Subject: ECOLOG-L Digest - 17 Sep 2003 to 19 Sep 2003 (#2003-234)
There are 10 messages totalling 713 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Earth Policy News: World Facing 4th Consecutive Grain Harvest Shortfall
2. Everglades BirdFest
3. Paper Wasps
4. Doctoral Fellowships - University of Arkansas
5. Community or Ecosystem Biologist
6. Research Assistant in Insect Ecology
7. forthcoming issues of Journal of Ecology
8. Freshman reading in science - summary
9. AR Moth project -- request for proposals
10. Job: Population Ecology, University of Calgary
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:43:28 -0400
From: Reah Janise Kauffman <rjkauffman@EARTH-POLICY.ORG>
Subject: Earth Policy News: World Facing 4th Consecutive Grain Harvest
Shortfall
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Eco-Economy Update 2003-8
For Immediate Release
Copyright Earth Policy Institute 2003
September 17, 2003
WORLD FACING FOURTH CONSECUTIVE GRAIN HARVEST SHORTFALL
Wheat and Rice Prices Moving Up
http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update28.htm
Lester R. Brown
This year's world grain harvest is falling short of consumption by 93
million tons, dropping world grain stocks to the lowest level in 30 years.
As rising temperatures and falling water tables hamstring farmers' efforts
to expand production, prices of wheat and rice are turning upward.
For the first time, the grain harvest has fallen short of consumption four
years in a row. In 2000, the shortfall was a modest 16 million tons; in 2001
it was 27 million tons; and in 2002 a record-smashing 96 million tons. In
its September 11 crop report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
reported that this year's shrunken harvest of only 1,818 million tons is
falling short of estimated consumption of 1,911 million tons by a
near-record 93 million tons. (See data
http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update28_data.htm.)
Agricultural leaders are now looking to next year's crop with fingers
crossed. If 2004 brings another large shortfall comparable to this year or
last year, there could be chaos in world grain markets by this time next
year as more than 100 grain-importing countries scramble for scarce
exportable supplies.
Higher temperatures are thwarting farmers' efforts to expand food
production. The earth's average temperature has been rising since the late
1970s, with the three warmest years on record coming in the last five years.
As temperatures continue to rise, crop yields start to fall.
Last year India and the United States suffered sharp harvest reductions
because of record temperatures and drought. This year Europe bore the brunt
of higher temperatures. Record heat in late summer scorched harvests from
the United Kingdom and France in the west through Ukraine in the east. Bread
prices are rising in several countries in the region.
After several years of seeing crops withered by heat, scientists are now
beginning to focus on the precise effect of temperature on crop yields. New
research from crop ecologists at the International Rice Research Institute
and the USDA's Agriculture Research Service shows an emerging consensus that
a 1-degree Celsius rise in temperature (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) above the
optimum during the growing season leads to a 10-percent decline in grain
yields.
How much will the earth's temperature rise? The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC)--with some 1,500 of the world's leading climate
scientists--is projecting a rise of 1.4-5.8 degrees Celsius (2.5-10.4
degrees Fahrenheit) during this century if carbon emissions continue to
increase. Farmers on the land now are facing the prospect of higher
temperatures than those faced by any generation of farmers since agriculture
began.
Although the IPCC projections are presented as global averages, the rise in
temperature will be geographically uneven. Temperature rise is projected to
be much greater over land than over the sea, in higher latitudes than in
equatorial regions, and in the interior of continents than in coastal
regions. The higher latitudes and continental interiors where the projected
temperature rise is to be greatest neatly defines the North American
breadbasket--the wheat-growing Great Plains of the United States and Canada
and the U.S. Corn Belt.
This generation of farmers is also the first to face widespread aquifer
depletion due in part to the use of powerful diesel and electric pumps that
have become widely available only in the last few decades. Prospects for the
big three grain producers--China, India, and the United States, which
account for nearly half of the world's grain harvest--show the potential
consequences of future water shortages.
