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I sent a note out a few months ago but want to reengage you all on this
ecolog listing. See below for the type of stuff that periodically comes in.
Chris
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Subject: ECOLOG-L Digest - 11 Nov 2008 to 12 Nov 2008 (#2008-310)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:19 -0500
From: ECOLOG-L automatic digest system <LISTSERV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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There are 14 messages totalling 848 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. MS Assistantship in Integrated Assessment
2. IGERT opportunity at AZ State, urban ecology
3. 2009 ESA Annual Meeting: Call for Workshop and Special Session
Proposals
4. Suzuki talk
5. M.S. or Ph.D. Assistantship: Ecological Networks in the Great
Lakes region
6. Post-doc opportunity: North Temperate Lakes LTER
7. Tenure Track Biology Position-Concordia University Chicago
8. Kleinhans Fellowship / tropical non-timber forest products research
9. 5th international Martes symposium
10. Burrow scopes revisited
11. Co-sign LETTER TO OBAMA FROM ONE OF EARTH'S LEADING ECOLOGISTS
(Stephen R.
Carpenter)
12. RMBL research opportunity for faculty at institutions serving
primarily
undergraduates
13. new Practical Geostatistics Case Studies 2009 book
14. Free access to Population Ecology Special Feature articles
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:30:38 -0500
From: Michael Reiter <reiterm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: MS Assistantship in Integrated Assessment
Up to two research assistantships in integrated assessment will be
available at Bethune-Cookman University beginning Spring, Summer, or
Fall of 2009, subject to funding. The successful applicant(s) will
perform their thesis research under the supervision of Dr. Michael A.
Reiter on an aspect of the assessment of coastal watersheds for resource
management in an integrated modeling project funded by NOAA (the
specific topic will be related to ongoing or new research in integrated
assessment: contact Dr. Reiter at reiterm@xxxxxxxxxxx for details). The
assistantships carry a stipend of $16,000 plus tuition per year for up
to three years (assuming satisfactory progress toward the degree and
maintenance of a 3.0 gpa), based upon grant funding. For details, visit
http://www4.cookman.edu/faculty/reiter/opportunities.htm or contact Dr.
Reiter. Screening will begin immediately and will continue until
suitable candidates are selected.
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Mike
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Michael A. Reiter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental Science
Bethune-Cookman University
640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3099
V: (386) 481-2695
F: (386) 481-2662
http://www4.cookman.edu/faculty/reiter/index.html
reiterm@xxxxxxxxxxx
"Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part; Do thou but thine." John
Milton, Paradise Lost
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:51:18 -0500
From: David Inouye <inouye@xxxxxxx>
Subject: IGERT opportunity at AZ State, urban ecology
To the Urban IGERT community (faculty and students) and unit Graduate
Program Directors:
Arizona State University's IGERT in Urban Ecology will be accepting
applications for both Fellowships and Associateships to begin in fall
2009. Information on the IGERT program can be obtained at
http://www.igert.org/, at ASU's IGERT website at
http://sustainability.asu.edu/igert , and in the attached flyer.
Note that Fellowship applications are for 2 years and one summer of
support for approved summer activities (Fall 2009/ Spring 2010, Summer
2010, and Fall 2010/ Spring 2011). Applicants may apply for one
additional summer (2009) of support before they being their first
academic year as an Urban IGERT fellow. To be considered for this
support, include on the Fellow application form a brief plan including
who the supervisor will be. Recipients must be at ASU during the summer
2009 or working closely with an Urban IGERT faculty person.
Deadline: We will begin the application review process on February 1,
2009.
Residual questions regarding ASU's IGERT program should be directed to
Gail Ryser at IGERT.ecology@xxxxxxxx
Gail Ryser
Program Coordinator IGERT in Urban Ecology
Global Institute of Sustainability
Arizona State University
Box 875402 Tempe AZ 85287-5402
P 480.965.6073 F 480.965.8087
web site http://sustainability.asu.edu/igert/
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:57:26 -0500
From: =?windows-1252?Q?Aleta_Wiley?= <aleta@xxxxxxx>
Subject: 2009 ESA Annual Meeting: Call for Workshop and Special Session
Proposals
Call for Workshop and Special Session Proposals
94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
Albuquerque, New Mexico
August 2-7, 2009
Deadline for Submission: Thursday, December 4, 2008
We invite proposals for workshops and special sessions at the 94th annual
meeting of the Ecological Society of America. The theme for the meeting
is "Ecological Knowledge and a Global Sustainable Society", and proposals
related to this theme are highly encouraged. For additional information,
please visit http://www.esa.org/albuquerque.
