Re: [ECOLOG-L] a non Ivory Tower view of invasive species -- feral horses

2011-09-14 Thread David C Duffy
The Great Plains is good horse habitat even though horses did not evolve there.  Actually I believe they did. Miocene fossil remains of  precursors to Equus are found in the Great Plains, as  as well as Pleistocene Equus. I seem to recall the evolution of equids was shaped by the Plains

[ECOLOG-L] OPEN PhD position in Forest Soils and Productivity

2011-09-14 Thread Robert Froese
Ph.D. Position in Silviculture, Soils and Productivity Co-advised by Dr. Robert Froese and Dr. Linda Nagel September 1, 2011 We seek a highly motivated and qualified individual for a funded PhD research assistantship in the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences at Michigan

[ECOLOG-L] Visiting Assistant Professor - One Year

2011-09-14 Thread Cindy Bennington
The Biology Department at Stetson University seeks a VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR for a one year appointment starting January 4, 2012. We invite applications from plant biologists interested in collaborating with current faculty and mentoring undergraduate research projects in plant ecology.

[ECOLOG-L] Tenure track position in Sustainable Agriculture at Loyola University Chicago

2011-09-14 Thread Reuben Keller
*Position Title*: Assistant Professor, Environmental Science Loyola University Chicago, College of Arts Sciences, Department of Environmental Science invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, starting fall 2012, pending final approval of funding. We

[ECOLOG-L] Health Courses

2011-09-14 Thread Ginger White
The community college where I teach is re-examining the list of General Education courses required for graduation. One course that has been given specific scrutiny is Health Science. On our campus, this course is taught in the Biology Department and is currently required for graduation. Some

[ECOLOG-L] Germination of Phalaris arundinacea

2011-09-14 Thread Matthew Kaproth
Hello colleagues, Our lab is interested in germinating Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) seeds. We preformed special crosses from a genotype collection this summer and had low yield - we'd like to ensure high germination rates of what we were able to collect. Does anyone have

[ECOLOG-L] Ocean Sciences session on large marine vertebrates

2011-09-14 Thread Joel K. Llopiz
Dear colleagues, If you happen to study the early life stages or reproduction of any of the many taxa of large marine vertebrates (whether marine mammals, sea turtles, birds, bony fishes or sharks), my co-chairs and I would love to have you share your work at the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting in

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Asst. Prof., wildlife, UT

2011-09-14 Thread David Inouye
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT The Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications for a 12 month, tenure-track faculty position as an Assistant Professor of Wildlife Management (60% teaching, 40% research). The

Re: [ECOLOG-L] a non Ivory Tower view of invasive species -- feral horses

2011-09-14 Thread Wayne Tyson
David and Ecolog: Most interesting! I was aware of Eohippus or whatever they call it these days (pretty far back on the evolutionary bush), and other ancestral forms, but thought the fossil evidence faded out about 45 million BCE. I would like to further erode my ignorance by reading Duffy's

[ECOLOG-L] Two-way radio recommendations

2011-09-14 Thread =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jessica_Deichmann?=
Does anyone have any recommendations for two-way radios that work in thick, Amazonian, tropical forest? I’m looking for radios that just communicate between each other, i.e. not by way of a central tower or with marine frequencies, etc. I have had success with larger hand-helds than small ones,

[ECOLOG-L] Evolutionary Biology faculty position at William and Mary

2011-09-14 Thread John Swaddle
Assistant Professor, Evolutionary Biology The Department of Biology at the College of William and Mary seeks applications for a tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level in EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY. We are particularly interested in candidates who have the ability to apply evolutionary

Re: [ECOLOG-L] a non Ivory Tower view of invasive species -- feral horses

2011-09-14 Thread Jacquelyn L. Gill
Hello Wayne (and others), If you're looking for original research on Pleistocene horses in North America, check out would papers by RD Guthrie, WW Dalquest, and BJ MacFadden (for starters)-- a quick Google Scholar search of Pleistocene horses will give you a number of sources by these and

[ECOLOG-L] Santa Fe Institute Omidyar Postdoctoral Fellowship (Nov 1 deadline)

2011-09-14 Thread James O'Dwyer
The Omidyar Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Santa Fe Institute offers you: unparalleled intellectual freedom transdisciplinary collaboration with leading researchers worldwide up to three years in residence in Santa Fe, NM discretionary research and collaboration funds individualized

Re: [ECOLOG-L] a non Ivory Tower view of invasive species -- feral horses

2011-09-14 Thread David Duffy
Some references on paleo ecology in the Great Plains as an entre to the literature: http://www.pnas.org/content/97/14/7899.full.pdfMiocene ungulates and terrestrial primary productivity: Where have all the browsers gone. by CM Janis et al 2000.

[ECOLOG-L] Methods for genotyping

2011-09-14 Thread Karla Flores
Hi ECOLOG, I am a graduate student attending California State University, Fullerton and am currently working on a landscape genetics study that involves the use of microsatellite markers to determine patters of gene flow and population structure in northern grasshopper mice. I am in need of some