Scientific Reports Earth Sciences Table of Contents e-alert: October 2012

01 October 2012      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports             Online-only personal subscriptions now available to Nature Geoscience For only 49 USD/29 GBP/29 EUR  Subscribe now!               Earth & Environmental Sciences               Nettle as a distinct Bronze Age textile plant ▶     C. Bergfjord, U. Mannering, K. M. Frei et al.     It is generally assumed that the production of plant fibre textiles in ancient Europe, especially woven textiles for clothing, was closely linked to the development of agriculture …             Why large porphyry Cu deposits like high Sr/Y magmas? ▶     Massimo Chiaradia, Alexey Ulianov, Kalin Kouzmanov et al.     Porphyry systems supply most copper and significant gold to our economy. Recent studies indicate that they are frequently associated with high Sr/Y magmatic rocks, but the meaning …             Stygoregions – a promising approach to a bioregional classification of groundwater systems ▶     Heide Stein, Christian Griebler, Sven Berkhoff et al.     Linked to diverse biological processes, groundwater ecosystems deliver essential services to mankind, the most important of which is the provision of drinking water. In contrast …             Decline of forest interior conditions in the conterminous United States ▶     Kurt H. Riitters, James D. Wickham     Forest fragmentation threatens the sustainability of forest interior environments, thereby endangering subordinate ecological attributes and functions. We analyzed the spatial …             Stable Isotope Analysis Challenges Wasp-Waist Food Web Assumptions in an Upwelling Pelagic Ecosystem ▶     Daniel J. Madigan, Aaron B. Carlisle, Heidi Dewar et al.     Eastern boundary currents are often described as ‘wasp-waist’ ecosystems in which one or few mid-level forage species support a high diversity of larger predators that are highly …                         Scientific Reports is accepting submissions from all scientific fields. Submit your manuscript now.               • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Faculty Position in Molecular Parasitology     University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center            Research Assistant (postdoctoral) in Statistical Genetics     St George’s University of London            Research Associate in Optics / Vision Science     Kingston University London            Distinguished Research Chair in Astrophysics     Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo            Lecturer     University of Manchester            Assistant Professor     University of Geneva            Young Investigator in Neurogastroenterology     INSERM (French NIH)            PhD position in Cell Biology     Ulm University, Department for Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology             Tenure Track Faculty Position     The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy            Cell Biologist     The Scripps Research Institute          No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. Keep up-to-date with the latest sector trends, vote in our reader poll and sign-up to receive the monthly Naturejobs newsletter.           • Scientific Reports events featured events           natureevents featured events         European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2013     18-20 March 2013 Hamburg, Germany         Nature events is the premier resource for scientists looking for the latest scientific conferences, courses, meetings and symposia. Featured across Nature Publishing Group journals and centrally at natureevents.com it is an essential reference guide to scientific events worldwide.                 Your email address is in the Scientific Reports: Earth Sciences mailing list. You have been sent this Table of Contents Alert because you have opted in to receive it. You can change or discontinue your e-mail alerts at any time, by modifying your preferences on your nature.com account at: www.nature.com/nams/svc/myaccount (You will need to log in to be recognised as a nature.com registrant). For further technical assistance, please contact our registration department For other enquiries, please contact our customer feedback department Nature Publishing Group | 75 Varick Street, 9th floor | New York | NY 10013-1917 | USA Nature Publishing Group's offices: Principal offices: London - New York - Tokyo Worldwide offices: Basingstoke - Boston - Buenos Aires - Delhi - Hong Kong - Madrid - Melbourne - Munich - Paris - San Francisco - Seoul - Washington DC Macmillan Publishers Limited is a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 785998 and whose registered office is located at Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. © 2012 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.