[ECOLOG-L] Scholarships DUE FRIDAY: 2014 - 2015 $4,000 MASNA Undergraduate and Graduate Student Scholarships.

The Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA) is proud to present the 2014 - 2015 MASNA Student Scholarships. The application for the 2014 - 2015 $4,000 MASNA Student Scholarships is now available. This year there are two scholarships available; one $4,000 scholarship for a college

[ECOLOG-L] technician position available at the US Salinity Laboratory, Riverside California

Dear Ecolog, The Contaminant Fate and Transport Unit, US Salinity Laboratory has a full-time, base appropriations-funded biological science technician position available. The selectee will be working with soil and plant canopy instrumentation and observations in agricultural systems. The

[ECOLOG-L] Research Funding Opportunity for Graduate Students

RFP: SYNTHESIS RESEARCH FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), funded through a National Science Foundation grant to the University of Maryland, seeks proposals by graduate student teams for independent synthesis research that brings together social

[ECOLOG-L] Position Announcement: Assistant Professor / Range Scientist North Dakota State University

North Dakota State University is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor / Range Scientist in the School of Natural Resource Sciences. Job responsibilities for the Range Scientist include developing a regionally and nationally recognized research program in rangeland ecology, restoration

[ECOLOG-L] Shade cloth artifacts

Hello Ecologgers - I am planning to conduct an experiment in which I simulate several restoration strategies to control garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) populations. I am leaning toward establishing new populations in a meadow near my college's campus where I could more carefully control seed

[ECOLOG-L] Summer Courses for Citizen Science Academy

*Experience NEON’s Citizen Science Academy Online* Are you looking for a way to include citizen science in your teaching but not sure where to start? NEON’s Citizen Science Academy (CSA) is a professional development resource designed to help educators successfully engage learners in key

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Shade cloth artifacts

Jeff - Using shade cloth could result in two significant artifacts: (1) time of canopy closure and (2) inappropriate light quality at a given PPFD (photosynthetic photon flux density, µmol m-2 s-1 PAR). If you just leave the shade cloth up the entire time, you are excluding a very

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Shade cloth artifacts

Dear Jeff, That is not exactly my area of expertise, but when I was an undergraduate student (while ago) I got involved in an experiment evaluating germination of an invasive species. We used gerbox with seeds to compare germination at different forest locations (open cannopy, litter, etc). We