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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Funding

The Research Program at Earthwatch invites proposals for 2004 field grants. Earthwatch is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to sponsoring field research and promoting public education in the sciences and humanities. Past projects have been successfully fielded in, but are not limited to, the following disciplines: animal behavior, biodiversity, ecology, ornithology, endangered species, entomology, botany, and resource and wildlife management. Interdisciplinary projects are especially encouraged as is multinational collaboration. Earthwatch primarily supports post-doctoral researchers or equivalent scholarship, including commensurate life experience. Proposals are welcome from advanced scholars and professionals of any nationality, covering any geographic region. Applicants intending to conduct research in foreign countries are strongly encouraged to include host-country nationals as part of their research staff. More information is available at http://www.earthwatch.org/research/ or from Michelle Jost, Earthwatch, 3 Clocktower Place, Suite 100, Box 75, Maynard, MA 01754-0075, USA, (800) 776-0188 x 214 or (978) 461-0081 x 214, FAX (978) 461-2332, research@earthwatch.org.

The Garden Club of America (GCA) invites applications for US$8000 graduate fellowships in ecological restoration to support specialized study in ecological restoration at a leading accredited university in the United States. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum will administer the fellowships. Selection criteria include the degree to which the proposed fellowship work addresses the objectives of the GCA, as well as the excellence of the student's academic and personal qualifications. For the purposes of this scholarship, "ecological restoration" is defined as "the process of assisting the recovery and management of ecological integrity. Ecological integrity includes a critical range of variability in biodiversity, ecological processes and structures, regional and historical context, and sustainable cultural practices." Letters of application must be received by 15 January 2004. Decisions will be made in March. For guidelines and further information, contact Gregory Armstrong, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, 1207 Seminole Highway, Madison, WI 53711, USA, (608) 262-2748, FAX (608) 262-5209, gdarmstr@facstaff.wisc.edu.

Each year, the Gopher Tortoise Council awards the J. Larry Landers student research award to the best student proposal submitted to the Council. Proposals can address undergraduate or graduate research concerning the biology of the gopher tortoise or any other relevant aspect of habitat conservation in the uplands of the southeastern United States. The amount of the award varies, but has averaged US$1000 over the last few years. Proposals should be limited to four pages and should include a description of the project, a concise budget, and a brief resume of the student. Submit proposals to Bob Herrington, Chair of Research Advisory Committee, Georgia Southwestern State University, Department of Biology, Americus, GA 31709, USA by 31 August 2003. Additional information is available at http://gophertortoisecouncil.org/.

Meetings and Workshops

The 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists will be held 21-25 June 2003 in Lubbock, Texas. Non-members who are interested in attending the meeting or presenting papers should contact Robert Baker, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA, rjbaker@ttu.edu. For additional information and online registration, see http://www.dce.ttu.edu/ASM2003/. For more information about the ASM, see http://www.mammalsociety.org.

The fourth conference of the working group on aquatic birds of the International Society of Limnology, Limnology and Waterbirds 2003, will be held in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada from 4-9 August 2003. The preliminary announcement and the return form of expression of interest are available at http://www.links.umoncton.ca/lw/ or from Amy Marsters, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, P.O. Box 6227, 17 Waterfowl Lane, Sackville, NB E4L 1G6, Canada, (506) 364-5079, FAX (506) 364- 5062, amy.marsters@EC.GC.CA.

The 52nd annual international meeting of the Wildlife Disease Association will be held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada from 11-14 August 2003. This meeting will include presentations and posters on all aspects of wildlife disease, with special sessions on the population effects of disease, immune function and other bioindicators of disease, and cervid diseases. For complete information, visit the conference web site at http://wildlife.usask.ca/WDA2003 or contact Claire Jardine, claire.jardine@usask.ca.

The Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (CREEM) will host introductory and advanced distance workshops from 10-17 September 2003. The aim of these workshops is to train participants in the latest methods for design and analysis of distance sampling surveys, including line and point transects, automated survey designs, adaptive sampling, incorporating covariates into the detection function, and spatial modeling of density. Participants will also learn to use the Distance software program. For further information and forms see http://www.ruwpa.st-and.ac.uk/workshop2002/workshoppage.php or contact Catherine Brown, CREEM, University of St. Andrews, The Observatory, Buchanan Gardens, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9LZ, Scotland, +44 1334 461829, FAX +44 1334 461800, cathy@mcs.st-and.ac.uk.

The seventh Neotropical Ornithological Congress will take place in Chile's Puyehue National Park from 5-11 October 2003. The congress is sponsored jointly by the Neotropical Ornithological Society (NOS) and the Unión de Ornitólogos de Chile (UNORCH). The scientific program will include plenary lectures, concurrent symposia sessions, oral papers, poster sessions, and round-table discussions. English and Spanish will be the working languages of the congress. The deadline for proposals for symposia, workshops, and round-tables is 30 June 2003. Submit proposals and abstracts through the congress web site (http://www.nocchile.cl), available in both English and Spanish. Proceedings will be published as a special peer-reviewed issue or supplement of Ornitologia Neotropical. Membership in the NOS is inexpensive and open to all with interests in the study of birds of the neotropics. For more information vist http://www.neotropicalornithology.org or contact Ellen Paul, epaul@concentric.net.

A symposium on invasive species, Accidental and Purposeful Introductions of Animals: Investigating Species Interactions at Different Trophic Levels, will be held 14-16 October 2003 in Sacramento, California, USA. The symposium will examine both intended and unintended animal invasions in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, with an emphasis on introduced species of vertebrates and their interactions with native animal and plant species. Abstracts for contributed posters and oral sessions must be received no later than 15 June. Authors will be notified no later than 1 August. Symposium proceedings will be published and distributed to all registrants. For instructions on abstract submission or more information, contact Cynthia Graves Perrine, cperrine@dgf.ca.gov. Abstracts also may be submitted online. For more information see http://www.tws-west.org.

The fourth Southern Connections Conference, Towards a Southern Perspective, will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 19-23 January 2004. Southern Connections is a large group of scientists from all continents who study aspects of biology and earth history of the southern continents. The conference will be hosted by the University of Cape Town and affiliated scientists and institutes. Topics will include ecology, biogeography, phylogeny, phylogeography, history, and human land-use. For more information, contact Elizabeth Danckwerts, P.O. Box 2760, Clareinch, 7740, South Africa, +27 21 683 5522, FAX +27 21 674 3269, SC2004@botzoo.uct.ac.za, www.uct.ac.za/conferences/SC2004.

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