WORKSHOPS are sessions intended to convey specific knowledge or skills;
they are not intended for the presentation of research papers. Workshops
are frequently more interactive and informal than sessions within the
formal scientific program, and often involve extended discussion. They are
not scheduled concurrently with symposia, organized oral, contributed
oral, or poster sessions. Workshops may involve one or several
leaders/presenters, and may include computer-based or other ?hands-on?
training. Workshop proposals should make clear what skills, tools, or
insights participants might expect to gain from the session. For more
information and to begin the submission process, please go to
http://esa.org/albuquerque/call_workshop.php.
SPECIAL SESSIONS complement the formal scientific program, providing an
opportunity for presentations or extended dialogue and exchanges beyond
what is usually possible in the regular scientific sessions. These
sessions are not intended for the presentation of formal research papers,
and they do not run concurrently with the symposium, organized oral,
contributed oral, or poster sessions. Special sessions do not conform to
any single structure. They may, for example, involve one presenter, a
series of lectures or a panel; a film, video or illustrated lecture; or a
discussion. For more information and to begin the submission process,
please go to http://esa.org/albuquerque/call_specialsession.php.
If you have any questions, please contact Program Chair, Scott Franklin,
at Scott.Franklin@xxxxxxxx, or Program Assistant, Aleta Wiley, at
Aleta@xxxxxxxx
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:43:20 -0800
From: Neil K Dawe <nkdawe@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Suzuki talk
Here's an excellent talk by David Suzuki discussing, in his inimitable
style, the current global environmental situation (with a Canadian
flavour but applicable everywhere) and the need to deal with our
incessant drive for continuous economic growth.
http://www.cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&act=view3&pagetype=vod&lang=e&clipID=2099
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:44:59 -0500
From: Ann Krause <ann.krause@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: M.S. or Ph.D. Assistantship: Ecological Networks in the Great
Lakes region
M.S. or Ph.D. Assistantship: Ecological Networks in the Great Lakes region
The University of Toledo
Department of Environmental Sciences
Toledo, OH, USA
http://utoledo.edu/as/envsciences/
A position is available at the Masters or Ph.D. level starting in Fall
2009 to conduct research on
the application of social-ecological networks for assessing the
sustainability of ecosystem
services. One available project is to research the influence of land
use/cover on water quantity
and quality in the Maumee River watershed. Another related project is
to research the land use
policies that affect the stormwater management of local municipalities
in the Maumee River
watershed. These projects will help to assess the sustainability of
water ecosystem services
maintained through land-use planning at the local municipal level.
Research will primarily focus
on developing quantitative models using existing data sets. The
position is supported through
teaching assistantships, which require additional work of up to 20 hours
a week. After the
passing their qualifying exam in year 2, PhD students have the
opportunity to compete for one
of 4-6 NSF teaching fellowship positions available within the Department
of Environmental
Sciences. NSF Fellowships include a stipend of $30,000 and tuition waiver.
Salary: up to $20,000 per year plus tuition waiver.
Qualifications: Strong quantitative and computer skills, programming
experience a plus.
Master?s degree in Ecology, Environmental Science, Natural Resources, or
related field is required
for Ph.D. level. Minimum academic requirements for the Master?s program
are an undergraduate
GPA of 2.7 and a GRE score of 1050 and 4.0 (verbal + quantitative and
analytical writing,
respectively). Minimum academic requirements for the Ph.D. program are
a Master?s GPA of 3.0
and a GRE score of 1100 and 4.5 (verbal + quantitative and analytical
writing, respectively).
International students are expected to have a minimum TOEFL score of 250
(computer based) or
600 (paper based).
For application materials and instructions for the Ecology graduate
program, please visit the
following website: http://utoledo.edu/as/envsciences/grad/entrance.html
If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Dr. Ann
Krause (Email:
ann.krause@xxxxxxxxxxx).
