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Subject: ECOLOG-L Digest - 4 Sep 2003 to 5 Sep 2003 (#2003-223)
There are 9 messages totalling 414 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Job: sabbatical replacement, Delaware
2. exceptional student looking for tropic work spring 04
3. Climate Diagram Software (2)
4. jack-in-the-pulpit seed care?
5. Applied Ecology Syllabus (2)
6. RFI: Stream/Riverine ecology texts
7. Community/Biocomplexity Ecologist at Cornell University
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Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:40:57 -0400
From: David Inouye <inouye@umd.edu>
Subject: Job: sabbatical replacement, Delaware
Hi Everyone,
Our Dover branch campus at the University of Delaware is looking for a
sabbatical replacement to teach the courses listed in the message below
for spring semester. If anyone is interested please contact Dan Carson at
the address below.
**********************
Howard V. Cornell
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716 USA
Phone: 302-831-2669
FAX: 302-831-2281
**********************
Could you recommend someone else to cover the following
spring 04s courses while Sharon is on sabbatical leave.
BISC 107 Elem Evol Ecology -- MW 11:30am- 12:45pm
BISC 117 Elem Evol Ecology lab - T 9:00am-11:00am
BISC 208 Intro to Bio II TR 1:00pm-2:15pm
Lab - R 8:30am-11:30am
Daniel Carson, Ph.D.
Trustees Distinguished Professor
and Chairman
Department of Biological Sciences
118C Wolf Hall
Newark, DE 19716
Phone: 1-302-831-4296
Fax: 1-302-831-2281
e-mail: dcarson@udel.edu
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Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:37:53 -0400
From: Mary Crowe <crowe@COASTAL.EDU>
Subject: exceptional student looking for tropic work spring 04
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Hi all
I have a student who is AMAZING. She graduates in December, after double maj
ring in biology and marine science. GPA is 3.9..is a self starter, great tr
uble shooter, worked as a peer mentor in biology, chemistry and in the writi
g center...she has excellent communication skills. She did independent resea
ch on thermoregulation in fiddler crabs we are working on submitting her wor
to a peer-reviewed journal.
She anticipates going to grad school in the fall, studying marine invertebra
es. Wants experience in tropical research DOING ANYTHING..fluent in Spanish
nd spent time in Ecuador/Galapagos for a class.
If you or someone you know is doing research in the tropics and need a GREAT
student spring semester, please let me know. She would need you to pay her a
rfare to/from the study site and living expenses. A stipend would be a nice
benefit but not required. You won't be disappointed.
"Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine"
Mary Crowe
Associate Professor of Biology
Coastal Carolina University
P.O. Box 261954
Conway SC 29528
crowe@coastal.edu
843 349 2236
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Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:16:49 -0500
From: Brian Benscoter <bbensc01@SIU.EDU>
Subject: Climate Diagram Software
Does anyone know of any software programs for making climate diagrams?
Brian Benscoter
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Department of Plant Biology
Carbondale, IL 62901
USA
bbensc01@siu.edu
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Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:47:00 -0500
From: Erica Corbett <ecorbett@SOSU.EDU>
Subject: jack-in-the-pulpit seed care?
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Hello all,
a friend is interested on possibly conducting research on jack-in-the-pulpit
from a large population, however
neither she nor I have any experience in working with this particular
species.
Are there any important considerations in fruit collection/seed storage we
should take
into account?
The source population is apparently a fairly large isolated population (I've
not seen it
yet) and she is interested in trying to study the genetic structure of the
population
and the level of relatedness of plants germinated from seeds from different
"parents".
Thank you for any assistance,
Erica Corbett
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Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:48:31 -0400
From: Elizabeth Hane <enhsbi@RIT.EDU>
Subject: Applied Ecology Syllabus
Hi all,
I'm hoping for some input/suggestions about a course in Applied
Ecology. The professor who taught the course previously spent much of the
course covering Integrated Pest Management, and I'd like to expand the
scope course to cover a wider range of topics. I looked at the ESA
syllabus exchange, but didn't find any for an applied ecology course.
