support Available for Activities at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis

*Support Available for Activities at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis* *March 1, 2012 *is the deadline for requests for NIMBioS support for Working Groups, Investigative Workshops, Postdoctoral Fellows, Sabbaticals, and Short-term Visitors for activities beginning

[ECOLOG-L] 2012 PIPES Program - undergraduate intern applications available!

*** Aloha mai kakou! Applications are now available and being accepted for the 2012 Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES) Summer Program! Online applications can be found at http://hilo.hawaii.edu/uhintern/ The PIPES program includes internship opportunities

[ECOLOG-L] Job Opportunity: Bioenergy Education and Outreach (WI)

The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC, www.glbrc.org) has posted an opening for an Education and Outreach Specialist. This person will be based at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Details on this position are available on-line at http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_072405.html This

[ECOLOG-L] Paid Internship: National Wildlife Federation

NWF has a full time, 11 month, paid position (with benefits) starting in February or early March 2012 with our Wildlife and Climate Safeguards Team. This internship is based in Washington, DC. *To apply: * http://sj.tbe.taleo.net/SJ12/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=NWFcws=1rid=417 *Wildlife

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions

Christopher Heckscher checksc...@desu.edu wrote: This underscores the critical need for baseline inventory of multiple taxonomic groups in all parts of the world - not just tropical or remote regions. Even in relatively well studied regions of North America like the northeast we

[ECOLOG-L] Job Opportunity - Program Manager - Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean

I am sending this position announcement on behalf of my colleagues on the MARCO Management Board. Please do not respond to the sender and direct questions as referred in the posting on the website. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) is seeking a full-time Program

Re: [ECOLOG-L] ESA Position on Open Access - and - scientific communication to the public

Jane, thanks for your post. The ESA's position, as an academic publisher, is predictable. The academic publishing world is rapidly changing. Publishers (of many kinds) are seeing the near future in which they are no longer sole gatekeepers of content, or process. I'd like to comment on a

[ECOLOG-L] Prescribed Burn Technician

Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, a field station of the University of Minnesota, is looking for 4 personnel to assist in our spring prescribed burn program. The positions will start either March 26 or April 2 and end May 11 or May 18th (7 weeks). Hours are variable, especially on days

[ECOLOG-L] NYC Stopover Biology - Banding Assistants, Birders, and Volunteers Needed

BANDING ASSISTANTS (3), FORAGING OBSERVATIONS BIRDER (1), POINT COUNT BIRDER (1), AND VOLUNTEERS (3-4) NEEDED to help with graduate student research on urban and suburban stopover sites of migratory birds in New York City. Banding assistants band/bleed birds from sunrise until 4 hours after

[ECOLOG-L] Call for Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications at NIMBioS

*Call for Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications at NIMBioS -- Next Deadline: March 1, 2012* The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), located at the Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, is currently accepting applications for postdoctoral scholarship at the interface

[ECOLOG-L] Job opportunity: Outdoor Education Specialist at Asombro Institute for Science Education

OUTDOOR EDUCATION SPECIALIST Dedicated, energetic educator needed for a new half-time position at the Asombro Institute for Science Education (www.asombro.org) in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Asombro Institute is a nonprofit organization that works to increase scientific literacy by providing

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions

I have not looked at the original model or report, but the summary statements that were included in the initial posting are troublesome, to whit: ...Their results showed that animals and plants that can adjust to climate change will have a competitive advantage over those that don't... and

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Models May Vasty Underestimate Extinctions

Ecolog and Heckscher: Yes, it is a shame that baseline data of all kinds, so essential to any higher-order understanding of ecological processes, is shunned by armchair (and office-chair) ecologists for any number of reasons, but there is a yet more important baseline that goes yet more

Re: [ECOLOG-L] ESA Position on Open Access - and - scientific communication to the public

We need a LESS PATRONIZING approach to lay people by scientists, not a more patronizing one. And an academic system that promotes learning and understanding, rather than retarding it. The firewall approach retards learning and understanding, the very thing we want to promote. Even as a