We are seeking a motivated graduate student to study plant competition in the Mojave Desert of California starting in January 2014. This collaborative research project is funded in part by USGS and comes with the possibility of a paid summer internship with the Las Vegas USGS field office, as well as research and teaching scholarship support during the academic term. The research focuses on the blackbrush community of the Mojave Desert and aims to develop improved understanding of its climatic, edaphic and ecological constraints. The student will gain experience in ecophysiological field methods, including meteorological instrumentation, photosynthesis measurements and stable isotope analysis of water. The student must be able to work under strenuous outdoor conditions and spend a significant amount of time at the field site near the Nevada/California border. For more information, contact Dr. Susan Schwinning. Visit the lab’s webpage at www.susan-schwinning.net/Lab/ and the Biology Department’s webpage at www.bio.txstate.edu.
Susan Schwinning Associate Professor Biology Department Texas State University - San Marcos San Marcos, Texas 78666 Phone: 512-245-3753 Email: [email protected]