Under the North China Plain, which produces half of China's wheat and a
third of its corn, water tables are falling up to 3 meters per year. A World
Bank assessment of China's water situation says, "Anecdotal evidence
suggests that deep wells [drilled] around Beijing now have to reach 1,000
meters [more than half a mile] to tap fresh water, adding dramatically to
the cost of supply." In unusually strong language for a Bank report, it
foresees "catastrophic consequences for future generations" unless water use
and supply can quickly be brought back into balance.
In India, water tables are falling throughout most of the country. As a
result, thousands of wells are going dry each year. The USDA reports that
water tables have dropped by more than 100 feet (30 meters) in parts of
Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Water supplies are even tighter in California.
Overpumping for irrigation is a way of satisfying the growing demand for
food today that almost guarantees a future drop in food production when the
aquifer is depleted. For a few countries, the day of reckoning with aquifer
depletion is already here. For many others it is drawing near.
Over the last four years the world's farmers have fallen further and further
behind the growth in grain demand. We must now at least ask the question:
Are the positive influences on production, such as advances in technology
and investment in land improvement, largely being offset by negative
influences, such as soil erosion, aquifer depletion, and rising temperature?
Since there has not been any growth in world grain production in eight
years, the answer to that question may be yes. If so, we will need to move
quickly to stabilize population, raise water productivity, and stabilize
climate. If future grain shortages lead to dramatic price rises, they could
destabilize governments in low-income grain-importing countries, disrupting
global economic progress. Food security could quickly become the overriding
security issue.
With most of the nearly 3 billion people who are due to be added to world
population by 2050 coming in countries where wells are already going dry,
there is an urgent need to stabilize population size as soon as possible.
Some 34 countries have already stabilized their population. It is time for
the remaining 150 countries to do so.
With water shortages spreading, we need a concerted global effort to raise
water productivity, one patterned on the highly successful effort to raise
land productivity that was launched a half century ago and that has nearly
tripled world grain yields since then.
With rising temperature now shrinking harvests, we need to get serious about
stabilizing climate, going far beyond the global goal set in the Kyoto
Protocol of a 5-percent cut in carbon emissions by 2012. Reducing fossil
fuel use is the key to stabilizing climate. It is perhaps a commentary on
the complexity of our time that decisions made in ministries of energy may
have a greater effect on food security than those made in ministries of
agriculture.
Future food security may depend not only on stabilizing population, raising
water productivity, and stabilizing climate, but on doing all these things
at wartime speed. A detailed plan to do this is presented in the new book
PLAN B: RESCUING A PLANET UNDER STRESS AND A CIVILIZATION IN TROUBLE which
is available online, free of charge, at
http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/index.htm.
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:29:58 -0400
From: "Taylor, Jeremy" <Jeremy.Taylor@FWC.STATE.FL.US>
Subject: Everglades BirdFest
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Thought this might be of interest to some of you.
Everglades BirdFest, January 17-19, 2004, is a 3-day birding and ecology
festival in Everglades National Park, including naturalist guided birdwatchi
g
in Main and Shark Valley sections of the park. Included is luxury coach
transportation to sites and trails, 2 nights lodging at Flamingo Lodge, 7
meals, full use of park facilities, exhibitors, evening seminars on birdlife
wildlife, habitats, comparative ecology, natural history, and conservation a
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restoration of the Everglades. Optional boating, canoeing, kayaking, biking,
fishing, back-country hiking are available.
Contact: Broward County Audubon Society, PO Box 9644, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33
