[ECOLOG-L] Wavyleaf Basketgrass workshop and invasives meeting Dec 8

Join MAIPC for a half-day workshop about wavyleaf basketgrass (WLBG) and learn about MAIPC's upcoming efforts to find a biocontrol vector for this invasive plant. Dr. Vanessa Beauchamp from Towson University will give several talks about the ecology and life history of this plant, and then you,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] familiarity with the National Geographic Grant process?

What I was told by the program is they want projects where: A) You can get something significant done within a year and ideally B) The project is photogenic. I didn’t have any luck with my proposal (and they don’t give feedback on why) but my student got some funding for his tree drought

[ECOLOG-L] Field Tecnicians - Vegetation and Invertebrate Sampling

Field Technicians – Vegetation and Invertebrate Sampling We are seeking to recruit one field technician and two student field assistants to contribute to an ongoing research project focused on measuring and mapping invertebrate availability as a food source for birds in Golden Valley and

[ECOLOG-L] Field Coordinator – Vegetation and Invertebrate Sampling

Field Coordinator – Vegetation and Invertebrate Sampling We are recruiting for a dedicated individual to assist with an ongoing research project focused on measuring and mapping invertebrate availability as a food source for birds in Golden Valley and Musselshell Counties, MT. The selected

[ECOLOG-L] Tropical One Health -- a New, Interdisciplinary Field Course

Dear Colleagues, The Maderas Rainforest Conservancy is pleased to offer a new course, Tropical One Health, for undergraduate students with an interest in multiple careers, including conservation biology, medicine, veterinary health, public health, wildlife ecology, and others. The course will

[ECOLOG-L] Study skin collection tips: keep in place without damaging?

Greetings scientists! I need help with my study skin bird collection. Every time I open the drawer, they tumble about like dead birds. How do I affix them to the drawer in a manner that does not damage the skin? Thanks!

[ECOLOG-L] Save the Dates for CUAHSI's 2019 Training Courses!

SAVE THE DATES! CUAHSI's 2019 Training Courses The Role of Runoff and Erosion on Soil Carbon Stocks: From Soilscapes to Landscapes

[ECOLOG-L] Apply for the ESA Graduate Student Policy Award

Are you a science graduate student interested in the intersection between policy and science? The Ecological Society of America (ESA) invites applications for its Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). ESA will give the policy award to ten students for 2019. Offered each

[ECOLOG-L] NCEAS Postdoctoral Scholars: PEGASuS 2: Ocean Sustainability

Future Earth, the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), and the Colorado State University Global Biodiversity Center, are partnering to fill two postdoctoral positions for ocean sustainability science, to be based at NCEAS in Santa Barbara, California. BACKGROUND

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Online/Low Cost or Free Bioacoustics Course

Hi Mattina- For what it’s worth, our lab group at Cornell has some online training videos in bioacoustic analysis, that should help you guys get started.: http://ravensoundsoftware.com/video-tutorials/ The videos are primarily targeted at users of our Raven software, but the approaches are

[ECOLOG-L] US-IALE 2019: Sponsored Student Travel Awards

Sponsored Student Travel Awards for 2019 US-IALE Conference Travel awards valued at up to $700 each have been made available to support students to attend the 2019 US-IALE conference: US-IALE 2019 Annual Meeting Fort Collins, Colorado April 7-11, 2019 Students interested in applying for a

[ECOLOG-L] MS Position – Bird-window Collisions (Oklahoma State University)

A master's assistantship is available in Oklahoma State University’s Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management in the lab of Dr. Scott Loss. The research project will entail the first before-after control-impact field test of the effectiveness of a window film designed to deter bird

[ECOLOG-L] Senior lecturer forest entomology, Uppsala Sweden

A Senior Lecturer position in forest entomology with focus on the dynamics and distribution of forest insects is now open at the Department of Ecology at the Swedish university of agricultural sciences in Uppsala Sweden. https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/jobs-vacancies/ Please forward to

[ECOLOG-L] PhD opportunity for candidates from developing countries - Spatial ecology and wildlife conservation

