Absdigest Digest, Vol 14, Issue 28
James Ha
jcha at u.washington.edu
Tue Oct 16 12:35:28 EDT 2007
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Today's Topics:
1. ISCP Meeting: October 9-11, 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Papini, Mauricio)
2. Job posting: Wildlife Conservation Society (Santiago, Jeanette)
3. PhD opportunity at Kent State University (Patrick Lorch)
4. M.S. Assistanships in Sea Lamprey Behavior and Management
(Michael Wagner)
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Message: 1
From: "Papini, Mauricio" <M.Papini at tcu.edu>
Subject: ISCP Meeting: October 9-11, 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina
International Society for Comparative Psychology 14th Biennial
Meeting, October 9-11, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Keynote speaker:
Stephen Suomi (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Risk, Resilience, and Gene X Environment Interactions in Rhesus Monkeys
and Other Primates"
President's address:
Robert Murphey (University of California-Davis, USA)
"Limits of Natural Selection"
Scheduled symposia involve topics ranging from conservation of endangered
species, to the neuroscience of emotion, recent progress in learning
models, and human causal learning.
Graduate students and other junior scholars are especially encouraged to
attend this meeting.
Additional speakers include, among others (alphabetically): Michael Beran,
Claudio Campagna, Luis Capozzo, Karen Hollis, Masato Ishida, Gavan P.
McNally, Santiago Pellegrini, Andres M. Perez-Acosta, Juan M. Rosas,
Nestor Schmajuk, John Staddon, Steven Stout, Edgar Vogel, Edgar T.
Walters, Daniel A. Wiegmann, and Silvano Zanutto.
Relevant topics:
Evolution and development of behavior
The comparative method in behavioral research
History of comparative psychology
Animal learning, memory, motivation, and emotion
Behavioral neuroscience
Brain, evolution, and behavior
Field studies of animal behavior
Applied animal behavior
Animal welfare and conservation
Theoretical models of behavior
Deadline for symposia proposals: December 1st, 2007.
Deadline for abstracts (oral or posters): March 1st, 2008.
Ruben N. Muzio, ISCP Program Chair
rmuzio at dna.uba.ar
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Message: 2
From: "Santiago, Jeanette" <jSantiago at wcs.org>
Subject: Job posting
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY
Project Director, Lac Télé Community Reserve Project - Congo Country Program
The Wildlife Conservation Society seeks a full time Project Director for
the Lac Télé Community Reserve (LTCR) Project in the Republic of Congo.
The Lac Télé Community Reserve, the sole RAMSAR site in Congo, covers an
area of approximately 4,380 km2 in the Likouala Region, and is one of only
two Central African protected areas that conserve flooded swamp forest.
The Lac Télé - Lac Tumba Forest Landscape (with neighboring DRC)
constitutes a major part of the largest wetland in Africa. The landscape
covers 126,000 km2, of which c. 70% is swamp and seasonally inundated
forest and grassland, and the remainder is terra firma forest and savanna.
The LTCR and its periphery is home to over 12,000 western lowland gorilla
Gorilla g. gorilla and chimpanzee Pan troglodytes. The Reserve is also
important for elephant, hippopotamus and buffalo. Prior to the creation of
the Reserve in 2001, hippo and buffalo populations had been decimated by
severe overhunting. Only now are they recovering as a result of recent
conservation activities. In addition, Lac Télé hosts over 350 species of
birds and is an important breeding ground for waterbirds. Moreover, there
is high biodiversity in the aquatic environment including three species of
crocodile.
Based in the LTCR, the Project Director reports to the ROC Country
Director, provides technical leadership, strategic direction and
representation to government, donors and collaborators. Key site-based
activities, with a total budget of approximately $300,000, include law
enforcement, environmental education, awareness raising, research,
monitoring and capacity building. WCS has begun developing participative
community management plans alongside a popular education program. We have
worked with communities to identify traditional territories and
traditional community laws. These data will be used to create community
natural resource management plans which will be integrated into the
Reserve management plan.
The Project Director should have a MS or PhD (preferred) in a
conservation-related field and written and spoken fluency in French and
English. Candidates must have a minimum of three years experience in
protected area/project management, preferably in Africa. Strong
organizational and proven management skills are essential. Candidates
should also have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal,
as well as strong analytical skills. Strong interpersonal skills, an
ability to work well with a wide variety of people in a team setting, and
an ability to negotiate with government and private sector is necessary,
as is a sense of humor. Candidates with previous work experience with
local communities in NR management are desirable.