10
954-776-5585 <http://www.browardaudubon.org/birdfest>
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:59:39 -0700
From: Doreen Hoover <dhoover@RESCUE.COM>
Subject: Paper Wasps
Hello all,
I am currently doing some research on paper wasps, and I was wondering
if anyone knew of good sources/references about them that they would
recommend. I am especially interested in identification keys,
physiology, and behavior. As for the species being studied, I am
looking at ones in the United States currently so a guide or information
pertaining to these species (especially Polistes aurifer, P. dominulus,
P. exclamans, P. fuscatus, P. metricus, P. annularis, P. perplexus, P.
major, and P. bellicosus AND Mischocyttarus flavitarsis) would be
extremely helpful. I will appreciate any/all information that can be
passed on to me. You can either email it through the listserv or to me
directly at dhoover@rescue.com
Thank you for your time,
Doreen R. Hoover
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:53:48 -0500
From: Kimberly Smith <kgsmith@UARK.EDU>
Subject: Doctoral Fellowships - University of Arkansas
Doctoral Fellowships - University of Arkansas
The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Arkansas is
actively recruiting 2 Distinguished Doctoral Fellows and 6 Doctoral
Academy Fellows to begin graduate work in August 2004. The Distinguished
Fellowships have a 9-month stipend of $30,000, and the Doctoral Academy
Fellowships have a 9-month stipend of $15,000, both available for up to 4
years of support based on satisfactory progress. Fellowships will require
research and/or teaching depending upon the major professor chosen. In
addition, fellowships include a waiver of tuition and most fees.
Outstanding students from all biological disciplines are encouraged to
apply. Selection will be based on undergraduate GPA, GRE scores, letters
of recommendation, and undergraduate (B.S.) research experience or
graduate (M.S.) research experience. Applicants should contact faculty
members in the Department of Biological Sciences whose research they may
be interested in directly at http://biology.uark.edu/bisc.html for more
information and application materials. To be eligible for the
Distinguished Doctoral Fellowships, applicants must be citizens of the
United States. Review of applications will begin in early January and
initial offers will be made in late January or February. Contact Dr.
Kimberly G. Smith (kgsmith@uark.edu) for any further information.
Please circulate to colleagues and students.
*************************************************************************
Kimberly G. Smith
Dept. of Biological Sciences * Just play it like you know it...
University of Arkansas * Jerry Jeff Walker
Fayetteville, AR 72701 *
phone 479-575-6359 fax 479-575-4010 *
email: kgsmith@uark.edu *
homepage: comp.uark.edu/~kgsmith *
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 15:20:33 -0400
From: Judy Guinan <jaguinan@RADFORD.EDU>
Subject: Community or Ecosystem Biologist
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Radford University, Radford Virginia
Department of Biology
Position Announcement ^Ö Please Post
Community or Ecosystem Biologist
Tenure-Track Position
BIOLOGY: Assistant Professor. Community or ecosystem biologist with interes
in field oriented research. Ph.D. required at time of employment. Teach
introductory biology, and upper level ecology course. Evidence of interest
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teaching required, as well as potential for directing undergraduate field
research. Dr. Charles M. Neal, Chair, Department of Biology, Box 6931, Radfo
d,
VA 24142.
Applicants for all positions must provide a letter of application, current
vita, and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of three references.
Applications should be addressed to the person and box number designated for
the position, Radford University, Radford, Virginia 24142. Consideration of
applicants will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled
Radford University is a co-educational, comprehensive, state supported
institution with an emphasis on teaching in scenic southwestern Virginia, 40
miles from Roanoke, with an enrollment of approximately 9,240 students. Vis
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our website at http://www.radford.edu. Radford University is an EO/AA emplo
er
committed to diversity.
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 17:14:32 -0400
From: David Wise <dhwise@UKY.EDU>
Subject: Research Assistant in Insect Ecology
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Research Assistant in Insect Ecology
Immediate opening at the University of Kentucky for a full-time field and
lab assistant (Lab Technician Senior) in a research program investigating
interactions of spiders and insects. Fringe benefits include tuition
remission for 6 credits of courses per semester and opportunity to pursue
a graduate degree part-time. To learn more about the position and to
apply on-line, visit www.uky.edu/UKjobs, click on ^ÓOnline employment for
job seekers^Ô / ^ÓSearch Positions^Ô and then enter the Job Requisition No:
SA502477. Application deadline is October 17, 2003. For additional
information contact Prof. David Wise at dhwise@uky.edu. Information on
Prof. Wise's research program can be found at www.uky.edu/~dhwise/wise.html
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 15:15:43 +0100
From: Lindsay Haddon <lindsay@BRITISHECOLOGICALSOCIETY.ORG>
Subject: forthcoming issues of Journal of Ecology
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Journal of Ecology
**ONLINE SUBMISSION AVAILABLE NOW at
http://britishecologicalsociety.manuscriptcentral.com/**
The contents of the October issue (due for publication 25 September) are
listed below, together with the provisional contents of issue 91-6
(December) and part of issue 92-1 (February 2004).