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:22:47 -0600
From: "Emily H. Stanley" <ehstanley@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Post-doc opportunity: North Temperate Lakes LTER
North Temperate Lakes LTER post-doctoral opportunity at Trout Lake Station
The North Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research (NTL-LTER)
program at University of Wisconsin?s Center for Limnology seeks a
post-doctoral research associate based at the Center?s Trout Lake
Station in Boulder Junction, WI. Research interests are open to all
aspects of limnology, with preference to areas that complement ongoing
NTL-LTER research and take advantage of the Trout Lake Station setting
and facilities. For more information about NTL-LTER, Trout Lake
Station, and the Center for Limnology, please see:
http://lter.limnology.wisc.edu and http://limnology.wisc.edu.
Responsibilities include: establishment of a productive research
presence and interaction with other LTER researchers; regular
publication in the peer-reviewed scientific literature; participation in
LTER field sampling, data processing, and outreach; assisting and
advising LTER researchers using the Trout Lake Station; preparation of
annual NTL reports; representing the NTL group at LTER network
meetings; and general assistance with day-to-day operations at the
Station.
Qualifications: Ph.D. in aquatic sciences or related fields prior to
appointment and experience with field work in aquatic environments.
Experience/interest in use of large data sets is also desirable. This
is envisioned as a two-year position, and salary includes standard
benefits of the University of Wisconsin Madison. Review of applicants
will begin 15 December and will continue until a suitable candidate is
found. The position could begin as soon as May 2008.
Please send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and names of 3
references (with telephone numbers and email addresses) to:
Denise Karns
Center for Limnology
680 North Park Street
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:50:59 -0500
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rebecca_Trueman?= <rtruem1@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Tenure Track Biology Position-Concordia University Chicago
The Department of Natural Sciences and Geography at Concordia University
Chicago invites applications from those interested in filling a new position
in Biology at the assistant or associate professor level to begin in the
fall semester of 2009. The primary teaching responsibilities will be in
anatomy and physiology, developmental biology, and general education natural
science courses. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in biology,
anatomy, natural sciences or related field; or, be committed to earning the
terminal degree if one is not already held.
While we desperately need an individual to teach anatomy and physiology,
ecologists that qualify in this role should apply.
Questions can be directed to Rebecca Trueman rebecca.trueman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Biology Search Committee Chair
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:18:31 -0500
From: Volker Bahn <lochapoka@xxxxxx>
Subject: Kleinhans Fellowship / tropical non-timber forest products research
Please circulate widely.
DO NOT RESPOND TO ME (see instructions in the posting)
2009-2010 Kleinhans Fellowship, Rainforest Alliance
Research in Tropical Non-Timber Forest Products
**Applications due by December 31, 2008**
The Kleinhans Fellowship provides $16,000 per year for 2 years to one
individual conducting research to better understand and improve the
impacts of non-timber forest product (NTFP) harvest and marketing on
rural livelihoods and tropical forest ecosystems. The fellowship area is
restricted to Latin America. Applicants should have at least a master's
degree in forestry, ecology, botany, environmental science or an
appropriate related field. For more information about the fellowship
including application guidelines, please consult our webpage: _
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/kleinhans/index.html
<http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/research/kleinhans.html>_.
Fellowship proposals should be submitted to kleinhans@xxxxxx
<mailto:kleinhans@xxxxxx> by December 31, 2008.
Las Becas Kleinhans 2009-2010, Rainforest Alliance
Research in Tropical Non-Timber Forest Products
** Las solicitudes deben recibirse antes del trienta y uno de diciembre
del 2008. **
Las Becas Kleinhans se ofrecen para desarrollar investigaciones que
ayuden a entender mejor, y mejorar, el impacto de la extracción y
mercadeo de productos forestales no maderables (PFNM) en zonas rurales
y ecosistemas tropicales. La beca provee la suma de US$ 16.000 al año,
por dos años. El área de investigación está restringida a América
Latina. Para ser considerados, los solicitantes deberán contar con un
grado académico mínimo de maestría en alguno de los siguientes campos:
ciencias forestales, ecología, botánica, ciencias ambientales o un campo
relacionado apropiado. Para más información vea _
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/kleinhans/index.html
<http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/research/kleinhans.html>__
_Quienes apliquen para la beca deberán enviar su solicitud completa en
formato digital, por correo electrónico dirigido a kleinhans@xxxxxx
<mailto:kleinhans@xxxxxx> antes del trienta y uno de diciembre del 2008.
