ABSNet Digest, Vol 16, Issue 30
Shan Duncan
sdduncan at abs.animalbehavior.org
Fri Nov 14 15:50:08 EST 2008
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Editor: Shan D. Duncan Internet: sdduncan at abs.animalbehavior.org
Editorial Support: * James C. Ha Internet: jcha at u.washington.edu
Today's Topics:
1. Graduate Study at UCLA
2. Position announcement
3. Call for Abstracts - Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference
4. BCI Workshops
5. GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITY : 2009 EMERGING PUBLIC POLICY
LEADERSHIP AWARD
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:28:37 -0800
From: Dan Blumstein <marmots at ucla.edu>
Subject: Graduate Study at UCLA
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The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA welcomes
applications for graduate study. Our PhD support packages provide
guaranteed support packages of $26,000 per year along with research
seed money.
Visit our website http://www.eeb.ucla.edu and learn about our
department's interdisciplinary strengths animal behavior,
conservation biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, marine biology,
paleobiology, plant biology, physiological ecology, theoretical
biology and tropical biology.
The hiring of John Novembre, Jamie Lloyd-Smith, and Steve Hubbell
strengthens UCLA's theoretical biology group, the arrival of Patty
Gowaty strengthens our interdisciplinary animal behavior group, and
the addition of Novembre, Michael Alfaro, and Paul Barber to existing
faculty make UCLA one of the best places to study phylogeography and
quantitative evolution.
We are committed to the recruitment and education of underrepresented
minorities.
Prospective students are encouraged to contact potential faculty
advisors prior to applying. Our application deadline is 1 December;
applications can be submitted on-line.
--
Daniel T. Blumstein
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Graduate Studies
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 10:08:36 -0500
From: "Schneider, Stan" <sschnedr at uncc.edu>
Subject: RE: position announcement
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Chair, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte
Chair, The Dept. of Biology, UNC Charlotte, effective July 1, 2009.
12-month appointment. Required qualifications: 1) a doctoral degree in
the biological sciences; 2) a distinguished record of scholarship and
teaching, appropriate for appointment as a full professor; and 3)
evidence of strong administrative skills. Desired qualifications:
prev. admin. experience; a record of securing external funding. A full
description of the position and application details can be found at
http://www.bioweb.uncc.edu. Applications must be made electronically at
https://jobs.uncc.edu and must include a CV and statements on research,
teaching and leadership/management style. Informal inquiries can be
made to the Search Committee co-Chairs, Charles Brody (cbrody at uncc.edu)
and Stan Schneider (sschnedr at uncc.edu). Review of applications will
begin Dec. 15, 2008 and continue until the position is filled. All
inquires and applications will be treated as confidential.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is an EOE/AA employer
and an
ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which
the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained. Therefore,
we celebrate diversity that includes, but is not limited to
ability/disability, age, culture, ethnicity, gender, language, race,
religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status.
Dr. Stan Schneider
Department of Biology
University of North Carolina
Charlotte, NC 28223
704-687-8527
http://www.bioweb.uncc.edu/Faculty/Schneider/index.htm
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:15:55 -0600
From: Travis Hinkelman <travis.hinkelman at gmail.com>
Subject: Call for Abstracts - Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference
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The *Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (MEEC) *will be hosted at
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from March 27-29, 2009. This
conference is for graduate and undergraduate students to present
research via oral paper and poster presentations. Keynote speakers will
include David Quammen, David Hillis, and Svata Louda. For more
information about MEEC 2009, please visit midwesteec.org
<http://midwesteec.org>.
While faculty and post-docs are not allowed to present at MEEC 2009,
they are strongly encouraged to attend to support and network with top
students from throughout the Midwest. All MEEC attendees must register
for the conference.
Abstract submission and meeting registration should be completed online
at midwesteec.org <http://midwesteec.org>.
* Abstract Submission Deadline: *February 15, 2009*
* Conference Registration Deadline*: February 15, 2009*
* Hotel Special Rate Deadline*: February 15, 2009*
Sincerely,
MEEC 2009 Steering Committee
TJ Bliss, Chair
Matthew Giovanni
Travis Hinkelman
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:30:53 -0600
From: Shan Duncan <sdduncan at abs.animalbehavior.org>
Subject: BCI Workshops
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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:20:23 -0600
From: workshops <workshops at batcon.org>
To: jcha at u.washington.edu
Subject: BCI Workshops
Hello all,
I am pleased to announce the dates and locations for Bat Conservation
International's 2009 Bat Conservation & Management workshops in
Arizona, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. For the sixth consecutive year,
BCI will also be hosting an Acoustic Monitoring workshop to be held in
Arizona.
Please help BCI spread the word by posting information on your
organization’s website/list serve, distributing this information
to key contacts in your organization, and informing any of your
colleagues who may benefit from the training offered in these
workshops. Below are brief workshop descriptions. For your
convenience, I have attached workshop fliers to this e-mail.
Additional information and registration forms are available on BCI's
website: http://batcon.org/workshops
Experiences at each workshop are designed to teach new techniques,
refresh old ones and foster an interest in pro-active conservation,
education, and research projects. Please contact me if you have
questions or need more information. Thank you in advance for sharing
this important opportunity with others.
Sincerely,
Peg Lau Hee
Workshops Coordinator
workshops at batcon.org
Bat Conservation International
2009 BAT CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS
Each year, Bat Conservation International (BCI) offers a series of
comprehensive, introductory field workshops to train serious students
of bat conservation in current research and management techniques for
the study of bats. Following an intensive 6-day, 5-night agenda,
participants will experience a combination of lectures and
discussions, field trips to view bat habitat resources and hands-on
training to catch and identify bats. Learn species identification,
netting, radio-tracking, night-vision observation and habitat
assessment while working in extraordinary settings.
