Re: [ECOLOG-L] area calculations from USGS maps vs gps

Have you tried google earth's area feature? I haven't done any ground truthing, but when you draw lines to measure area they follow the contour of the land so it may be correcting for contour. Some search results on this below. I fyou find a good answer you might let the list know since I'm sure y

[ECOLOG-L] Job opportunity: Geospatial analyst constructing global environmental layers

Job Title: Geospatial Analyst Job Location: NCEAS, Santa Barbara, CA Start Date: available immediately NCEAS (http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu) and the iPlant Collaborative (http://iplantcollaborative.org) seek an experienced geospatial/environmental analyst (GA) to design and create an integrated d

[ECOLOG-L] 2 postdoc and 1 PhD position, UW-Madison: Birds, extreme climate events, and habitat refugia

UW-Madison: 2 Postdoc and 1 PHD position available to study the effects of extreme climate events on avian demographics: the role of habitat refugia in mitigating climate change Overview: Climate change poses severe threats to biodiversity, and conservationists have to adapt their management d

[ECOLOG-L] Professional Development Trails Internship

American Conservation Experience: Professional Development Trails Internship Summary: American Conservation Experience, a Non-Profit Conservation Corps based in Flagstaff, AZ is seeking Professional Development Trail Interns to dedicate four months to working on Trail Construction and Mainten

[ECOLOG-L] Phenology at ESA 2011!!!

Nearly the entire USA-National Phenology Network staff will be attending the Ecological Society of America meeting in Austin, TX, August 8-12. We will be giving several presentations, hosting a phenology lunch, offering a workshop on how to implement Nature’s Notebook, our online phenology mo

[ECOLOG-L] Biological Research Disproportionately Affected by Proposed 2012 Appropriations

[] Biological Research Disproportionately Affected by Proposed 2012 Appropriations Ecosystem and biological research programs at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) could be cut by $10.7 million, a disproportionately large budget cut, if the House of Representative's Interior and Envi

[ECOLOG-L] Full-time Visiting Assistant Professorship

The Department of Biology at The College of New Jersey is seeking to fill a ten-month, full-time, non-tenure track faculty position, starting August 27, 2011. The successful candidate will teach Ecology and either Themes in Biology, (our one-semester introductory course) or an upper-level cours

[ECOLOG-L] AGU Session on Climate Extremes

Dear Colleagues: Please consider submitting an abstract to the session on "Climate Extremes: Scales, Implications, and Adaptation (GC-37) " for the AGU 2011 Fall Meeting to be held in San Francisco December 5-9, 2011. GC37: Climate Extremes 4. Scales, Implications, and Adaptation Sponsor: Global

[ECOLOG-L] Emergency hire: short-term veg work based out of Moab, UT

I work for a long-term vegetation monitoring program with the National Park Service. One of our technicians is leaving early this season, and I am looking to backfill his position from August 31 - October 8. Work trips begin and end in Moab, UT, but the sampling would occur at Black Canyon of the

[ECOLOG-L] Post-doctoral position available: algal-herbivore-coral interactions

NOAA’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center and Florida International University (FIU) seek to hire a post-doctoral researcher to examine the relationship between herbivores (especially parrotfishes), algae, and corals on coral reefs. Specific tasks are twofold: 1)review, analyze, and synthesize

Re: [ECOLOG-L] area calculations from USGS maps vs gps

If it were me, I would import both the GPS measurements and a scan of my original map into a GIS system and compare. Maybe the stations are not where you thought they were, maybe you have a projection or reference system error, or maybe the original map was a little off. So, you might also ta

[ECOLOG-L] Special Issue: Charles Elton, J Anim Ecol

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[ECOLOG-L] ecology in the news: effects of loss of predators

Washington Post coverage of a new paper in Science. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/decline-of-predators-such-as-wolves-throws-food-chains-out-of-whack-report-says/2011/07/14/gIQAaeY1EI_story.html?hpid=z5

[ECOLOG-L] Need Help for tree ring study literature

Dear all, I am wondering if someone in our list can give me some literature information about tree ring analysis at multi-time scale, and especially the study about the relationship between tree ring growth and climatic variables at multi-time scales. I am researching the literature for a whil

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Non-parametric statistics

Hello all, Excellent advice from Nicole Michel. There is a learning curve for GzLM, but it is well worth the effort. David Schneider http://www.mun.ca/biology/dschneider/b7932/ Quoting "Michel, Nicole L" : > Hi Alan et al., > > Generalized Linear Mixed Models (not to be confused with General L

[ECOLOG-L] area calculations from USGS maps vs gps

In the pre-gps era, I calculated the area of one of my study sites using a high resolution USGS map. Recently we checked that value using a GPS. For the part of the study site that is fairly flat, the numbers match up very well. However, for the part that has a significant downhill slope, they

[ECOLOG-L] DIVING WITH GOLIATH

[Apologies for cross-postings]Dear Ecolog,if you are planning to SCUBA dive in Florida between August and early November, you might encounter a goliath grouper spawning aggregation.This is an amazing diving experience, and a rare opportunity, as Florida is the only place in the tropical western