* *
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Volker Bahn
Department of Biological Sciences
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
248 Diggs, Wright State University
Dayton, OH 45435, USA
t: (937) 775-4152
f: (937) 775-3320
volker.bahn@xxxxxxxxxx
www.volkerbahn.com
39.7815, -84.062
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:24:32 -0500
From: David Inouye <inouye@xxxxxxx>
Subject: 5th international Martes symposium
5th International Martes Symposium
September 8-12, 2009
University of Washington, Seattle
Please set aside the week of September 8-12, 2009
to attend the 5th International Martes Symposium
at the University of Washington in Seattle. The
theme of our next symposium will be: ?Biology and
Management of Martens and Fishers: a New
Synthesis?. One of the objectives of this
gathering will be to update review or synthesis
topics that were featured in the 1st Martes
Symposium book in 1994, and in some subsequent
proceedings. Topics covered previously include
evolutionary history, phylogenetic relationships,
distribution and status, population structure and
spacing, remote detection and population
monitoring, reproductive biology, habitat
ecology, food habits, and translocations. Recent
developments in our field will likely necessitate
additional review chapters on the use of genetic
data in Martes research and conservation,
relations with snow and the potential effects of
global warming, and probably others.
We will kick off the symposium on the evening of
Tuesday, September 8 with a welcoming reception
at the University of Washington?s Burke Museum,
with wine, beer, and hors d?oeuvres provided to
help fuel the festivities. The Burke Museum is
the largest and most active natural history
museum in the region, so if you?re interested in
using of any of their collections, contact
information for curators is available on the
museum?s website
(<http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum>http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum).
Participants will enjoy a special treat during
the receptionwell-known Northwest artist Ray
Troll will be presenting his new exhibit,
?Cruisin? the Fossil Freeway?, at the Burke
Museum at the time of the symposium, and the
exhibit will be open to participants during the
welcoming reception. Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday (Sept. 9-11) will be devoted to oral and
poster presentations. The formal portion of the
symposium will culminate on Friday night with our
traditional banquetso please start thinking
about items to bring for the raffle!
The symposium will end with an all-day field trip
to the Olympic Peninsula on Saturday, September
12. Fishers were once common in Washington, but
were extirpated from the state during the 20th
century by overtrapping and habitat loss. During
the winter of 2007-08, several state and federal
resource management agencies initiated the
reintroduction of fishers to Washington with the
release of 18 fishers from British Columbia to
the Olympic Mountains. Their current plan is to
release about 100 more fishers over the next two
years. We will tour points of interest in the
fisher study area led by researchers involved in
the reintroduction, and see habitats ranging from
alpine meadows to old-growth temperate rainforests.
To facilitate the planning process, it would be
extremely helpful for us to know how many members
of the Martes Working Group are likely to attend
the symposium. Accordingly, we have developed a
brief survey that will help us estimate the
number of people who will participate in each of
the major events at the symposium. We ask that
you please navigate to this website
(<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=1yolTGfXw13DNJtegeJwlw_3d_3d>http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=1yolTGfXw13DNJtegeJwlw_3d_3d)
and answer several multiple-choice questions
about your potential attendance at the 5th
International Martes Symposium. Thanks very much
for your help with our planning.
Please hold these dates and spread the word about
our upcoming symposium to colleagues. The Martes
5 Symposium website is working
(<http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/buskirk/martes5/>http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/buskirk/martes5/);
please check it for updates and news. We look
forward to seeing you in Seattle in September 2009!
