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SSAR Grants in Herpetology and Herpetologists’ League Grant Applications

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The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles’ Roger Conant Grants in Herpetology are due Dec 15, 2016. This includes grants for graduate and undergraduate research. The Herpetologists’ League’s E.E. Williams Grant in Herpetology is due Dec 15, 2016 and its Jones-Lovich Grant in Southwestern Herpetology is due 6 January 2017. For more information about the HL grants and the application process see here : http://herpetologistsleague.org/awards-for-hl-students/

How to access Journal of Herpetology

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SSAR members can now access articles from the Journal of Herpetology through our new membership management at Wild Apricot. Once logged into the Wild Apricot page, you can click through “Publications” to “Journal of Herpetology”, and you’ll be rerouted to the BioOne page for the journal. Herpetological Review is available here.

To learn how to access your account on Wild Apricot, please follow the directions in our previous post here: https://ssarherps.org/2016/10/how-to-access-ssar-membership-accounts/ .

How to access SSAR membership accounts

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As we mentioned briefly before, our membership accounts have migrated from ZenScientist to a new host. Here’s what you need to do to access your account:

  • The new site is accessible here: https://ssar.wildapricot.org/
  • If you have Google or Facebook accounts under the same email as your membership, you can try to login via those authentication buttons.
  • Otherwise, enter the email address associated with your account and click “Forgot password” to request a new password.

SSAR publications are available here!

 

2017 Biology, Management, and Conservation of North American Salamanders Training Course

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Amphibian Ark and Zoo Atlanta are pleased to announce the 2017 Biology, Management and Conservation of North American Salamanders training course.

The course will consist of five days of intensive training, including lectures, hands-on practical exercises, and fieldwork, with the goal of providing the students with technical skills necessary for long-term management of ex situ assurance populations of salamanders, from species selection to reintroductions with focus on husbandry, health, biosecurity and population management. Topics covered during the course will include: salamander biology, conservation and management; enclosure design and construction; captive breeding techniques; biosecurity and disease control; monitoring and surveys of wild and captive populations; education and scientific engagement. A field trip is arranged at Wharton Center, GA.

For full information, see the attached PDF: 2017 Salamander Course

Wanted: New SSAR Bloggers!

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Are you a herpetologist? Do you like to write? Blog with SSAR!

We are always seeking people to write new blog posts for our website. Topics should include SSAR-relevant news items such as job openings, new and interesting herpetological publications, SSAR-specific society updates, herpetology-focused meetings (or on talks presented at general meetings that focused on herpetology), and other fun herp facts or videos. Writing blog posts will give people an opportunity to be involved with SSAR and is a perfect opportunity for undergraduates and graduate students, but the opportunity is open to anyone who is interested in contributing. If you would like to contribute blog posts to the SSAR website, please send us an e-mail, and we can provide you with additional information.

Perspective pieces in Journal of Herpetology

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The long-term perspective, about science, conservation or a particular discipline, is often lost. The broader view may be lost in the immediacy and fervor of publishing science that will move us along in understanding the complex world we live in or in facilitating management that will make a difference in the conservation of the beleaguered organisms we study, protect, and love.  Several years ago the Journal of Herpetology began a new series of invited papers. This series was specifically intended to capture the long-term perspective of scientists who had gained that multi-decade view of their field. The pieces were intended to provide a forum for lessons learned, musings about the future of the discipline, and data, yet with the added depth and humanity that makes herpetology a unique science. We intended to chronicle some of the adventures, wisdom and heretofore unpublished data of “giants in our field” and to provide an opportunity for their shared wisdom and tribal lore to be communicated and archived for students, current and future, and for colleagues.

This series has been a success, but we want to draw the readership back to its presence. Publication in this section is by invitation only, and no more than one is published per issue. Papers reflect a multi-decade perspective on a particular herpetological issue, focusing on how the science has changed over the years, on what current views are and what future views might be. These pieces are highly readable because they include an element of anecdote such that readers are drawn not only to the science, but to the person behind that science and the challenges and adventures that highlighted the journey.

Perspectives pieces by the following have been published and more are in preparation.

  • Richard Goris
  • Marvalee Wake
  • Whit Gibbons
  • Pat Gregory
  • Hal Heatwole
  • Eric Pianka
  • Martha Crump
  • Trevor Beebee
  • Rick Shine

Perspectives pieces are archived and can be accessed by members of the Society for the Study or Amphibians and Reptiles here.

If you are not yet a member and would like to become one, click here.

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