Internships and Biologist positions for 2008

The following seasonal positions are open for applications for the summer of 2008, for the MONITORING AVIAN PRODUCTIVITY AND SURVIVORSHIP (MAPS) PROGRAM, through The Institute for Bird Populations. Please share with any interested individuals you may know. Thanks, Amy Finfera Many Field Biolo

Re: invasive

Although all this is quite simplified, the first definition would pretty well fit a benign alien species, although some benign aliens do stick around without seemingly displacing natives -- possibly because they inhabit a human-modified landscape. An example might be the ringneck pheasant in agric

Vegetation Data Coordinator position at California Native Plant Society

VEGETATION DATA COORDINATOR – JOB ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY DATE: 01/09/2008 The California Native Plant Society is seeking an experienced ecologist, biologist, or GIS analyst for the Vegetation Program to work full-time on vegetation projects involving su

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The Chicago Botanic Garden 2008 Internship Program The Chicago Botanic Garden is 385 acres of natural beauty with 23 gardens and three native habitat areas. The second most visited public garden in the United States, it has more than 1.9 million plants of 8,800 taxa, the largest collection in the

CITIZENSHIP World USA ESA Systems thinking Re: ESA Press Release: Nation's Ecological Scientists weigh in on biofuels

CONGRATULATIONS!!! This statement reveals that, unlike many organizations, ESA is not stifled by an hierarchy of elites, but is actually able to retain intellectual integrity and social resilience. Quite an accomplishment! I hope that ESA will continue to hammer away at this issue, as fantasy

New interactive key to all grasses and gymnosperm species in the US

In addition to the previously available interactive key to wetland monocots of the US (ca. 2400 taxa), keys (by state) to grass (Poaceae) species in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, as well as a new key for all gymnosperm species in the US, are now ava

Reposting...Job Announcement - Key Reef Species Biologist and MPA Program Leader

Hi All, This is a reposting for two jobs announced yesterday that had some formatting errors. Please check the following link to read the announcements for the Key Reef Species Biologist and Marine Protected Area Program Leader in American Samoa: http://www.hear.org/announcements/jobs.htm Ri

Seasonal bird field assistants needed -- western Great Lakes forests

FIELD RESEARCH ASSISTANTS (3) are needed, May 23 to mid-July, to complete surveys of breeding birds in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin as part of a long-term monitoring program on national forests of the western Great Lakes region (www.nrri.umn.edu/mnbirds/). Daily duties include conducting p

2008 Paleobiology Database summer course

2008 Paleobiology Database Summer Course in Analytical Paleobiology Since 2005 the Paleobiology Database has conducted a five-week intensive course in analytical paleobiology at the University of California's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis in Santa Barbara. The course

grad student position in population/community/evolutionary ecology

I am currently seeking a graduate student (PhD or exceptional MSc) to start in Sept. 2008 or Jan. 2009. I am seeking bright, motivated, independent, question-driven students interested in any area of population, community, or evolutionary ecology. Students with strong quantitative skills and/or a

invasive

I'm sure someone has already done this thinking and if so, please direct me towards it When is an invasive no longer an invasive? Presumably once the effect of an invasion is no longer "measurable" then one might say that the invader is no longer an invader but a resident. I can envision a va

Abstract submission deadline 18 January 2008, International Statistical Ecology Conference

Deadline for abstracts for this conference is next Friday, 18 January. Please register on our conference website, http://www.creem.st-and.ac.uk/isec2008 see the list of invited speakers, conference themes, and submit an abstract. The conference will be held in St. Andrews, 9-11 July 2008, just

Research Associate II position in Natural Product Chemistry

Research Associate II position in Natural Product Chemistry This is a full time position in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University. The selected candidate will use HPLC, MS, LCMS, NMR and other methods to isolate and analyze compounds that function as pheromones in t

ESA Press Release: Nation's Ecological Scientists weigh in on biofuels

For Immediate Release: 10 January 2008 Biofuels Sustainability Nation's ecological scientists weigh in on biofuels The Ecological Society of America, the nation's professional organization of 10,000 ecological scientists, today released a position statement (www.esa.org/pao/policyStatements/#e

postdoc project manager required, Trinity College Dublin

Dear all, I am recruiting a post-doc project manager and=20 would be grateful if you could display/forward=20 this advertisement to any potentially interested applicants. Thanks, Jane Post-doctoral project manager required A 4.5 year EPA-funded project, Sectoral IMpacts=20 on BIOdiversity an