[ECOLOG-L] Job: Field Naturalist, NJ Audubon

2013-06-11 Thread David Inouye
GEORGE MYERS FIELD NATURALIST (1) for a variety of education, research and conservation projects at New Jersey Audubon’s Cape May Bird Observatory, Cape May, NJ. Sep. 1 - Oct. 31. Cape May is renowned as one of the world's great hot spots for bird migration. This position is named in honor of

[ECOLOG-L] volunteer opportunity- elephant research and conservation

2013-06-11 Thread Sarah Maisonneuve
Dear All, Volunteer research assistants are needed to participate in an elephant research and conservation education project, in Tanzania. Responsibilities will include helping to develop a database of individual elephants residing in Ruaha National Park, through monitoring and ID. Additiona

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral fellowship available - climate impacts on spruce-fir forests and birds

2013-06-11 Thread King, David -FS
Postdoctoral Fellowship: The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) seeks a postdoctoral fellow to model the effects of climate change on spruce-fir forest bird populations in the Northeast and upper Great Lakes Regions. The candidate will use existing data sets to model bird occurrence, d

[ECOLOG-L] Fall Term - MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES COURSE INSTRUCTOR

2013-06-11 Thread Jan Hodder
The University of Oregon’s Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) maintains a pool of applicants for temporary instructional positions. We are currently searching for an instructor to teach BI 457/557 Marine Environmental Issues during fall quarter 2013 (September 30 – December 13). Information on the

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate assistantship: Forest Ecology

2013-06-11 Thread Jim Lutz
Forest Demography I am seeking applications for a graduate student at either the MS or PhD level looking to work in large forest demography plots - the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot, the Wind River Forest Dynamics Plot, and the naissant Utah Forest Dynamics Plot, all affiliated with the Smithso

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate assistantship: Fire Ecology

2013-06-11 Thread Jim Lutz
Fire Severity I am seeking applications for a graduate student at the MS level to join an ongoing project examining patterns of fire severity and their relations to climate variability ("Disappearing refugia: identifying trends and resilience in unburned islands under climate change"). This open

[ECOLOG-L] ESA Biogeosciences Awards - final week to apply

2013-06-11 Thread Kate Buckeridge
Dear Ecologgers, The ESA Biogeosciences Section would like to remind all ESA members that there are three awards available for research in the biogeosciences: 1. The Elizabeth Sulzman Junior Scientist (graduate student) Outstanding Publication award 2. The Gene E. Likens Junior Scientist (early-

[ECOLOG-L] Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Ecology at the University of Zurich

2013-06-11 Thread Jonathan Levine
Professorship in Environmental Science / Ecology Faculty of Science - Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies. Description The Institute conducts research in the fields of ecology, evolution, behaviour and the environment. We seek an outstanding and innovative ecologist who i

[ECOLOG-L] Fundraising for Sturgeon Research - Biosensing via Crowdfunding

2013-06-11 Thread James Garvey
Thought the ecologists might find this an interesting way to seek funding in these trying times. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/358503718/detect-the-spawn-biosensor-for-fish-conservation Pledging a few bucks could help us develop a great new tool for sturgeon and other species. Jim Garvey P

[ECOLOG-L] Volunteers needed for WNS bat project August and September

2013-06-11 Thread Mary-Anne Collis
*Volunteer Field Assistants wanted for White nose syndrome Bat project in Canada* Volunteers wanted from *26th July to 30th September 2013* to assist with a field project on little brown bats (*Myotis lucifugus*) and factors which may be important in managing the disease white nose syndrome (WNS

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Researcher in Evolution/Ecology Modeling

2013-06-11 Thread Elizabeth Marschall
Postdoctoral Researcher in Evolution/Ecology Modeling Dr. Elizabeth Marschall (Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on the development of mathematical models of behavior, life history, and population dy