Re: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

2012-04-30 Thread Jacquelyn L. Gill
Hello all,  1) Most people don't choose to work from 6am to 10pm; those decisions are typically driven by economic necessity. Remember that not everyone may have access to the same choices, education, opportunities, and benefits that, say, a tenure-track professor or a federal employee has.

[ECOLOG-L] Inside NSF’s New Pre-Proposals: A Panelist ’s Perspective

2012-04-27 Thread Jacquelyn L. Gill
Hello all, Many of you may find this guest post on NSF's new pre-proposal system to be of interest. You can read it at my blog, The Contemplative Mammoth, here: http://contemplativemammoth.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/inside-nsfs-new-pre-proposals-a-panelists-perspective/ It highlights the

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

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Flooding and stream geomorphology question from Vermont

2011-09-06 Thread Jacquelyn L. Gill
Kelly, The geomorphology of Vermont dictates where the roads go-- in valleys, for the most part. Most of the state is within a floodplain, per se. While this may seem to make settlements especially vulnerable, I do think it's worth noting that many of the houses, covered bridges, and roads