My field season is wrapping up and I am losing all my student help prior to my last trip into the field. I am looking for one or two students, post students, and others interested in climate change research that would like to assist with a project to assist me on my last trip. The work will be collecting my last round of LAI-2000 Leaf Area Index (LAI) and fraction of absorbed PAR by the vegetation (FPAR) data within my wildfire chronosequence sites up in Thompson Manitoba Canada. Of course this is in the heart of the boreal forest and will require a 2 day drive both there and back to the field site.
The research is dealing with remotely monitoring vegetation phenology and the light harvesting potential of the vegetation strata within the sites. The questions asked are those directly related to climate change and its impacts on boreal vegetation and wildfire disturbance regime. The work will be not a 40/ hour per week situation but instead work when weather permits, ect until finished. I can pay you 8.00/hour (slightly negotiable) and your lodging is taken care of in Thompson as well as on the way there and back if needed. Other secondary duties will be collecting data on the moss/ground cover layer as well as downloding data loggers that are monitoring vegetation phenology. Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to come with. I would like to leave by the 16th or 17th of this month and I expect to return no later than August 30th/31st.