*Spatial ecology and wildlife conservation:*The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology at the University of Maine has a Dirigo Conservation Science Fellowship opportunity for a PhD student with strong quantitative skills to undertake research at the interface of spatial

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Assistant Professor of Biology (Specializing in Reproductive Physiology) (Tenure-Track)

The Department of Biology at George Mason University (Mason) seeks a Conservation Biologist for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Reproductive Physiology (higher vertebrates) beginning in the 2019-20 academic year (9-month appointment) to participate in the

[ECOLOG-L] Seaside Center Summer Naturalists, Old Greenwich, CT

Seasonal, full-time position. Applications accepted starting December 2018. 13 weeks beginning early June through early September, 2019 35 hours per week, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (one-hour unpaid lunch break), Tuesday – Sunday, with flex day off. Must work weekends, July 4, and Labor Day Monday.

[ECOLOG-L] Winter Field Courses Announcement - Deadline Approaching

2018 WINTER FIELD COURSES IN TROPICAL ECOLOGY JANUARY 4 ­ 24, 2019 CORAL REEF ECOLOGY INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Alfred Beulig, Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation, and New College of Florida, 5800 Bay Shore Rd., Sarasota, FL 34243, email: beu...@ncf.edu See:

[ECOLOG-L] LAKES-REU Interdisciplinary Watershed Research

The LAKES (Linking Applied Knowledge in Environmental Sustainability) REU focuses on water quality and phosphorus mitigation in an interdisciplinary manner over an 8 week program (June 9-August 4), with projects in economics, biology, geography, and political science. Undergraduate students

[ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement - Internship Program Manager - Chicago Botanic Garden

The Chicago Botanic Garden seeks to hire a science intern program manager to oversee our college and post-graduate internship programs, including the Conservation and Land Management Internship Program (www.clminternship.org) and the Chicago Botanic Garden's Research Experiences for

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate assistantship (Maryland): Ecological/conservation genomics of trees

The *Gugger Lab * at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) is seeking a motivated Ph.D. or M.S. student to develop a thesis project on ecological, evolutionary, or conservation genomics of trees. The lab uses next-generation

[ECOLOG-L] Post-doc: Climate Smart Connectivity Planning for Southern California Communities

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join an interdisciplinary research team that will be exploring how an integrated, ecosystem-based approach to planning for connected landscapes can support climate smart and resilient planning in Southern California's ecosystems and local communities.

[ECOLOG-L] Project Manager: Climate Smart Planning for Southern California Communities

We are seeking a project manager to join an interdisciplinary research team that will be exploring how an integrated, ecosystem-based approach to planning for connected landscapes can support climate smart and resilient planning in Southern California's ecosystems and local communities.

[ECOLOG-L] 2019 SER Midwest-Great Lakes Meeting: Upcoming Deadlines

All, The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society for Ecological Restoration's Midwest-Great Lakes (SER MWGL) Chapter will be held from April 12 to April 14, 2019 at Central College in Pella, Iowa.  This meeting marks the first time that the SER MWGL Chapter will meet in Iowa.  The theme of this

[ECOLOG-L] PhD or MS opportunity in coral reef fisheries at University of Rhode Island

I am seeking a PhD or MS student interested in studying how coral reef fisheries respond to reef restoration, and what this means for local food security. The research site is located in Indonesia on a small island community in the Spermonde archipelago. One goal of the research will be to work

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Assistant Professor in Comparative Vertebrate Physiology, Department of Biological Sciences - Michigan Tech

*Assistant Professor in Comparative Vertebrate Physiology* The Department of Biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Comparative Vertebrate Physiology. We are seeking a colleague that will develop a

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Position

The Prager Lab (Department of Plant Sciences) at the University of Saskatchewan has funding for a graduate student (Msc or PhD) to work on topics at the intersection pollination biology and vector biology. The specific project is flexible with several possible research avenues and study

[ECOLOG-L] Assistant Professorship in Forest Belowground Ecology

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN FOREST BELOWGROUND ECOLOGY (NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE) Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is ranked 12th globally. It is also placed 1st among the world’s best young universities. The Asian School of