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2015 Report of the Task Force to evaluate approaches for implementing the network level activities of the Long-Term Ecological Research Network

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Statement of Task: The overall goal of the Task Force was to develop findings and recommendations pertinent to the Next Generation of the LTER Network Office (NG-LNO), with particular attention to potential future developments in information technology. The specific objectives were to: 1) Consider the potential range of network-level services and activities and recommend general… Read more »

Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Spatial Synchrony of Kelp Forest Ecosystems

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The Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia (UVA) seeks a postdoctoral research associate to study the ecology and spatial synchrony of kelp forests in coastal California. As part of an NSF-funded research project, the postdoctoral research associate will investigate the patterns and causes of synchrony (the tendency for populations in different locations… Read more »

USFS Soil Science Postdoctoral Fellowship

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A postdoctoral research opportunity is currently available with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Office of Sustainability and Climate. The opportunity location is negotiable depending on candidate selection and COVID-19 protocols. Apply here: https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/USDA-USFS-2020-0191 Climate change is already changing precipitation regimes in ways that are increasing both flooding and drought events…. Read more »

LTER Sites Central to Several New NSF Critical Zone Cluster Awards

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced ten new awards for its Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZCN), and LTER sites will play a prominent role in four of them. The awards fund a wide range of investigations to better understand the ‘critical zone’, the area of our planet where water, air, soil, rock and living… Read more »

Wildlife Friendly Cities in the face of Covid-19

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Credit: Laura Templeton We’ve all spent the majority of 2020 stuck inside. As we’ve been staring out our windows longing to return to our ‘normal’ lives, where we can meet co-workers in the coffee room or catch up with our favorite podcasts on our commute, we might have noticed some interesting wildlife behavior. Maybe we… Read more »

Assistant Professor in Ecology and/or Evolution – W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) at Michigan State University (MSU)

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The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) at Michigan State University (MSU) is accepting applications for an Assistant Professor position, with a preferred start date of August 2021; this is the first of three planned faculty hires. The ideal candidate in this broadly defined search will have a strong conceptual basis to their research, addressing fundamental… Read more »

PhD position at George Washington University / VCR LTER in plant community ecology and physiology

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The Gedan Lab at George Washington University is recruiting a full-time PhD student to research the response of maritime forest and coastal agricultural plant communities to saltwater intrusion. The research will take place at the Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site and other field sites on the Delmarva Peninsula. The student… Read more »