An Arizona workshop in the Chiricahua Mountains emphasizes western
bats. The Chiricahuas offer a biodiversity unequalled anywhere else in
North America. You can expect to see, capture and handle as many as 18
bat species in a single evening, and then watch endangered long-nosed
bats visit hummingbird feeders at your front door. Participants have
also enjoyed spotting ring-tailed cats, coatis, and trogans. BCI
workshop veteran Janet Tyburec, along with BCI biologists and
professional colleagues will share a wealth of knowledge on species
identification (including by echolocation calls), bat conservation,
management, education, public health and nuisance issues, artificial
habitats and much more. We will stay at the American Museum of Natural
History’s famous Southwestern Research Station, where you will
enjoy superb dining with researchers from around the world. Two
sessions: May 5-10 and May 11-16, 2009. Each session limited to 16
people. Departure city: Tucson, AZ. Co!
st: $1,395
A Kentucky workshop will focus on underground environments and their
importance to bats, including the federally endangered gray and
Indiana myotis. In partnership with the National Park Service at
Mammoth Cave, students will explore cave habitats and learn to assess
past bat use by identifying hibernation staining and quantifying
historic guano piles. All fieldwork here is part of a vital, long-term
inventory program for the Park Service. One session: July 14-19, 2009.
This workshop is limited to 20 people per session. Departure city:
Nashville, TN. Cost: $1,395
Our Pennsylvania workshop highlights eastern bats and their habitats.
We’ll net, trap and release bats over trout streams and beaver
ponds, observe endangered Indiana bats swarming at a mine entrance,
watch 20,000 little brown myotis in a spectacular dawn return to their
roost at a restored church and examine them up close. Workshop co-
leader Cal Butchkoski of the Pennsylvania Game Commission is a leading
expert on surveying and radio-tracking Indiana bats, as well as one of
America’s most successful builders of bat houses and other
artificial roosts. Cal and Janet Tyburec, joined by local consultant
John Chenger, will share a wealth of knowledge covering all aspects of
bat conservation, management, education and public health and nuisance
issues. Home cooking is but one of many unexpected treats at historic
Greene Hills Manor, our workshop headquarters. One session: August
14-19, 2009. This session is limited to 20 people. Departure city:
Harrisburg, PA. Cost: $!
1,395
2009 ACOUSTIC MONITORING WORKSHOP
BCI is offering an acoustic monitoring workshop session at the
Southwestern Research Station in Portal, Arizona. This workshop will
cover hardware and software including Anabat and SonoBat and teach
call identifications and how to develop a monitoring program.
Participants will learn directly from software developers Chris Corben
and Joe Szewczak, along with acoustic experts Sybill Amelon and Ted
Weller. The format will be similar to BCI's Bat Conservation and
Management workshops, combining discussions of current research with
hands-on demonstrations and fieldwork. Each night, we will be
capturing bats and developing call libraries so participants can
return to their home study areas and begin their own projects armed
with knowledge and experience. BCI will have equipment available, but
participants are encouraged to bring there own systems. The Acoustic
Monitoring Workshop is an advanced workshop designed for graduates of
previous BCI workshops and/or experienced bat worke!
rs. One session: May 11-16, 2000. Acoustic Monitoring workshop is
limited to 15 people. Departure city: Tucson, Arizona. Cost: $1,595
For additional information, registration forms and scholarship
applications, visit www.batcon.org/workshops or contact Peg Lau Hee,
Workshops Coordinator, at BCI, PO Box 162603, Austin, TX 78716;
512-327-9721; workshops at batcon.org.
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:31:45 -0600
From: Shan Duncan <sdduncan at abs.animalbehavior.org>
Subject: GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITY : 2009 EMERGING PUBLIC POLICY
LEADERSHIP AWARD
To: absnet-post at abs.animalbehavior.org
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GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITY :
2009 EMERGING PUBLIC POLICY LEADERSHIP AWARD
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS, www.aibs.org) is
pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for the 2009
AIBS
Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award (EPPLA). The EPPLA program
enables
graduate students in the biological sciences to receive first-hand
experience in the science policy arena.
Recipients receive:
- A trip to Washington, DC, during spring 2009 to participate in a
Biological and Ecological Sciences Coalition (BESC) Congressional
Visits Day
(target dates are 21-22 April 2009). The BESC CVD is an annual event
that brings
scientists to Washington , DC , to advocate for federal funding for the
biological sciences.
- The EPPLA will attend briefings by key officials from the White
House and Congress and a Capitol Hill reception honoring a member of
Congress.
- The EPPLA will meet with their Representative and Senators.
- A certificate and 1-year AIBS membership, including subscription to
BioScience and a copy of Communicating Science: A Primer for Working
with the Media.
For application details and requirements, go to:http://www.aibs.org/announcements/081031_aibs_accepting_applications_2009.html
Applications must be received by 5:00 PM eastern, 6 February 2009.
Dr. Jan Randall
Department of Biology
San Francisco State University
San Francisco ,
Ca 94132
jrandall at sfsu.edu
janners98 at yahoo.com
jan at janrandall.org
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Contact Addresses:
James Ha
Department of Psychology and National Primate Research Center
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
Shan D. Duncan
Animal Behavior Society Central Office at Indiana University
402 N. Park St, Bloomington, IN 47405
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