As an unemployed individual with a Masters degree and 4.5 years of
daily work experience using ArcGIS (as well as numerous other types of
experience both in the field and office including state and federal
jobs), I am still having an extraordinarily difficult time finding a
job. Is there any
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/19/research-aaas-meeting-notes-difficult-job-market-academic-science
Interesting perspective that applies to my earlier post on job market
and might be useful to those considering their options.
Key feature for me was 8% of Biology PHDs find TT jobs, and
The Call for Abstracts for the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council / Southeast
Exotic Pest Plant Council Joint Annual Conference has been extended until
Friday, March 1st.
In addition, the Student Opportunities (poster competition and travel
grants) deadline has been extended until that date.
Julian,
I agree that filtering is a great way to make life better, but in this case I
think you're shutting down a worthwhile conversation. Calling out bad behavior
is how groups enforce norms, and I sure hope Ecolog has a norm against casual
exclusionary remarks.
Chandreyee, thanks for
As a long-term ECOLOG member I have watched this list change from one
filled with ecological ideas and cross-fertilization replete with many
postings by senior scientists to one that is filled with job announcements
(no jobs, seriously?), lots of posts about how messed up academia,
government
Please see the posting below for a graduate position at the LSU Herbarium along
with the
associated contact information.
###
I'm happy to announce the following position, ideal for an incoming graduate
student:
Louisiana State University Herbarium (http://www.herbarium.lsu.edu/)
I suspect many ecologists, from students to
professors, may be concerned about this
issue. Of course contacting your own elected
representatives with a personal message is the
best option, but here's one that takes less time, courtesy of AAAS.
David Inouye
In early January, Congress came
The Brooks Lab at Mississippi State University is seeking highly motivated
Ph.D. students interested in the role of host trait distributions and their
effect on consumer dynamics and invasion. Much of the work in the lab
centers around the interaction between two different species of cactus moth
Jeffrey
Various public conceptions of 'green', and various definitions of
sustainability, are outlined here:
*What Does it Mean to be 'Green'?
*
www.amazon.com/dp/1907962131/ref=nosim?tag=cranmorpublic-20
Best
Simon
m
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Corbin, Jeffrey D.
Field position: Full time field assistants for tracking pit vipers in Hong Kong
Location: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
Dates:
2 field assistants from June-August 2013 (90 days)
1 field assistant from September-November 2013 (90 days)
Application deadline: April 1st 2013 or
Scaling-up relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Supervisors:
Dr John Griffin, Dr Mike Fowler
Project and aims
A fully funded NERC PhD studentship is available at Swansea University,
working with Dr John Griffin and Dr Mike Fowler. We are looking for an
enthusiastic,
Hello Ecolog Members: I've recently submitted an article about population size
estimate of an endangered bird species. I counted birds during the breeding
seasons at least five times per season for 10 years. For the sake of
comparison, I have also included the mean and the highest count as an
Greetings,
While there is no doubt that the job market in ecology and evolutionary
biology is tough, this has been true since at least the early 1980s. This
year seemed like a very good year for job postings. One postdoctoral
associate I know in plant ecology applied for nearly 50 university
Hello,
I will be in Michoacan, Mexico next week. What sorts of insects should
I be able to find there this time of year? My goal for the trip is to
photograph as many as possible.
Thanks!
ATD of ATB
--
Aaron T. Dossey, Ph.D.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Founder/Owner: All Things
The Wallowa-Whitman NF will be hiring 1-2 temporary biological science
technicians for the 2013 field season based out of Baker City OR.
Technicians will assist with data collection on white-headed woodpecker
plots and fire ecology plots from late-April through the end of September
(dates are
This is an ecology listserv with individuals from all sorts of
cultural backgrounds and upbringings. None of us is perfect, and many
of us only see things through our own set of spectacles.
Clara claims that some data support her suggestion.
The appropriate response to this under a scientific
I don't know of anyone doing this, per se. Reporting a maximum count is
often reported as the minimum number known alive (MNKA) at a given point
in time. That might be the best you can do-be cautious of over-reaching
from counts to abundance.
Counts are typically adjusted for the observation
I feel for Clara Jones who is being blasted for sexism and I don't know
what else, for what was presumably intended as a helpful word to younger
aspiring scientists.
Her point, as I saw it, was that too many young scientists develop only
the general, generic skills of the discipline, while
Let's not forget that the original comment that triggered this whole
discussion was made by a woman! I don't think it was intended to be sexist.
It's not sexist to say, In my experience, women tend to do X and would be
better off doing Y. It may be accurate or inaccurate, but it's not sexist.
Colleagues from around the world are invited to a conference on the
Biology and Conservation of Wild Mustelids, organised by the Wildlife
Conservation Research Unit, with the IUCN/SSC Otters and Small Carnivores
Specialist Groups, at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, on
the 18th
In case anybody's interested:
-- Forwarded message --
From: Eagle Hill Institute bon...@eaglehill.us
Date: Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:23 PM
Subject: Maine Natural History Science Seminars - On the coast - Specialty
professional-level
To: foell...@adelphi.edu
Browser version here
Or is it (sexist)?
See: Bias Is Hurting Women in Science, Panel Reports
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/19/science/19women.html?_r=0
Five Years After an Incendiary Remark, Signs That Harvard Is More Welcoming to
Women
http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/harvard-2/
-Original
Are you looking for ecology courses to gain real field experience, where
hands-on learning outside under the open sky is emphasized? Join us for summer
session at the Flathead Lake Biological Station, a University of Montana Center
of Excellence.