Keith Aubry, Planning Committee Chair
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research
Station; <file:///kaubry@xxxxxxxxx>kaubry@xxxxxxxxx
Bill Zielinski
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research
Station; <file:///bzielinski@xxxxxxxxx>bzielinski@xxxxxxxxx
Martin Raphael
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research
Station; <file:///mraphael@xxxxxxxxx>mraphael@xxxxxxxxx
Gilbert Proulx
Alpha Wildlife Research & Management Ltd.;
<file:///gproulx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>gproulx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Steve Buskirk
University of Wyoming, Department of Zoology and
Physiology; <file:///marten@xxxxxxxx>marten@xxxxxxxx
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:43:39 -0600
From: Brent Danielson <jessie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Burrow scopes revisited
A couple weeks ago, I posted a request for information about flexible
inspection scopes for peering down rather small mouse burrows. I got
responses from readers of the Ecolog-L list and the Mammal-L list
which were very helpful and I have cut and pasted many of those
comments here. Someone posted a really interesting video of an
examination of vole burrows in Oregon. That opened a few more doors
to high-end optics which we are still looking at, but may not be able
to afford. Getting straight forward pricing on various models of
these things is not so easy it seems.
Anyway, a summary of the replies is listed below.
* I use the burrow cams from sandpiper... for gopher tortoise
burrows and I love them (once you get the hang of twisting and
coaxing the camera down the tunnels). You have to be careful of the
wiring as it can get a bit touchy with continued use in the field
(and it can get heavy to carry). The headset allows you to see
inside the burrow with remarkable detail. But they are pricey... and
I am currently in the process of writing one into my research grants
as I have been borrowing one that is no longer available to me. I
have attached a pic of it in use..
* My airplane mechanic uses a television camera with a flexible
probe about one meter long and 6 mm diameter. It produces a very
nice picture. I suggest you look around before making your purchase.
* Please see the attached publication. I know the probe was only
good in ground squirrel burrows to about 3 meters, then it had
problems with dirt building up in front of the lens and also became
hard to direct. Also see the attached paper on ground squirrel
burrow structure that was performed by manual excavation. Please
feel free to contact me directly if I can be of further
assistance. Berentsen, A.R. and Salmon, T. P. 2001. The structure
of California ground squirrel burrows... Transact. West. Sect.
Wildlife Soc. 37: 66-70.
* In response to your Ecolog post about burrow scopes, I spent
several months last year as a technician scoping gopher tortoise
burrows in Georgia with a couple different cameras. I haven't used
the Peep-A-Roo, but I have used the Peeper by Sandpiper which is
pretty similar. Some thoughts to consider:
* A) The head mounted video display is nice when it's
really sunny out because you won't get a glare on the screen, but the
down side to the headset is that only one person can see what's going
on as opposed to cameras that connect to a small monitor that
multiple can watch at the same time (but which reflect the sun's glare).
* B) With the Peeper, the cord wasn't very rigid. It's
important that you find the right balance between rigidity and
flexibility in a cord to match what you hope to use the camera
for. The non-rigid cord became a problem for me with longer burows
(>3m) that flattened out in the back. As long as the burrows kept
getting deeper the farther back they went it wasn't a problem, but
after a few meters on level ground (and especially if there are forks
in the burrow) it can be like trying to push a wet noodle.
* C) My field season with the Peeper was its 3rd intense
field season. It held up pretty well, but over the years it slowly
went a little out of focus.
* D) I guess I'd say of the few cameras I used for
scoping, the Peeper was the most reliable one. That said, eventually
any camera is going to have problems after banging around in sandy
sometimes wet burrows for multiple field seasons.
* Have not tried these with rodents, but I had grad students try
something similar (perhaps same, or 1 size larger - Peeper?)) from
Sandpiper when we were trying to view otter dens. We found them very
hard to maneuver in the large and complex dens we were dealing
with. If your tunnel/burrow is small and only one tunnel (no large
cavities or side burrows to try and turn into), it may work
fine. However, cost is high, as you know. We are now experimenting
with other, much cheaper, devices for viewing underground tunnels
and/or tree cavities used by fisher and marten. In one case, we
bought an AquaVu underwater fish camera used by ice-fisherman (~$300
I recall), took off the plastic fish that the lens is mounted in (to
make it smaller), and just attached some wire to it to push it in the
tunnels or tree cavity. But I think after taking the plastic fish
cover off, it's still ~ 2" diameter (which is fine for us, but sounds
like too big for you). It's black and white, and comes in a
convenient field-ready design with the screen (see
www.aquavu.com/store/ ). We also just bought a color/waterproof
video probe that is commonly used for general surveillance monitoring
(www.microvideo.ca/2120wp.htm). I think ours was only $100, plus
another 2-$300 for the software - it plugs into a laptop. I believe
the probe is ~ 1.5 inch diameter, and may require a small
rechargeable battery. But all gear, with laptop, easily fits in a
backpack. Again, the main issue is just rigging up something to
attach to the probe to help push it in and maneuver. We're still
experimenting, and anyone with a little creativity should be able to
come up with something to meet their needs. They have other models
as well, including some less than 1" (need to be sure they are ok for
rougher field use). Picture quality for both was fine, though the
microvideo probe is color if that matters. They just require a
little creativity to design an attachment to push and control the
probe - the video cord is not real strong for this purpose. But my
experience with the Sandpiper probe is that it wasn't any easier to
control, unless they've changed something. $400 vs $6,000 is a big
difference. Just some ideas to consider. No doubt there are other
companies out there as well selling surveillance video probes that may work.