Has anyone taught a course in Applied Ecology? What topics do you see as
being relevant? The course here at RIT is part of the Environmental
Science sequence, and is a junior/senior level course, taken after General
Ecology. I'm particularly interested in suggestions for a textbook.
The other aspect of this course is that it is taught with a lab component
-- in the winter quarter (Dec 1 - Feb 28), and in Rochester, NY. So any
labs/field trips that people can suggest that have an applied aspect and
can be done in cold climates would be great. I'm thinking of taking them
to a local fish hatchery and a sugarbush, but I'd like to have some data
collection/experimental labs and not just field trips.
Feel free to e-mail me privately if you have any suggestions!
Cheers,
Elizabeth Hane
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Elizabeth Hane
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology
enhsbi@rit.edu
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Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 16:24:11 -0400
From: Jason Taylor <Jason@ESA.ORG>
Subject: Re: Applied Ecology Syllabus
Hi Elizabeth,
You might want to check out ESA's Syllabus exchange
(http://www.esa.org/education/syllabus/
Best,
Jason
Jason Taylor
Director of Education
The Ecological Society of America
1400 Spring St., Suite 330
Silver Spring, MD 20910-2749
Phone: 301-588-3873, x311
Fax: 301-588-4693
jason@esa.org
www.esa.org www.ecoed.net
>>> Elizabeth Hane <enhsbi@RIT.EDU> 9/5/2003 3:48:31 PM >>
>
Hi all,
I'm hoping for some input/suggestions about a course in Applied
Ecology. The professor who taught the course previously spent much of
the
course covering Integrated Pest Management, and I'd like to expand the
scope course to cover a wider range of topics. I looked at the ESA
syllabus exchange, but didn't find any for an applied ecology course.
Has anyone taught a course in Applied Ecology? What topics do you see
as
being relevant? The course here at RIT is part of the Environmental
Science sequence, and is a junior/senior level course, taken after
General
Ecology. I'm particularly interested in suggestions for a textbook.
The other aspect of this course is that it is taught with a lab
component
-- in the winter quarter (Dec 1 - Feb 28), and in Rochester, NY. So
any
labs/field trips that people can suggest that have an applied aspect
and
can be done in cold climates would be great. I'm thinking of taking
them
to a local fish hatchery and a sugarbush, but I'd like to have some
data
collection/experimental labs and not just field trips.
Feel free to e-mail me privately if you have any suggestions!
Cheers,
Elizabeth Hane
<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>
~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>
Elizabeth Hane
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology
enhsbi@rit.edu
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Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 12:48:18 -0700
From: Adolf Ceska <aceska@TELUS.NET>
Subject: Re: Climate Diagram Software
Climate diagrams and climate diagram software is available on a CD ROM.
This is an announcement from BEN (Botanical Electronic News) # 239, January
22, 2000:
QUOTE:
ANNOUNCEMENT: CLIMATE DIAGRAM WORLD ATLAS ON CD-ROM
Lieth, H., J. Berlekamp, S. Fuest, & S. Riediger. 1999.
Climate Diagram World Atlas. Backhuys Publishers B.V., Leiden, The
Netherlands. ISBN 90-5782-031-5 [CD-ROM] Price: US$64.50
Available from:
Backhuys Publishers B.V.,
PO Box 321,
2300 AH Leiden,
The Netherlands
E-mail: backhuys@backhuys.com
http://www.backhuys.com/
Climate diagrams are brief summaries of climatic variables and their
seasonal variation. They were originally developed for vegetation studies by
Walter & Lieth, but they have proven useful for a wide range of sciences,
horticulture, teaching, etc. In biological and geological sciences climate
diagrams have been used to show the relationship between soils, vegetation
and climate. In agriculture, horticulture, and forestry, they can be used to
indicate the range for certain crops, trees, weeds, or cultivated plants.
