[ECOLOG-L] Graphing software

Dear Ecolog, Can anybody please recommend their favourite graphing software to produce graphs for academic papers (in Eology or else)? When I say 'graphing software', I mean other than for example Excel, R or graphing capabilities integrated in software packages. Many thanks for any recommenda

[ECOLOG-L] Groundwater Wetlands Study Group - Monthly Report

The July 2013 image of the month was by University of South Carolina, Columbia researcher and Study Group member Dan Tullock. The August 2013 image is a hanging garden of the Colorado Plateau by Study Group member Rebecca Weissinger. Over the past month, the Study Group hosted a discussion of

[ECOLOG-L] New paper: Inducible pesticide tolerance in amphibians

Press release: http://www.news.pitt.edu/news/early-exposure-insecticides-gives-amphibians-higher-tolerance-later Open-access article: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./eva.12083/pdf

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc:UZurich.UGrenoble.EcoEvolutionaryModelingClimateChange

Zurich-Grenoble post-doctoral position in eco-evolutionary modeling A post-doctoral position is available at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies (IEBES), University of Zurich, Switzerland to work in collaboration with Frederic Guillaume (IEBES) and Wilfried Thuiller (La

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Graphing software

Grapher - http://www.goldensoftware.com/products/grapher Origin - http://www.originlab.com/ Minitab - http://www.minitab.com/ Prism - http://www.graphpad.com/ JMP - http://www.jmp.com/ NCL - ncl.ncar.edu Noel Aloysius On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:34 AM, Isabelle Wolf wrote: > Dear Ecolog, >

[ECOLOG-L] Ph.D. studentships in Reptile Ecology at James Cook University

Ph.D. studentships in Reptile Ecology at James Cook University My research group has funding to support the research projects of several exceptional PhD students examining mechanisms driving reptile habitat use in northern Australia. Reptiles constitute a significant proportion of the biodiver

[ECOLOG-L] Curious about blogging, Twitter? ESA workshop on Social Media!

Hello Ecologists! If you're attending ESA, you may be interested in the Sunday workshop on Social Media for Scientists that Sandra Chung (of NEON) and I are organizing. Our lunchtime workshop last year was a big hit, so we're expanding this year to a half-day workshop, so we can do more hands

[ECOLOG-L] Using cell phone recordings to create an atlas of Calling North American Insects

All: Much of what we know of cricket, katydid, and cicada distributions and status comes from the great collectors of the previous century. Mass collecting is largely a thing of the past for these groups, but there is a need to keep tabs on their current populations as our climate and habitats c

[ECOLOG-L] Research funding opportunity in coast redwood and giant sequoia forests

Save the Redwoods League supports basic and applied hypothesis-driven research on the biology and ecology of coast redwood and giant sequoia forests. Grants are awarded annually to research proposals that seek to expand our understanding of coast redwood and giant sequoia biology, ecology, and

[ECOLOG-L] Courses on Ecological data analysis, November, Barcelona, Spain.

Dear Colleagues, Registration is open for the following courses: - "A FRIENDLY INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGICAL STATISTICS", November 18-19, 2013. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/intro-ecol-statistics/ - "A TOOLKIT OF ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS", November 20

[ECOLOG-L] postdoc in disease ecophysiology at South Florida

Drs. Tom Unnasch and Lynn Martin posted a notice to ECOLOG-L several weeks ago notice of a post-doc opportunity on avian immunity to West Nile virus (see here for details - http://lbmartin.myweb.usf.edu/Martin_lab_at_USF/Welcome_files/Post%20doc%20at%20USF%20in%20Martin-Unnasch%20labs.docx). Al

[ECOLOG-L] Two field crew positions for research on wildlife-vehicle collisions in Jackson Hole and central Wyoming

The Conservation Research Center of the Teton Science Schools is looking to fill positions for a Research Technician and Research Crew Leader for the period October 2013 - February 2014. The chosen candidates will support all aspects of an applied ecology research program in northwest and cent

[ECOLOG-L] INTENSIVE COURSE IN BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE

INTENSIVE COURSE IN BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE The Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS) is offering an intensive course in biodiversity science. The two-week course is taught by internationally renowned members of the QCBS, and targets graduate students, postdocs and professional biologists

[ECOLOG-L] 3 postdoc and 2 staff scientist positions with the Carnegie Airborne Observatory