* My advice would be try one out on a loan from them and see if
it consistently suits your needs. I have one that I bought for
prairie dog burrows and found that it was not as easy to use as I
expected, at least for deep (>1 m), wider burrows. It takes some
practice to navigate once the camera is outside your normal reach,
where you have to twist the cable like a plumber's snake. I also
found that, if the soil is loose on the sides, the camera and IR
lights would fill up with soil (for some reason the small lights are
recessed into the end, so I had to retrofit a plastic bag to keep
them from filling with dirt). They may work great for shallower
crevices where the camera can bounce off the rock or stiff walls, but
for a convoluted burrow, especially one with sharp right turns and
sub-burrows, or where some are closed off, it wasn't as useful as I
had hoped. It would be nice if someone could build one that could be
'driven' around within a deeper burrow, aka a mini Mars lander but
that was outside my budget and engineering abilities.
* I've never dealt with burrow cams, but have built systems for
continuous recording at bird nests and helped others put together a
peeper-cam system for woodpecker cavities. In my experience it is
MUCH cheaper to buy the components to build your own systems. I've
built or help others build nest-monitoring systems for ~$500 that are
sold by companies such as Sandpiper or Fuhrman for thousands of
dollars (I think the Sandpiper peeper-cam costs more than the burrow
system). I've always bought components from
<http://www.supercircuits.com>www.supercircuits.com and Radio
Shack. You could probably get a small camera for ~$100 and small TV
for ~$100; they probably don't sell cameras that small with built in
infrared LEDs (for vision in the dark), but you could buy these at
Radio Shack (there was a similar issue with the peeper cams). I
guess the main challenge/unknown is the stout cable to help guide the
system through a burrow, but I'm guessing that you could come up with
something. Just thought I would raise this possibility, because $6k
is a lot of money!
* I have used the peeparoo for burrowing owl nests for a couple
of years now - they have some limitations - the smaller diameter
model you are looking at has a relatively flimsy (very flexible)
cable which is good and bad - good because it can get into fairly
tight spaces, bad because it has almost no tensile strength for
pushing it into burrows - around corners, through debris, etc.. I
think that for peromyscus sized burrows it would be a very expensive
item with limited application. - even for burrowing owl burrows - we
use the larger diam. Model and have a heck of a time getting back the
3 - 4 meters where the nests are located
This video clip was posted on the Mammal-L list serve and it shows a
really excellent video
(http://www.opb.org/programs/ofg/videos/view/48-Voles) of a vole
burrow system (and some pretty interesting biology going on as
well). The system being used is an Everest VIT and it made or sold
by GE. This is not a model name per se, but a product line that
includes really huge flexible camera scope costing as much as $20k
(there is a used one for sale on ebay right now for $2k). I do not
know what the model in this video cost, but it appears to be in
the $14-15K range. Well out of our ballpark. It may be rentable
for a reasonably affordable rate, but again, getting this info seems
to be unnecessarily difficult for some reason.
Here is another scope that is also made or sold via GE
http://www.geinspectiontechnologies.com/download/products/rvi/GEIT-65023EN_fiberscope-brochure.pdf
Costs of these can be in the $1500 range, but I am not clear on which
models might be in this price range.
