Graduate Research Position in Climate Change Ecology We are seeking a student to work on a research project exploring responses of big sagebrush ecosystems to changing conditions including climate change and competition with invasive species, here cheatgrass. The project will combine process-based and statistical simulation models of soil water and regeneration processes to investigate vegetation responses under future conditions (our paper, Schlaepfer et al. 2012 Ecography, describes a similar study approach). The successful candidate will be a member of the Lauenroth/Burke lab at the Department of Botany at the University of Wyoming (www.uwyo.edu), will collaborate with a USGS researcher, and will interact with researchers at the North-Central Climate Science Center.
The successful candidate is a highly motivated and self-reliant student with a bachelor degree in ecology or a related field with considerable programming and modeling experiences. The University of Wyoming is an equal-opportunity employer, and offers a friendly campus atmosphere. The student could participate in the inter-departmental Program of Ecology (PiE). For further details or questions, please contact Daniel Schlaepfer ([email protected]). If you are interested in this opportunity, please include a letter of motivation and your CV. Prof. Lauenroth and Daniel Schlaepfer are currently attending the ESA meeting, and we could arrange an informal meeting. --------- Schlaepfer, DR, Lauenroth, WK & Bradford, JB (2012) Effects of ecohydrological variables on current and future ranges, local suitability patterns, and model accuracy in big sagebrush. Ecography, 35, 374-384 ------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Schlaepfer, PhD Department of Botany University of Wyoming 1000 East University Avenue Laramie, WY 82071 [email protected] http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/Botany/ http://sites.google.com/site/drschlaepfer +1 307 766 2484 phone +1 307 766 2851 fax -------------------------------------------------------
