[ECOLOG-L] Apply for the New Phytologist Tansley Medal - deadline 30 November

2016-10-12 Thread Whitfield, Michael
Calling all early career plant scientists! The New Phytologist Tansley Medal is awarded annually in recognition of an outstanding contribution to plant science by an individual in the early stages of their career (student and post-doctoral researchers with up to five years' experience since

[ECOLOG-L] MSc in Watershed Sciences

2016-10-12 Thread David Inouye
The Environmental Biogeochemistry and Paleoecology lab at Utah State University (http://qcnr.usu.edu/directory/brahney_janice) is recruiting MSc students to join an interdisciplinary research program broadly focused on aquatic ecosystems and water resources in the Canadian Columbia River Basin

[ECOLOG-L] PhD Position: Modelling FEW systems at Washington State University

2016-10-12 Thread Steve Katz
Graduate Research Assistantship in Sustainability Modeling at the Food-Energy-Water Nexus at Washington State University We are seeking a PhD student interested in environmental sustainability and coupled human-natural systems modeling to pursue their graduate education in the School of the

[ECOLOG-L] Crowdfunding campaign: The role of hemiparasitic plants in prairies

2016-10-12 Thread Steven Juliano
My colleague Vickie Borowicz and I recently launched a crowdfunding effort for a project on the role of hemiparasitic plants in prairies and prairie restorations https://experiment.com/projects/reviving-restorations-can-native-parasitic-plants-bring-better-balance-to-tallgrass-prairies This

[ECOLOG-L] Teaching Rare and Unusual Habitat Types

2016-10-12 Thread John A.
I'm preparing to teach a seminar which surveys global biomes, but I'd also like to include examples of rare, overlooked, or peculiar habitats. I'd appreciate any suggestions along those lines, from anywhere in the world--and I recognize this is somewhat subjective, which for my

[ECOLOG-L] Fellowship Announcement: Lapham River Conservation Fellow, Washington DC

2016-10-12 Thread Laura Craig
FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT - Anthony A. Lapham River Conservation Fellow LOCATION: Washington, D.C. DATE: Summer 2017 to Summer 2019 APPLICATIONS DUE: January 31, 2017 ANNUAL STIPEND: $43,000 plus benefits* **Questions should be directed to lap...@americanrivers.org** The Anthony A. Lapham River

[ECOLOG-L] Ph.D. opportunity (U. Maryland): Ecological genomics of trees

2016-10-12 Thread Paul Gugger
The Gugger Lab (http://pgugger.al.umces.edu) at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) is seeking a motivated Ph.D. student to develop a dissertation project on ecological genomics of trees. The lab uses next-generation sequencing approaches to understand how

[ECOLOG-L] masters assistantships available at UGA

2016-10-12 Thread Seth Wenger
The University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology (OSE) and the UGA River Basin Center invite applicants for the James Butler and John Spencer Fellowships for Fall 2017 admission to the OSE master’s degree programs. Each of these awards constitutes a paid nine-month research assistantship