In the climate diagrams the monthly average temperatures are plotted
together with the total monthly precipitation in the scale where 10 deg. C
of average temperature correspond to 20 mm of total precipitation. The area
where the precipitation line dips below the temperature line indicates dry
season; the area where the precipitation line is above the temperature line
indicates moist season. The diagrams also show frost periods. Since all the
diagrams are plotted in the same scale, it is possible to compare moisture,
temperature and other environmental conditions in widely separated parts of
the world.
For more information and a demo version, visit the following web site:
http://www.usf.uni-osnabrueck.de/projects/climate/
[When you order the Climate Diagram Atlas, please, mention that you read
about it on BEN. Thanks! - AC]
END OF QUOTE
I have to confess that I did not try to draw my own climate diagrams using
this package. My friend Hans Roemer (or better to say Hans and his son
Markus) wrote a nice program for drawing the climatic diagrams with an
interesting innovation, and it would be nice if they make this program
available. Hans Roemer's e-mail address is: hlroemer@shaw.ca .
All the best,
Adolf
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P.O. Box 8546, Victoria, B.C., Canada V8W 3S2
Phone/Fax: 250-477-1211; Cell: 250-216-1481
e-mail: aceska@telus.net
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BEN archive: http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/
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Hofstadter's Law: "It always takes longer than you think it will take,
even if you take into account Hofstadter's Law."
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-
> L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian Benscoter
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 8:17 AM
> To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
> Subject: Climate Diagram Software
>
> Does anyone know of any software programs for making climate diagrams?
>
> Brian Benscoter
> Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
> Department of Plant Biology
> Carbondale, IL 62901
> USA
> bbensc01@siu.edu
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Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 17:39:03 -0400
From: Chuck Lane <crlane@UFL.EDU>
Subject: RFI: Stream/Riverine ecology texts
Ecolog-r's:
Requesting suggestions from the masses on stream/riverine ecology texts. I
am familiar with Allan's Stream Ecology (Kluwer, 1995), and solicit
comments on similarly written treatise.
However, I am most interested in texts that approach the topic from a
different paradigm - something akin to reading Ricklefs' Ecology (Freeman,
1999) and then contrasting it with Eugene Odum's Fundamentals of Ecology
(Thompson, 1971).
Thanks!
Chuck Lane
PhD - Systems Ecology
H.T Odum Center for Wetlands
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
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Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 18:41:30 -0400
From: Jed Sparks <jps66@CORNELL.EDU>
Subject: Community/Biocomplexity Ecologist at Cornell University
Terrestrial Community / Biocomplexity Ecologist
Cornell University is seeking to fill a tenure-track position in
terrestrial community ecology at the assistant professor level.
Preference will be given to candidates interested in developing
linkages across levels of biological organization and with a strong
foundation in natural history. A wide range of theoretical and
empirical approaches will be considered. Research areas include but
are not limited to: changes in species interactions under
environmental change, invasion ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem
function, historical ecology, phylogenetic influences on community
ecology, and community-level influences on biogeochemistry. Teaching
responsibilities include instruction in community ecology at both the
undergraduate and graduate levels. Possible departmental homes for
this position are Ecology and Evolutionary Biology or Natural
Resources
Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a statement of research
and teaching interests, copies of representative publications, and
arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to: Search
Committee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell
University, Corson Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-2701. We will begin
reviewing applications on December 10, 2003. Inquiries about the
position should be directed to Patricia L. Jordan, Search Committee
Assistant, at PJ17@cornell.edu or Alexander S. Flecker, Search
Committee Chair, at ASF3@cornell.edu . Information about the
Departments can be found at http://www.eeb.cornell.edu and
http://www.dnr.cornell.edu.
Cornell University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action
educator and employer.
Applications from women and minorities are encouraged.
--
Jed P. Sparks
Assistant Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Cornell University
Corson Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Office: (607) 254-4270
Lab: (607) 254-4209
Fax: (607) 255-8088
e-mail: jps66@cornell.edu
http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/sparks/sparkshome.html
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Thanks to discussion with TVR, I have decided to put a link to back files of the discussion group. This months back files.
The link to complete archives is available elsewhere.
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(c)Kolatkar Milind. kmilind@ces.iisc.ernet.in