Plant Ecologist/Restoration Ecologist (Position RA-09-022L): The USDA, Agricultural Research Service, in Burns Oregon seeks a Research Ecologist (Postdoctoral Research Associate) for a 2-yr appointment. The overall aim of this research is to design and implement novel approaches for restoring disturbed and degraded shrub steppe communities threatened by invasive annual grasses. Specific duties include: 1) Designing and testing a framework that links plant functional traits to invasion resistance 2) Developing decision support tools that integrates functional trait variation of native and introduced plant material with known species ecological requirements to advance the design of reseeding mixtures and approaches to revegetating disturbed shrub steppe systems. Ph.D. in Plant Ecology, Restoration Ecology or a closely related field is required. Knowledge of field experimentation, experimental design, and statistics is required. Knowledge of plant-soil relationship, plant ecophysiological concepts and experience developing outreach material is desirable. Review of applicants will begin feb 1. Annual salary is $54k plus benefits. Citizenship restrictions apply. Please include a cover letter and contacts for references along with the application material specified at http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/pd962.html. Contact Dr. Jeremy James at 541-573-8911 [email protected] for additional information