The paper by Booth and Grime in issue 5 is the first of its kind and
assesses a critical issue in plant ecology through an elegant
well-executed long term experiment. For some time plant ecologists have
suspected that the quantity and quality of genetic diversity within
species plays an important role in affecting the dynamics and
maintenance of diversity at the species level within vegetation. This
study confirms that this is indeed the case. The results show that
communities that are composed of species that are more genetically
diverse are more stable with regard to maintenance of diversity and less
variable in their composition than communities that consist of species
consisting of single randomly sampled genotypes. This is an important
paper that will stimulate further studies of this kind. The issue also
includes a group of papers (Tuomisto et al., Phillips et al., Christie
and Armesto and Pearson et al.) which address the much debated question
of what factors control the diversity and distribution of plant species
in rainforests.
It is widely accepted that the impact of certain species of plant on the
abiotic environment, or on other species of successional communities,
can facilitate the establishment either of more plants of the same
species, or of new species. Convincing demonstrations of facilitation,
however, are not always easy to find, suggesting that the conditions
under which it may happen are difficult to determine, and perhaps quite
narrow. Three studies in issue 6 (Pages & Michalet, Siemann & Rogers
and Hastwell & Facelli) provide new insights into this unfolding
subject. However, they also demonstrate that there is still a need for
considerable refinement of knowledge before we can claim to have a full
understanding of the ways in which facilitation works, and the
conditions in which it might be expected to become important. Other
featured topics in this issue are the effects of water supply on
recruitment (and thus diversity), and the application of
palaeoecological techniques.
ISSUE 5 (October 2003)
ESSAY REVIEW
Indices of plant competition
A Weigelt and P Jolliffe
STANDARD PAPERS
Effects of genetic impoverishment on plant community diversity
J P Grime & R E Booth
An integrated analysis of the effects of past land use on forest plant
species colonization at the landscape scale
K Verheyen, G Guntenspergen, B Biesbrouck & M Hermy
Floristic patterns along a 43 km transect in an Amazonian rainforest
H Tuomisto, K Ruokolainen, M Aguilar and A Sarmiento
Habitat association among Amazonian tree species: a landscape-scale
approach
O Phillips, P N Vargas, A L Monteagudo, A P Cruz, M E Zans, M Yli-Halla
and S Rose
Regeneration microsites and tree species coexistence in temperate rain
forests of Chiloé Island, Chile
D A Christie & J J Armesto
Interactions of gap size and herbivory on establishment, growth and
survival of three species of neotropical pioneer trees
T R H Pearson, D F R P Burslem, R E Goeriz and J W Dalling
Tree species differentiation in growth, recruitment and allometry in
relation to upper height limit in a mixed dipterocarp forest of Borneo
T Kohyama, E Suzuki, T Partomihardjo, T Yamada and T Kubo
Phytogeographic regions of Slovenia and driving mechanisms behind the
Holocene vegetation change
M Andric and K J Willis
Late glacial and Holocene climatic effects on fire and vegetation
dynamics at the prairie-forest ecotone in south central Minnesota
P Camill, C E Umbanhowar, R Teed, C E Geiss, J Aldinger, L Dvorak, J
Kenning, J Limmer and K Walkup
Epidemiological patterns at multiple spatial scales - an eleven year
study of a Triphragmium ulmariae - Filipendula ulmaria metapopulation
D L Smith, L Ericson and J J Burdon
Positive and negative consequences of salinity stress for the growth and
reproduction of the clonal plant, Iris hexagona
P A Van Zandt, M A Tobler, E Mouton, K H Hasenstein and S Mopper
Ramet demography in a ring-forming clonal sedge
S Wikberg and B M Svensson
Plant dispersal in a lowland stream in relation to occurrence and three
specific life-history traits of the species in the species pool
G Boedeltje, J P Bakker, R M Bekker, J M Van Groenendael and M
Soesbergen