Five positions in the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology: *Position Announcement:* *Postdoctoral Researcher* in *Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Tropical Forests* *Carnegie Airborne Observatory* The Carnegie Institution for Science is a private organization conducting researc

[ECOLOG-L] Tweets from the Society for Conservation Biology

Hello, everyone! The Society for Conservation Biology's International Congress for Conservation Biology just concluded in Baltimore. I was one of many attendees who live-tweeted the meeting, sharing important updates from the presentations in real time via twitter. I've Storify-ed (organized into

[ECOLOG-L] Ecological Flows Post-doc: USGS Mendenhall program

The United States Geological Survey Mendenhall program is recruiting a post-doctoral scientist in Ecological Flow research area. The Mendenhall post-doc is a very prestigious program in USGS. The post-doc will work with project co-advisers Quan Dong, Jonathan Friedman, Greg Auble (USGS Fort Collin

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Using cell phone recordings to create an atlas of Calling North American Insects

Great work and intriguing ideas as usual, Sam. Though you're not looking for vertebrates now, imagine a future where one could record a wolf howl, add the howl's date, time and location to a database — AND identify what individual(s) you are hearing. Wolf howl identification technology excites

[ECOLOG-L] Post-doctoral fellowship | Land-ocean interactions on the BC Central Coast

Post-doctoral Fellowship Land-freshwater-ocean interactions on the British Columbia Central Coast We seek a motivated post-doctoral fellow to join a multi-disciplinary effort examining the source and fate of freshwater constituents in a bog forest-coastal ocean system on the British Columbia C

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Curious about blogging, Twitter? ESA workshop on Social Media!

Is this true?? "Given the situation with wifi at ESA 2013 (as in, there isn't any except in the lobby)," This is unheard of. How in the world did they let this happen How did they choose a meeting site without wifi available all over? > Hello Ecologists! > > If you're attending ESA, you may

[ECOLOG-L] Earlham alumni & friends lunch at ESA meeting

Attention Earlhamite Ecologists! For the past few years, I have been organizing an informal lunchtime gathering of Earlham alumni at ESA meetings. This year, we will plan to meet for lunch on Wednesday, August 7. Check the message board at the meeting for more details. Earlham College is a lib

[ECOLOG-L] AGU 2013 session: B071 Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change

Dear Colleagues, Please consider submitting your abstract to the following permafrost/carbon Biogeoscience session: B071 Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change Permafrost zone soils contain 1670 Pg of carbon (C). Permafrost degradation can change ecosystem C storage by enhancing m

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Graphing software

PSI-Plot (http://www.polysoftware.com/index.htm) Ken Petersen On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 1:34 AM, Isabelle Wolf wrote: > Dear Ecolog, > > Can anybody please recommend their favourite graphing software to produce > graphs for academic papers (in Eology or else)? When I say 'graphing > software',

[ECOLOG-L] AoB PLANTS solicits proposals for special issues in ecology

AoB PLANTS is a non-profit, open-access journal published by Oxford University Press since 2009 (see http://aobplants.oxfordjournals.org/). In the coming months, our journal will be assembling a series of special issues that focus on diverse topics in eco

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Graphing software

DeltaGraph is cross-system compatible between Windows and Mac, and the most flexible/powerful paid program that I know of for Mac (http://www.redrocksw.com/index.php/introducing-deltagraph-6.html). Given it's flexibility and power, I'm surprised more people don't use it. Especially since it's been

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Graphing software

Dear Ecologgers, Many thanks for your great response to my question. The clear favorite by the most people is SigmaPlot. Other suggestions (apart from R, Minitab and JMP) included: Inkscape PSI-Plot (http://www.polysoftware.com/index.htm) Gnuplot PyX (in python) pgfplots (in La

[ECOLOG-L] 2013 AGU - B046. Multisensor Long Term Land Surface Data Records - Invitation to submit abstracts

First, we apologize for cross-posting. We bring your attention to a new session "B046: Multisensor Long Term Land Surface Data Records" at the American Geophysical Union 2013 Fall Meeting, December 9-13, 2013, San Francisco , CA (http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/). More info below. Please

[ECOLOG-L] A new blog from the UC Davis Ecology Program

Dear all, I'd like to announce a new blog from the UC Davis Ecology Graduate Student Association: http://egsa.ucdavis.edu/blog . UC Davis is one of the largest ecology graduate program in the world, and this group blog features research-in-progress highlights from our 150+ graduate students. This