My graduate student is looking into building a system from parts. He
thinks this can be done for $500 or less. I suppose there will be a
lot of trial and error but even so, it may be much cheaper and better
suited to our specific needs. If he is successful, we will have
something more concrete to offer in the way of assistance.
In the meantime, thanks very much for all of your input. It has been
a great help in getting us started.
Brent
Brent Danielson
Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
253 Bessey Hall, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa, USA 50011-1020
Telephone 515.294.5248
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:10:36 -0500
From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Chase_D._Mendenhall?=" <mendenhallchase@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Co-sign LETTER TO OBAMA FROM ONE OF EARTH'S LEADING ECOLOGISTS
(Stephen R. Carpenter)
SIGN This Letter:
http://www.gopetition.com/online/23266.html
This letter was sent and thought to be received by President-Elect Barack
Obama from leading ecologist Stephen R. Carpenter. This petition is simply
to support the gravity of Dr. Carpenter's advice to save our life support
systems.
Please sign and forward on to demonstrate your support for these basic, but
necessary national priorities for Brack Obama's presidency.
The objective of this petitions is to organize citizens who support Stephen
R. Carpenter's position of saving human life support systems, emphasize the
urgency of the situation to the Obama administration and draw attention to
the seemingly unnoticed 1,300 leading scientists' consensus report.
Used with permission of Stephen R. Carpenter.
http://www.gopetition.com/online/23266.html
November 2008--
Dear President-Elect Obama,
Congratulations on your election, which has created a sense of optimism in
America that has never occurred before in my lifetime.
Yet earth?s life support systems have deteriorated more in our lifetimes
than in any other era of human history. With earth?s population increasing,
and consumption per person growing much faster than population, humans are
heating the climate, polluting air and water, degrading landscapes and
turning coastal oceans to dead zones. America?s food supply depends on a few
fragile crops, grown using practices that degrade soil, air and water to
yield foods of low nutritional value that harm our health. The U.S. is not
investing in the education and innovation needed to create agriculture and
energy technologies that can get us through the 21st century. Details are
found in a consensus report of more than 1300 leading scientists from more
than 90 nations including the U.S. (http://www.MAweb.org). These findings
support the following priorities for your presidency.
Decrease America?s dependency on coal and oil and increase the supply of
energy from non-polluting technologies: We must decrease emission of
greenhouse gases, and the era of cheap oil is over. We must accelerate
development of clean energy technologies using wind, sun and tides. These
investments must be based on scientific information to avoid bogus remedies,
such as grain biofuels, that sound good but do not in fact solve the
problem. We must increase conservation through better buildings, efficient
transportation, and renewal of industry. We must improve agriculture and
forestry practices to reduce energy consumption and increase carbon storage
in soil.
Stop subsidizing agriculture that destroys land, water and health. Create
incentives for agriculture that maintains land and water resources and
yields healthy food: Agriculture must shift to practices that use less
energy for tillage and transport of food, produce healthy food for local
consumption, train more people in diverse farming practices, build soil
instead of degrading and eroding it, and maintain clean water and air. These
reforms can be accomplished by reforming federal subsidies.
Have a population policy: In global impact, the U.S. is the world?s most
overpopulated nation, mainly because of our high per-capita consumption. Our
population is growing rapidly. Global population growth is a key driver of
degraded land, water, air and climate. Education of women is a powerful
lever to restrain population growth. If all the world?s women are educated
to high-school level, human impact on our life-support system will be more
than 30% lower by 2050. As a father of daughters, it is especially
appropriate for you to support education for all of the world?s women.
Invest in the education and innovation needed to create a society that could
thrive in the 21st century and beyond: Even though our universities and
research centers are the envy of the world, science education of the general
population of the U.S. is weak and must be made stronger. Education must be
reformed to encourage creativity. There are enormous opportunities for
innovations in agriculture, energy, and infrastructure that will lead to a
moderate climate, rich landscapes, and clean air and water into the future.
These technological opportunities are being seized by other nations while
the U.S. lags behind. We must restore American leadership in creating
technology that maintains our life support system while providing the
energy, food and shelter that people need.