Interested candidates should send cover letter citing where they found the
advertisement and CV with subject "LT Project Director" and/or requests
for details to Bryan Curran at: wcsaafrica at wcs.org
<mailto:bcurran at wcs.org> , with copies to Pamela Watim ( <mailto:>
hr at wcs.org <mailto:pWatim at wcs.org> ).
Equal Opportunity Employer
M/F/H/V
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Message: 3
From: Patrick Lorch <plorch at kent.edu>
Subject: PhD opportunity at Kent State University
I am interested in finding a motivated individual to study the evolution
of behavior in the Biological Sciences Department at Kent State University
in Ohio.
Two projects are available, 1. insect swarm formation and movement using
Mormon crickets as a model system, and 2. evolution of sex- differences in
recombination using Drosophila ananassae as a model system (see my web
page for background on these projects).
Previous experience in animal behavior, with Drosophila, and/or with
molecular techniques or immunostaining would be an asset; a strong
interest in evolution and behavior is required.
Position will remain open until filled.
For more information on applying to Kent State see:
http://bioweb.biology.kent.edu/GraduateProgram/How_to_apply.html
For more information on the project see my web page or contact me:
Patrick Lorch
Biological Sciences Dept.
Kent State University
256 Cunningham Hall
Kent, OH 44242-0001 USA
O: 330-672-7888 Lab: 330-672-2514
http://bioweb.biology.kent.edu/facultypages/lorch/lorch.html
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Message: 4
From: "Michael Wagner" <mwagner at msu.edu>
Subject: M.S. Assistanships in Sea Lamprey Behavior and Management
Location: Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife,
East Lansing, MI (http://www.fw.msu.edu <http://www.fw.msu.edu/> ).
Responsibilities: The incumbents will participate in a series of field
experiments in the summers of 2008-2009 to evaluate sea lamprey behavioral
responses to two pheromone cues (one migratory and one mating). The
overall goal of this work is to determine our ability to manipulate sea
lamprey reproductive behavior, with an eye towards developing a new
management strategy based on trapping. However, each student will have the
flexibility in his/her second year to develop and test novel hypotheses
related to pheromone-mediated sea lamprey behaviors.
Project #1 (migratory pheromone) - The student will ascertain the
robustness of migratory sea lamprey behavioral responses to different
mixtures and concentrations of three synthesized migratory pheromone
component through an integrated suite of field experiments designed to
reveal fundamental features of pheromone-mediated sea lamprey migratory
behavior most likely to inform an effective control program. The primary
goals of this effort are to: 1) ascertain the functional role of each
migratory pheromone component during lamprey migration, 2) identify the
most effective recipes for use in proposed control strategies based on
redistribution of migrants and/or trapping, and 3) develop formulas for
applying migratory pheromone in management scenarios.
Project #2 (mating pheromone) - The student will test the robustness of
female sea lamprey behavioral responses to synthesized mating pheromone in
two trapping-for-control management scenarios: 1) applying 3kPZS through
traps integrated into barriers currently operated by the GLFC; and, 2)
applying 3kPZS through free-standing traps dispersed among spawning males
on natural spawning grounds. It is our goal to perform a definitive field
test of a single compound, 3kPZS, in preparation for its registration with
the U.S. EPA under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA) and application to the control of Great Lakes sea lamprey in 2010.
Compensation: stipend of $18,000/year (12 months), health benefits, and
full tuition waiver.
Qualifications: BA/BS in biological sciences. Prefer experience and/or
strong interests in animal behavior, fisheries ecology, fishery
management, or related field. Minimum GRE score of 1100 (verbal +
quantitative) and GPA of 3.2.
Start Date: Positions are available beginning in January 2008.
Contact: Michael Wagner (mwagner at msu.edu). To apply, send cover letter,
CV, contact information for three references, and unofficial transcripts
and GRE scores. The selected applicants will apply to the Fisheries and
Wildlife graduate program. Women and minority candidates are encouraged
to apply.
Michael Wagner
Assistant Professor
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
13 Natural Resources Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1222
517-353-5485
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