[ECOLOG-L] Feedback: what's a niche?

Hi all! I'm in a workshop, and we've been discussing (amongst other things) what people understand by the niche. We'd like people to tell us, because we're a biased sample. So I've put up a blog post for you all to give your opinions: If you have any views, please go over there and comment.

[ECOLOG-L] reforming peer review: summary of comments and responses

A summary of the many comments Owen Petchey and I have received on our proposal to privatize the peer review commons, and our responses, is posted at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/fix-peer-review/blog FYI, our proposal is set to be discussed by the Publications Committees of the ESA and the

[ECOLOG-L] Post-doc Position: Plant functional traits / bioinformatics

Dear Colleague, Do you know of any promising new scientists I might hire as a post-doc? I would appreciate your passing this along to any qualified and interested candidates. Many thanks! Don Don Waller mailto:dmwal...@wisc.edudmwal...@wisc.edu Chair, Biological Aspects of Conservation

[ECOLOG-L] Job advertisement

Could you please post this job advertisement on Ecolog! Thanks Susanne Job announcement --- University of Mainz Assistant professor / wissenschaftlicher Assistant -

[ECOLOG-L] Education Advancing or Declining in Quality?

Ecolog: Because it all boils down to individuals and cases and the devil is in the details, I would say that (the article at the link is.gd/dTIL2)* as Madhu suggests, is as good a place as any to start. Generalizations won't cut it, but that doesn't mean that trends and entrenched habits

[ECOLOG-L] Faculty Position Announcement - Hardwood Silviculture

Faculty Position - Hardwood Silviculture, Department of Forestry, Mississippi State University Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University Qualifications: Ph.D. degree Forestry with experience in applied southern

[ECOLOG-L] Looking for post-ESA ride to Maine

ecolog...@esa I'm looking for a ride from ESA to Maine (after the meeting) - anywhere downeast, Bangor, Bar Harbor .. Portland would also work. Willing to share expenses. Call 207-321-8687 or email if you can help. Thanks. Dan

Re: [ECOLOG-L] the declining quality of academic life?

Here's another pretty interesting/sobering perspective on the labor market and job competition in the academic sciences: http://www.miller-mccune.com/science/the-real-science-gap-16191/ Having gone to a large research university as an undergrad, I always wondered how there could possibly be

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Education Advancing or Declining in Quality?

Actually the most important thing needed in science/research in America, as with most everything else, is JOBS JOBS JOBS. Science (and the rest of America) suffers from a very simple dysfunction: too much investment in too few. Too few PI's, too many fully and highly skilled/trained