Gladys c on Instagram: “Krebs (2001), #Ecology” Spatial Ecologist 3 year Research Associate. 3-year Research Associate traineeship This vacancy has now closed Based at Wallingford About the role We offer a prestigious Research Associate training programme to develop skilled UK/EU scientists for the future of European environmental research. The three-year training programme offers you the opportunity to gain practical experience of working within our active research projects whilst acquiring specialist and wider skills valuable for your future career.
Description of work area Community & Restoration Ecology Group Main Duties The focus of the role is on the collection, analysis and modeling of ecological data and spatial context to understand the role of biodiversity in supporting ecosystem services and its importance to Natural Capital. You will: Skills and qualifications required on appointment You will have a keen interest in environmental sciences and are likely to have recently completed graduate studies. Training and skills you will acquire. Retired UW prof wins $408,000 for groundbreaking ecology work | Local News. The fax came from Japan, and the news was a big surprise: Robert T. Paine had won an international prize for his contributions to science, an award worth millions of yen (about $408,000) — a prize he’d never heard of before. If he’d never heard of the International Cosmos Prize, you’ve probably never heard of him.
But Bob Paine’s work changed the study of ecology, and his influence on dozens of up-and-coming scientists has helped shape the field to this day. The retired University of Washington zoology professor, who has spent his entire career here, “has certainly had a huge impact on the field of ecology,” said Tim Wootton, a professor of ecology at the University of Chicago and former graduate student of Paine’s. “In his five-decade career, he has trained a thriving dynasty of around 40 students and postdocs, many of whom are now leading ecologists themselves and who consider their time with Paine formative,” according to the science magazine Nature, in a story published in January. Good or evil: what role for the dingo in Australia? A dingo on Fraser Island, Australia. Incidents on Fraser Island have involved dingoes attacking and killing humans - grabbing headlines. But what is going unmentioned is an important debate taking place in the field: are dingoes ecologically beneficial or simply a pest?
Credit: Silje L. Bakke Australia’s approach to dingoes is characterised by conflicting and often extreme views on what roles the dingo should play, if any. This has largely come about due to high-profile cases, such as that of Azaria Chamberlain at Uluru and incidents on Fraser Island, where dingoes have attacked and killed humans. But what goes largely unmentioned is an issue that is polarising Australian scientists working in the field.
Other than humans, the dingo (Canis lupus dingo) is Australia’s largest land predator. From an agricultural perspective, there are sound reasons behind the extirpation of the dingo. The key argument for reintroduction is that dingoes are the top-order predator in Australia. Samuel PÉAN's Portfolio. E. O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation | Introduction. All it takes is a stroll through your local park to see that the world is saturated with life. At a glance, the eye takes in birds, mammals, reptiles, trees. A stretch of ground chosen at random will reveal hordes of plants, insects, tiny worms, fungus and bacteria hidden from the naked eye. Our world is not merely diverse in cultures but in life itself. Scientists have counted almost two million distinct life forms.
That is a mere fraction of what they believe is still waiting to be found. Yet the world’s incredible biodiversity is shrinking fast. The continuing destruction of rain forests—the biodiversity hot spots of the world—is wiping out entire species that have existed for tens of millions of years, and genetically limiting the ones that survive. The most exotic creature in the most remote rain forest is a priceless repository of genetic information, with potential uses for agriculture, technology, and medicine. In Biodiversity, E.O. Entry requirements. Zoology with Conservation degree, Zoology with Conservation undergraduate degree, undergraduate course in Zoology with Conservation, degree in Zoology with Conservation, BSc Zoology with Conservation course, Zoology with Conservation BSc course at Bangor.
This section provides an outline of the content of this Zoology with Conservation BSc (Hons) / MZool (Conservation) course. Each year you'll study a series of modules, some of these are compulsory and others can be selected from a range of optional modules. Year 1 The first year is a general year for all of our zoology related degrees, which will introduce students to several important aspects of modern biology. Students are required to take two compulsory lecture modules, one module in key skills and one practical module. Students can chose to take 30 credits of optional modules. In addition there are tutorials with individual members of staff. Compulsory Modules: Organismal Diversity (20): The module will present an overview of basic classification, form and function of the major groups of living organisms.
Biology Practical Module (20): Students will undertake a range of practicals from molecular and cell biology, through to animal function and ecology. Optional Modules: Year 2 Year 3. Ecology degree, Ecology undergraduate degree, undergraduate course in Ecology, degree in Ecology, BSc Ecology course, Ecology BSc course at Bangor University. Order a Prospectus!
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>> Clearing 2013: the iPhone app Last year the Telegraph website's Clearing search received 175,000 visits, with over 700,000 page views registered on results day alone. The Clearing smartphone apps on Apple and Android received more than 18,000 downloads. Clearing is a vital part of the university admissions process for UK universities. It enables students who wish to enter higher education this autumn, but don't yet have a place they wish to take up, to apply directly to universities for any places that are still available. >> Clearing 2013: the Android app Last year over 55,000 students found a university place through Clearing – an all-time high, which saw a wide range of universities including 17 of the 24 prestigious Russell Group universities advertise places.
Clearing begins on the day A-level results are published (August 15) and the Telegraph's online vacancy listings are now available to search. How does it work? Is Clearing for you? Marine biology.