Tag Archives: modeling
PhD Position: Tropical Forest Fire Modeling, Lancaster University
Lancaster University has a PhD position open in Tropical Forest Fires, Climate, Remote Sensing and Models in the Lancaster Environment Center. Satellite remote sensing data linked with computer models of the Earth system are becoming progressively more complex, but they … Continue reading
Research Highlight: Model-specification uncertainty in future forest pest outbreak
Yan Boulanger (Canadian Forest Service) and colleagues recently published a study on model predictions of future spruce budworm outbreaks. The study compared predictions and model uncertainty using a variety of data sets and correlative methods, multiple forcing scenarios, and different … Continue reading
PhD Position: Wildfire and Landscape Ecology, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Description: A PhD research assistantship is available to study wildfire and landscape ecology at the Pine Ridge Biologically Unique Landscape (BUL) as part of Dr. Dirac Twidwell‘s Research Team at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. The Pine Ridge BUL is … Continue reading
PhD Position: Forest Landscape Modeling of Fire Ecology, University of Missouri
The Department of Forestry at the University of Missouri is seeking a PhD graduate assistant to model effects of fuels treatments on reduction of fire risk and restoration of oak-pine forests in Central Hardwood Forest landscapes. This position will be … Continue reading
Graduate Position: Fire Ecology of Hardwood Forests, Purdue University
Mike R. Saunders, Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR), Purdue University is seeking M.S. and/or Ph.D. students for a long-term research project investigating the influence of both prescribed fire and gap-based harvesting to … Continue reading
Post-doctoral position in Paleoecology, University of California, Merced
A postdoctoral position is available to work in the lab of Dr. Jessica Blois at the University of California, Merced. Funding will be to develop paleo-species distribution models of fossil pollen and mammals across eastern North America, as part of … Continue reading
AGU Session: Ecological Disturbance, Dec 9-13, 2013
The AGU fall meeting is accepting abstracts for the session “B025: Ecological Disturbance: observing and predicting the impacts of landscape disturbance.” Abstract Deadline is August 6, abstracts can be submitted here. Description: Ecological disturbance is a fundamental driver of terrestrial … Continue reading
AGU Session: Improving Predictions of the Global Carbon Cycle, Dec 9-13, 2013
The 2013 AGU Fall Meeting will have a special session titled, “B050. New Mechanisms, Feedbacks, and Approaches for Improving Predictions of the Global Carbon Cycle in Earth System Models“. This session will highlight the influence of global carbon and nutrient … Continue reading
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