From June 17 through August 9, 2013, we offer
Hi Max, Clara and ECOLOG
As a recently graduated MSc. student, I must say I agree with both Clara's
original post and Max's response. I delayed responding as I didn't really
want to wade into the forum dynamics on a non-technical topic, but also
(now) would like to lend some support and feedback
Do you really not see how one perpetuates the other?
First female scientists - who already have to overcome societal beliefs
that they are less capable then men - are singled out on a public form as
being less prepared then male scientists - notably in the absence of
evidence for this assumption.
Dear Ecolog,
We have put together a special issue of Ideas in Ecology Evolution on the
future of
publishing for our discipline. The papers are all online and OA. I set up a
quick blog for
discussion and link throughs to the pdfs of all papers here:
http://futurecopublishing.wordpress.com
Postdoctoral fellowship in modeling and remote sensing at Los Alamos
National Laboratory.
Summary: Postdoctoral positions are available within the Earth and
Environmental Sciences Division to work on modeling or remote sensing of
vegetation dynamics at the local to global scales. Successful
Hi all,
I have some questions that I hope will receive primarily some practical
advice and possibly philosophical discussion , of course both are welcome!
First some apologies- given the recent tensions in the maling list I wanted
to make sure this request for advice in a confused period of my
The Scientific World Journal announces a call for papers on plant ecology and
evolution in harsh environments. We invite investigators to contribute
original research articles as well as review articles which advance our
understanding of the role harsh environments have played in all aspects
Call for Contributed Oral and Poster Abstracts
98th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 4-9, 2013
http://www.esa.org/minneapolis
Deadline for Submission: Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time
Please note that the submission form will
We are seeking a post-doctoral research associate to work on a project that
is a joint effort between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the
Northern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service. The research will
focus on: 1) assessing decadal-scale baseline shifts in lake chemistry in
Hi all-
I'm studying the relationship between groundwater depth and plant water use
in a commercial corn field. Does anyone have any experience with sap flow
sensors for this (or similar) research? I'm very new to the world of sap
flow.
Questions I've been thinking about:
-What sensors have
Hello Ecologgers,
I am hoping that you can weigh in on my question.
As a young ecologist, I am working to acquire the maximal number of
resume-bolstering skills before joining the job market. I check out the
listings periodically to assess the most requested job qualifications, and
I generally
One experienced avian field team leader is needed for surveys of breeding
Black Terns in the Great Lakes region. The team leader will head one of two
teams conducting surveys in either Michigan and New York, or Wisconsin and
Minnesota during the Black Tern breeding season. Teams will travel
A professor position is open in 2013.
The tenured professor position is open in the fields of either Systems
Engineering or
Information Sciences broadly, including Biosystems Engineering or Social
Systems
Engineering, or Applied Sciences/Biology.
We are looking for an excellent candidate who
The Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) at the National Science
Foundation in Arlington, VA, is looking for a Division Director. This
is a position for a rotator rather than a permanent position;
rotators in DEB typically hold a faculty position from which they
either are assigned to NSF
I have to agree with Carolyn here.
I am not going to say that Clara's observation is not data, but I can't
help think, what if female and young were substituted with other groups
-- ethnic-based, sexuality-based or some other kind of classification of
people?
I think there'd be a lot of words
*Job Title:* Marine ecology research technician
*Department:* Institute of Marine Sciences
*Posting Position Category:* Marine hard bottom habitat research
*Hiring Range:* $10.61 / hr
*Proposed Start Date:* 7/1/2013
*Estimated Duration of Appointment*: This is a temporary position
Interdisciplinary approaches are those that occupy spaces that cross
more than one discipline.
-for example, I have a recent study in review that crosses political
science, ecology, and communications.
Multidisciplinary approaches are those that require input from
multiple disciplines.
-an
Science faculty’s subtle gender biases favor male students
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/14/1211286109
science faculty from research-intensive universities rated the
application materials of a student—who was randomly assigned either a
male or female name—for a laboratory manager
Hi Nabin
I think you'll also need to account for or show there was no interannual
variation in factors that might affect observability/detectability (e.g.
habitat changes). See David Anderson's views on such indices -
http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/~anderson/free_index_values.html
Cheers
Head Field Technician Required-Columbian ground squirrels
Sheep River Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
We are looking for a head field technician to assist with, and coordinate,
fieldwork on the ecology of a wild population of Columbian ground squirrels.
The head technician will supervise 4-5
Hi Skylar,
I do not share the view that young women bring less to the table as ecologists.
In fact, I am continually astounded by the strength, endurance, and
intelligence of the young women (undergrads and graduate students from a
variety of countries - US, Singapore, China, Malaysia,
Clean Air-Cool Planet is now inviting applications for our competitive 2013
Climate Fellowship program.
CA-CPs Climate Fellowships pair outstanding students with important
projects that will propel the US toward a low-carbon future. Fellows spend
10 weeks during the summer working on
Double-blind peer review, in which neither author nor reviewer identity
are revealed, is rarely practised in ecology or evolution journals.
However, in 2001, double-blind review was introduced by the journal
Behavioral Ecology. Following this policy change, there was a significant
increase in
We believe the strength of our intern programs lies in its encouragement of
interns to give free reign to their creativity. Where you have experience,
you will be given the chance to really apply it to build and design
systems; to develop curriculum and put it to use. If you do not have
'Tis friction's brisk, rough rub [along with some grit], that provides the
vital spark! --Alexander Reid Martin
Effective squeaking is an art.
WT
Agitate, agitate, AGITATE! --Frederick Douglass' last words (if I remember
correctly and my source was correct)
- Original Message -
It's apparently the norm in some fields, notably medicine, and I haven't
heard of any ill effects, nor is it easy to imagine what the downsides
could be for the general quality of publication. Maybe just not enough
squeaky wheels?
- Cynthia
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