Can't resist to share this one about the importance of drinking beer for
scientific productivity. A paper from the Czech Republic, of course!
A recent paper suggested that alcohol consumption might deal a blow to a
very sacred cow – scientifi productivity (Grim 2008). Great numbers of
comments
I recommend http://www.scidev.net/global/
Great science community information overall; strong enphasis on sustainable
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*Annie Simpson, biologist and information
Hello,
I should note that the results of the quoted paper were disputed
in another paper (again from the Czech republic :-) that shows
that the conclusions found for ornithologist perhaps do not
apply to plant ecologists:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12224-013-9170-4
And again,
This one came across my radar this morning (apologies if it has already been
mentioned):
Myers, K.A. (2010). Cigarette smoking: an underused tool in high-performance
endurance training. Canadian Medical Association Journal 182(18):E867-E869.
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Dear all,
A Masters student of mine and I are carrying on a study on nest predation on
the tropical deciduous forest at the Chamela Biological Station, in Western
Mexico. We are evaluating the role of snakes on bird predation. Last
breeding season we used several Acorn LTl-5210 Wildlife Trail
The Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council is having an invasive species
conference August
4th and 5th (the week before the Ecological Society Baltimore meeting):
Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council 2015 Conference
Research Applied in Invasive Plant Management
Tuesday, August 4 Wednesday, August
Position title:
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) – BrazilStreams Project
Position type:
Seasonal/temporary
Duration: 10 weeks(June-August)
Application Deadline:April 10, 2015
Project Description:
The Marine Biological Laboratory is seeking applicants forthe
Another paper that's tongue-in-cheek but has serious science at its core:
Lozier, J. D., Aniello, P. and Hickerson, M. J. (2009), Predicting the
distribution of Sasquatch in western North America: anything goes with
ecological niche modelling. Journal of Biogeography, 36: 1623-1627. doi:
A good one!
/Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate extensive morphological
convergence between the yeti and primates/
Michel C. Milinkovitch; Aldagisa Caccone and George Amato
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Volume 31, Issue 1, April 2004, Pages 1--3
Job Description: Technician needed approximately May 1 –Jul 31 2015 to
assist M.S. graduate student from Colorado State University (CSU) to
investigate the effects of an invasive shrub on riparian bird habitat
use and food web interactions. Fieldwork is located in the Piceance
Basin on
Thanks to the list I now have the articles I'm looking for and about 30
more g. My own interest in this topic stems from two factors, first,
concerns I have about the current state of the reviewing process (the
Ozymandias paper is a fake review of this famous poem describing the needed
Program Objective:
The central theme of The School for Field Studies (SFS) Panama study abroad
program is islands as a delicate system, with emphasis on the resources of
Panama's spectacular coastal and marine environments. Students will explore
several key interfaces: human and natural systems,
A research assistantship position for a masters student is available at
Arizona State University in the
Applied Biological Sciences program
(https://cls.asu.edu/graduate/proginfo/tsapbiosms) to start in
the Fall of 2015 with Dr. Daniel Allen (www.public.asu.edu/~dallen15). The
student will
The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land
Management, is recruiting three field technicians for land health
assessment teams. Each team will consist of three members, including the
district LHA lead and technicians with diverse areas of training and
expertise able to work
Hi all,
I'd like to share this piece I wrote about why I do local ecology, and what
I am teaching and learning by doing local ecology. I think it will
resonate with many of you. I'd love to hear what you think, and feel free
to pass it on to others who might be interested. Thanks!
I have to point everyone to the following paper.
Moran R. (1962). Cneoridium dumosum (Nuttall) Hooker F. Collected March 26,
1960, at an Elevation of about 1450 Meters on Cerro Quemazón, 15 Miles
South of Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California, México, Apparently for a
Southeastward Range
2015 SUMMER COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT (July 15-August 9)
FIELD COURSE IN TROPICAL ETHNOBOTANY (TEB C-15)
COURSE LOCATION: Bocas del Toro Biological Station, Boca del Drago, Isla
Colon, Republic of Panama. The biological station is located on a hill
facing the Caribbean Sea and surrounded by lowland
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at Tulane University
supports a one year non-thesis Master's degree program designed for
students planning to enter more advanced professional degree programs
(e.g., law, public health, medicine, veterinary medicine, natural
resources management)
In cooperation with the BLM-Wyoming Lander Field Office, GBI is recruiting
two Field Leads to work cooperatively with BLM Rangeland Managers and GBI
Vegetation Monitoring Field Technicians. Each Field Lead will coordinate a
field crew (one Lead and two Technicians) to characterize vegetation using
Dear Gary,
There is a paper by Munz et al from 2009 entitled: When zombies attack:
mathematical modelling of an outbreak of zombie infection.
The introduction references are zombie movies but then there is some
serious modelling in that paper. That might be something you can use for
teaching.
Hope
Lacawac Sanctuary Field Station welcomes applications for the Moeller Research
Fellow
Award and the Watres Student Research Award.
Lacawac is an independent, non-profit field station, nature preserve, and
environmental
education center located in the Poconos of Northeast Pennsylvania
McNOLEG, O. L. E. G. The integration of GIS, remote sensing, expert
systems and adaptive co-kriging for environmental habitat modeling of the
highland haggis using object-oriented, fuzzy-logic and neural-network
techniques. *Computers Geosciences* 22.5 (1996): 585-588.
Location: University of California Davis, CA
Multiple full time field assistant/research technician positions working
on native bees, habitat restoration and pollination as an ecosystem
service are available in Neal Williams’ lab at UC Davis. Assistants will
provide support to projects relating
2015 SUMMER COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT (July 15-August 9)
FIELD COURSE IN TROPICAL ANIMAL BEHAVIOR (TAB C-15)
COURSE LOCATION: Bocas del Toro Biological Station, Boca del Drago, Isla
Colon, Republic of Panama. The biological station is located on a hill
facing the Caribbean Sea and surrounded by
Does anyone know of any good forums or listservs for things like sustainable
development, poverty alleviation, Elinor Ostrom¹s concepts (³Design
principles², sustaining the commons livelihoods ecosystems working hand
in hand that kind of thing)?
Wendee
Wendee Nicole, Founder Director,
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