Graduate student opportunities in ecology in Rob Fletcher's Lab at the University of Florida
=20 I currently have 1-2 graduate positions available (contingent on funding) in my lab in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (WEC) at the University of Florida. I anticipate taking on 1 master's student and/or 1-2 Ph.D. students starting either spring or fall 2008. All positions will allow students to develop their own research projects under the broad veil of landscape ecology, spatial ecology and behavior, and conservation. Some potential directions include, but are not limited to, developing and testing predictive frameworks for landscape ecology, the use of species distribution models as decision support tools, identifying the consequences of evolutionary traps, understanding the causes and consequences of habitat selection strategies, and interpreting habitat restoration effects at landscape scales. At least one position will focus on research in Florida, but the specific projects and objectives are currently open. One Ph.D. student will develop their own research in the fragmented riparian landscapes of the Madison River, Montana (contingent on funding from NSF and other resources), but will also help Dr. Fletcher in studying habitat selection behaviors of a migratory songbird, the least flycatcher.=20 =20 If you are interested in pursuing a graduate degree with me as your advisor, please send me your CV, GRE scores and GPA, and a brief statement of your research interests, career goals, and why you would like to pursue a graduate degree in my lab prior to December 1 (email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]). For admission to the department, minimum criteria include a GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale for all upper-division undergraduate work and a combined score of 1200 (Verbal + Quantitative) of the GRE. International students also must have scores of 550 on the paper-based (or 213 on the computer-based) TOEFL, unless English is the native tongue or a degree has been obtained from an institution in an English-speaking country. Please see the WEC Graduate Program website for more details on application procedures. Also consult the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at UF for other opportunities regarding graduate admission. For more information on my lab, see: http://plaza.ufl.edu/robert.fletcher/robert.fletcher.html. =20 __________________________________________________ Robert J. Fletcher, Jr.=20 Dept. of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation | PO Box 110430 | 318 Newins-Ziegler Hall | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL 32611-0430 Office: 352-846-0632 | Cell: 406-546-4196 | Fax: 352-392-6984 | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Web: http://plaza.ufl.edu/robert.fletcher/robert.fletcher.html =20
