he Resetarits Lab at Texas Tech is seeking PhD. students to work on projects at the interface between community, behavioral, and evolutionary ecology. Current work focuses on the role of habitat selection in the assembly of communities and the dynamics of metacommunities, and the role of species diversity in community assembly/ecosystem function. I also have a long-standing interest in complex life histories (e.g., amphibians, insects). Focal taxa include amphibians, aquatic insects, and fish, while habitats range from small ephemeral, coastal plain ponds to headwater mountain streams. Primary projects are based at Tyson Research Center of Washington University, in St. Louis, MO, but opportunities exist to develop projects elsewhere, including Mountain Lake Biological Station in Virginia, and coastal North Carolina. Students are expected to develop their research projects (empirical and/or theoretical) around the larger themes identified above. Funding for past and ongoing research has come primarily from the National Science Foundation. Texas Tech has a dynamic group of ecologists and evolutionary biologists, many of whom work at the interface between ecology, evolution, and behavior. Funding for both research and teaching assistantships are available to support students. For more information or to apply, please attach a letter of interest and resume (including contact information for 3 references) to Dr. William Resetarits. http://www.myweb.ttu.edu/wresetar/