Effects of spatial pattern of leaf damage on growth and reproduction:
nodes and branches
G Avila Sakar, L L Leist and A G Stephenson
Decline in photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency with leaf age and
nitrogen resorption as determinants of leaf life span
A Escudero & S Mediavilla
FORUM
Species-area relationships at small scales in continuum vegetation
M Williamson
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Forthcoming issues (provisional contents)
Issue 6
STANDARD PAPERS
Plant zonation in irregularly flooded salt marshes: the relative
importance of stress tolerance and biological interactions
C S B Costa, J C Marangoni and A Azavedo
Structure and organisation of a northern New England salt marsh plant
community
P J Ewanchuk and M D Bertness
Interactive effects of soil moisture, vegetation canopy, plant litter
and seed addition on plant diversity in a British wetland community
S Xiong, M E Johansson, F M.R Hughes, A Hayes, R S Keith and C Nilsson
Temporal variability in water supply controls seedling diversity in
limestone pavement microcosms
J T Lundholm and D W Larson
Changes in light and nitrogen availability under pioneer trees may
indirectly facilitate tree invasions of grasslands
E Siemann and W E Rogers
A test of the indirect facilitation model in a temperate hardwood forest
of the northern French Alps
J-P Pages and R Michalet
Differing effects of shade-induced facilitation on growth and
survivorship of the chenopod shrub Enchylaena tomentosa.
G T Hastwell and J M Facelli
Reconstructing the recent dynamics of mires using a multi-technique
approach
S Pellerin and C Lavoie
Pollen vegetation calibration for tundra communities in the arctic
foothills, northern Alaska
W W Oswald, L B Brubaker, F S Hu and D Gavin
Holocene vegetation records from the central arctic foothils: testing
the role of substrate in the response of tundra to climate change
W W Oswald, L B Brubaker, F S Hu and G W Kling
High potential for common mycorrhizal networks between understorey and
canopy trees in a mixed evergreen forest
P G Kennedy, A D Izzo and T D Bruns
Mass tree mortality leads to mangrove peat collapse at Bay Islands,
Honduras after Hurricane Mitch
D R Cahoon, P F Hensel, J Rybczyk, K L McKee, C E Proffitt and B.C.Perez
Nitrogen and phosphorus resorption efficiency and proficiency in six
sub-arctic bog species after 4 years of nitrogen fertilisation
L M van Heerwaarden, S Toet and R Aerts
Role of soil seed banks and newly dispersed seeds in population dynamics
of the annual sunflower, Helianthus annuus
H M Alexander and A M Schrag
Local adaptation of the pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus to contrasting
substrate types mediated by changes in propagule provisioning
H H Hangelbroek, L Santamaría, T de Boer
Ecological play in the coevolutionary theatre: genetic and environmental
determinants of attack by a specialist weevil on milkweed
A A Agrawal & P A Van Zandt
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Issue 92-1
Reduced reproductive success and mate availability in small populations
of the self-incompatible Primula vulgaris
R Brys, H Jacquemyn, F van Rossum, P Endels, M Hermy, R Trieste and G de
Blust
Demography and population dynamics of Drosera anglica and D.
rotundifolia on a boreal bog
J F Nordbakken, K Rydgren and R H Okland
Seed limitation and the regulation of community structure in oak savanna
grassland
B L Foster and D Tilman
Temporal changes in locxal spatial strucutre of a late-successional
species: establishment of an Andean caulescent rosette plant
L D Llambi, R Law and A Hodge
Antagonistic interactions between competition and insect herbivory on
plant growth
J F Cahill, J J Haag and M D Coupe
Population dynamics across a parapatric range boundary: Ulex gallii and
Ulex minor
K E Stokes, J M Bullock and A R Watkinson
Divergence and variation of qantitative traits between allozyme
genotypes of Avena barbata from contrasting habitats
R G Latta, J L Mackenzie, A Vats and D J Schoen
Flowering and fruiting phenology of a Philippine submontane rainforest:
climatic factors as proximate and ultimate causes
A Hamann
Temporal variation in sex allocation in hermaphrodites of gynodioecious
Thymus vulgaris L.
