Re: [ECOLOG-L] Calculating relative growth rate with mortality

2012-06-05 Thread malcolm McCallum
You analyze the data including all data points. Then, you examine the influential outliers. If the influential outliers are influential due to a known bias that was external to the conditions in the experiment, you can remove them. You may need to change your statistical test due to changes in your

[ECOLOG-L] Yellowstone Backcountry Naturalist/Wrangler

2012-06-05 Thread Carrie A. Byron
Title: Backcountry Naturalist/Wrangler Agency: Yellowstone Wilderness Outfitters Location: Yellowstone National Park Job Description: Experience the best backcountry Yellowstone National Park has to offer! Use your wildlife and botany knowledge to work as a naturalist for Yellowstone Wilderne

[ECOLOG-L] MS-LEVEL TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP WITH PLANT AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY

2012-06-05 Thread Heather Alexander
TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP WITH PLANT AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY I am seeking a MS-level graduate student to conduct research in plant and ecosystem ecology within boreal forests of Alaska/Siberia or in coastal ecosystems (prairies, brushlands, salt marshes, palm forests, etc) in s

[ECOLOG-L] Can you direct me to university monograph series?

2012-06-05 Thread Clara B. Jones
Listserv: Has the monograph disappeared?, I am seeking a monograph series, preferably affiliated with a university, that might consider a proposal related to socio-sexual evolution. Princeton is the obvious one; but, among several reasons, my topic of interest has been covered. I've, also, consider

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Relational Database Management Software for Mac?

2012-06-05 Thread Andrew Digby
I'd definitely recommend Filemaker Pro. Being widely used commercially it's unfortunately not cheap, but for my (PhD) work it's been well worth the cost for its power and simplicity. I also investigated MySQL, but found it way too involved for the simple single-user database I required. I'd

[ECOLOG-L] Calculating relative growth rate with mortality

2012-06-05 Thread Timothy Wertin
We are trying to calculate relative growth rate of perennial grass species. We have a large number of tagged individuals with which we estimate biomass each year. Naturally, every year we experience at least a few mortality events, which are evenly distributed across our treatments (warming,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] What percentage of plant species are woody?

2012-06-05 Thread Patrick Alexander
You may want to reconsider defining all plants with perennial above-ground stems as "woody". There are quite a number of species with perennial, -herbaceous-, above-ground stems. Some examples: Tillandsia usneoides, Dendrobium chrysanthum, Phlegmariurus dichotomus, Diphasiastrum digitatum, Pepe

[ECOLOG-L] Proposals For The Third ESA Emerging Issues Conference -- DEADLINE EXTENDED to June 22

2012-06-05 Thread Jennifer Riem
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE NEXT ESA EMERGING ISSUES CONFERENCE Submission Deadline EXTENDED TO Friday, June 22, 2012 http://www.esa.org/emergingissues/proposals.php ESA's Emerging Issues Conference Series, created by the Governing Board in 2007, provides ESA members the opportunity to organize

[ECOLOG-L] Post-Doc in Environmental Flows

2012-06-05 Thread Daniel D. Magoulick
A Post-Doctoral Research Associate is available at University of Arkansas to develop regional ecological-flow relationships that will form the scientific framework for setting environmental flow standards and understanding impacts of global climate change in the Ozark Mountains and the state of

[ECOLOG-L] What percentage of plant species are woody?

2012-06-05 Thread Matt Pennell
This is perhaps an unconventional use of the r-sig-phylo mailing list. Rather than asking for advice on how to do an analysis, I am enlisting the expertise of the community to try and actually help do the analysis. If you have a few seconds, I would really appreciate it if you could help us ou

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Temporary Research Assistant I - Tropical Watershed

2012-06-05 Thread David Inouye
Position: Temporary Research Assistant I - Tropical Watershed Date: June 2, 2012 Position Summary: We are seeking a candidate for a position as a Research Assistant I who will work on a NSF-funded project on effect of watershed deforestation on mangrove ecosystems of the Pacific coast of Pan

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc in Ecological modeling, time-series, and ecosystem management

2012-06-05 Thread Stephan Munch
Postdoc: Ecological modeling, time series analysis and ecosystem management. We (Stephan Munch, Alec MacCall and Marc Mangel) are seeking a candidate to fill a postdoctoral position in ecological modeling and time series analysis in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at UC Santa

[ECOLOG-L] Post Doc: Microbial controls on organic nitrogen cycling

2012-06-05 Thread Kirsten Hofmockel
We have an opportunity for a Postdoctoral scientist, who will collaborate with a team of scientists to understand the role of microorganisms in regulating ecosystem responses to climate change. The successful applicant will be joining a new climate and environmental change research project th

[ECOLOG-L] Submitt Biodiversity Resources & EcoEd DL Workshops

2012-06-05 Thread Andrea McMillen
Develop and Publish Education Resources for ESA's EcoEd Digital Library EcoEd DL is ESA's online collection of resources for ecology education to serve members of the scientific and education communities alike. All material submitted to the library will be subject to review for digital public

[ECOLOG-L] Despite lurid journalism and impatience, Macquarie Island has been restored

2012-06-05 Thread Matt Chew
Since the scientific history of Macquarie island extends a bit further back than we have seen so far, here is a supplement to David Duffy's chronology. There are many other sources, but these five capture some interesting moments. First, "Notice in regard to Macquarie Island" by Thomas Raine, Edin

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Shipping live dragonfly adults?

2012-06-05 Thread Michael E. Welker
Aaron, Having shipped many inverts over the years I would think that maybe you could put them in paper bags. One to a bag and then staple or paper clip them shut. You might consider putting pin holes in the bags for air flow. I would go to your local fish or herp pet store and see about gettin