Research the dynamics of mammalian communities and the relationship
between mammals and Lyme disease ecology, tree seed survival, and forest
composition. Duties include live-trapping small mammals and reliably
recording pertinent data, sampling abundance of ticks, tree seed
collection, and
Job Announcement, Disease Ecology, Spring-Fall 2006
Full-time, temporary (approximately mid May to mid November), paid,
Project Assistants needed for research on the ecology of Lyme disease in
New York's Hudson River Valley. Research in the laboratory of Richard
S. Ostfeld focuses on the