B K Ehlers and J D Thompson
Gap dynamics in perennial subalpine grasslands: trends and processes
change during secondary succession
V Vandvik
Site productivity and plant size explain the response of annual species
to grazing exclusion in a Mediterranean semi-arid rangeland
Y Osem, A Perevolotsky and J Kigel
Optimal defence theory and flower petal colour predict variation in the
secondary chemistry of wild radish
S Y Strauss, R Irwin and V E Lambrix
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:11:16 -0500
From: David S. White <david.white@MURRAYSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Freshman reading in science - summary
First, let me thank everyone who replied either through ECOLOG or
individually to my question on a science oriented book for incoming
university freshmen. My original question is restated below. Nearly 50
books were suggested; however there were three that stood well above the
others in numbers of replies. The three are
Guns, Germs and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
The song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions by David
Quammen
The Beak of the Finch: a Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner
Again, thanks to all the respondents.
ORIGINAL QUESTION "The Freshman Reading Experience at Murray State
University (now entering its third year) is similar to programs at other
smaller universities in that incoming freshmen are assigned a summer
reading. The goals of the program are to provide a common academic
experience for incoming freshman that facilitates classroom discussions and
to establish connections between the reading and other cultural events on
campus. The first two books have been Rick Bragg's "All Over but the
Shoutin'" and Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting by
in America". This fall we will be choosing a science based book for the
2004-2005 academic year.
"I would be very interested to hear from anyone at a university that has
selected a reading in the sciences. We are hoping to find a book that
would be "popular" (appealing to a campus-wide audience) and with a living
author (and someone we might be able to bring to Murray State). The book
could be either fiction on non-fiction. If you have any suggestions,
please let me know. I also would be interested in hearing how science
readings have worked compared with more traditional humanities readings."
David White
Co-Chair, Freshman Reading Experience
Murray State University
David.white@murraystate.edu
David S. White
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Director, Hancock Biological Station
Coordinator, Center for Reservoir Research
561 Emma Drive
Murray, KY 42071
Phone 270-474-2272
FAX 270-474-0120
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 17:24:21 -0500
From: Blake Sasse <bsasse@ARKANSAS.NET>
Subject: AR Moth project -- request for proposals
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is currently accepting
proposals to conduct a study of the distribution and abundance of moths
around several caves used by the endangered Ozark big-eared bat in northern
Arkansas. The request for proposals is geared towards support of a 2-year
graduate student project, though other alternatives will be considered.
Total expected cost of the project will be $50,000 or less. If you would
like to receive the official request for proposals with details of specific
study objectives, please contact me directly.
Blake Sasse
Nongame Mammal Program Coordinator
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
#2 Natural Resources Drive
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 00:30:46 -0400
From: Steven Vamosi <smvamosi@UCALGARY.CA>
Subject: Job: Population Ecology, University of Calgary
POPULATION ECOLOGY
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
The Department of Biological Sciences wishes to build on existing strengths
in Population Ecology (http://www.ucalgary.ca/ecology) by inviting
applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor Position from
individuals with a strong background in Population Ecology. Individuals
interested in dynamics of populations, predator-prey dynamics, or food-web
dynamics are highly encouraged to apply. We are particularly interested in
individuals who integrate mathematical theory with empirical work or
mathematical biologists working in Population Ecology. The successful
candidate will have a strong research record in Population Ecology, will be
expected to establish an active, externally funded research program, and
will participate in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
A complete application should include a curriculum vitae, representative
publications and statements of research and teaching interests. Candidates
should arrange to have three letters of reference sent under separate
cover. Deadline for receipt of all material is December 1, 2003. Send to
Dr. D.M. Reid, Head, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science,
University of Calgary 2500 University Dr. N.W., Calgary AB T2N 1N4. FAX:
(403) 289-9311.
Calgary is a dynamic city (population over 900,000) with a lively cultural
life and a very wide range of recreational opportunities. Calgary is only a
one-hour drive to the Rocky Mountains. Banff, in Banff National Park, is
less than an 80-minute drive west of Calgary. Calgary International Airport
has excellent connections to European, far eastern and U.S. cities.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and
permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Calgary
respects, appreciates and encourages diversity.
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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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