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(Anybody need data for an exponential population growth curve?)
Many subscribers are members of the Ecological Society of America, but those of you who aren't can get information about membership (including student memberships) at the ESA Web site, www.esa.org.
The character of the list has changed some as it has grown over the years. It has become a major resource for those advertising or seeking positions ranging from research assistantships, graduate student opportunities, postdocs, and faculty positions, as well as jobs in government and industry. An unintended consequence has been a decline in advertising dollars brought in to ESA publications. But it has also become a little less conversational as I've had to strike a balance between overwhelming people's mailboxes (and the server) and continuing its original function as a venue for queries and discussions about ecological topics. I hope all subscribers will continue to use it for such topics.
Note that there is also another list (ESA-STUDENTS) available for use by students; you can subscribe to that by sending the message
sub ESA-STUDENTS [add your name here] to
[email protected]
It is currently moderated by [email protected] (Liz Harp). This list hasn't been very active recently, and those of you who are students might think about how it might be used.
There is only one other non-campus listserv list hosted by the University of Maryland that has more subscribers than ECOLOG-L, and I now have to be careful about not overloading the listserv server by sending too many messages in a short period of time. Thanks to the University for providing this service for ecologists from around the world (over 60 countries), and to the three or four people (mostly my postdocs) who have helped moderate the list when I'm unavailable.
David Inouye, list owner and moderator
Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies
Dept. of Biology
University of Maryland
[email protected]