Sincerely yours,
Steve Carpenter
Stephen Alfred Forbes Professor of Zoology
Center for Limnology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin 53706 USA
SIGN THIS LETTER: http://www.gopetition.com/online/23266.html
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:39:28 -0700
From: Ian Billick <ibillick@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RMBL research opportunity for faculty at institutions serving
primarily undergraduates
The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory is looking for science
faculty member at a predominantly undergraduate institutions,
including community colleges, who is interested in pursuing a summer
research project with an RMBL scientist. Pending funding, salary
and expenses would be covered. We are looking for an individual for
whom such an experience would enhance research productivity,
professional development, and the ability to engage students in
science. We are particularly interested in faculty at institutions
with significant numbers of minority students, though this is not a
requirement.
Interested individuals should send a NSF-style CV, along with a
statement of how such an experience would have an impact on their
teaching and research, to Dr. Ian Billick, director@xxxxxxxxx More
information on the RMBL can be be found at www.rmbl.org.
Ian Billick, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Rocky Mountain Biological Lab
PO Box 519, Crested Butte, CO 81224
phone/fax (970) 349-7231
www.rmbl.org
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:16:51 -0500
From: Bill Harper <wharper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: new Practical Geostatistics Case Studies 2009 book
For those interested in geostatistics, Isobel Clark and I have a new
member of our Practical Geostatistics 2000 series. It is Case Studies
2009. Below is our marketing blurb from http://ecossenorthamerica.com/:
The long requested book of in-depth case studies is here. Just
published in late 2008, we wanted to keep it part of the Practical
Geostatistics 2000 family. Real case studies in which we take you
through each step of our analysis process. These are not partial
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over, learned from, and seen them through to completion. Our path to
addressing real problems in not linear and as we often have to explore
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A must have book for any that have found value in other members of the
Practical Geostatistics 2000 collection.
Best,
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Otterbein College, Towers Hall 139
1 Otterbein College
Westerville OH 43081-2006 USA
Office phone: 614-823-1417 Office Fax 614-823-3201
Faculty page: http://faculty.otterbein.edu/WHarper/
For the best in geostatistics: http://ecossenorthamerica.com/
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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:09:22 +0900
From: Mayuko Tanigawa <popecol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Free access to Population Ecology Special Feature articles
Free access to Population Ecology Special Feature articles
The articles of 'Special Feature: Spatial population synchrony' in
the latest issue (50-4) of Population Ecology is available to everyone
for a limited time, until the 8th of December.
(1) Akiko Satake and Itsuro Koizumi
Population synchrony in ecological systems
(2)Dave Kelly, Walter D. Koenig and Andrew M. Liebhold
An intercontinental comparison of the dynamic behavior of mast seeding
communities
(3) Dave Kelly, Matthew H. Turnbull, Richard P. Pharis and Michal S. Sarfati
Mast seeding, predator satiation, and temperature cues in Chionochloa
(Poaceae)
(4) Takashi Masaki, Teruki Oka, Katsuhiro Osumi and Wajiro Suzuki
Geographical variation in climatic cues for mast seeding of Fagus crenata
(5) Itsuro Koizumi, Shoichiro Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Nomoto and Koji Maekawa
Synchrony in local population dynamics of stream-dwelling Dolly Varden:
do genetically similar groups show similar demography?
(6) Ottar N. Bjornstad, Andrew M. Liebhold and Derek M. Johnson
Transient synchronization following invasion: revisiting Moran's model
and a case study
Regardless of the individual membership of the society or the
institutional registration with SpringerLink, you can view and download
these articles at
http://www.springerlink.com/content/r77491v6j8j6/?p=84a430f7286f4b5ba321e794bbd39ac7&pi=0
Population Ecology is an English scientific journal published by the
Society of Population Ecology four times a year. It enjoys a high
international reputation and has a long history of over 40 years. All
manuscripts are reviewed anonymously by two referees, and the final
editorial decision is made by the Chief Editor based on the referees'
evaluations. The articles are abstracted/indexed in BIOSIS, Current
Contents/ Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Environmental
Periodicals Bibliography (EPB).
Population Ecology welcomes submissions of papers by non-members. To
submit your manuscript to Population Ecology, go to
https://www.editorialmanager.com/poec/
We look forward to your subscription and submission.
Editorial Office
Population Ecology
Chief Editor Takashi Saitoh
Field Science Center
Hokkaido University, Japan
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Michigan Technological University
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