[ECOLOG-L] PhD research at UW-Madison – Ecological change in Pine Barrens

Graduate Research Assistantship – Ecological change in Pine Barrens. A 50% time graduate research assistantship is available beginning in June or July 2011. The work involves carefully resurveying pine barrens sites first surveyed by J.T. Curtis and students more than 50 years ago to assess

[ECOLOG-L] graduate research position - UW-Madison (deer impacts/plant monitoring)

A graduate Research Assistantship will potentially become available with Don Waller’s research group at University of Wisconsin-Madison in Summer or Fall 2010. The RA will participate in developing a state-wide native plant monitoring program aimed at quantifying deer impacts and abundances and

[ECOLOG-L] Summer field crew leader - Wisconsin forest dynamics

The Waller lab at UW-Madison seeks someone knowledgeable in temperate forest understory plant identification to lead a summer field crew in southern Wisconsin. We prefer to hire an individual with student status in the fall, but will also consider non-students with the skills we are looking

[ECOLOG-L] Penetrometers (Pesola Spring Scales??)

Our lab is looking for reasonably-priced and transportable equipment to measure soil and leaf properties. We need a soil penetrometer and would also like to measure leaf toughness (i.e., tensile strength and potentially penetration force). This doesn’t have to all come from one piece of

[ECOLOG-L] Field crew leader - plant ecology research in Wisconsin

The Waller lab in the department of Botany at the University of Wisconsin- Madison seeks an enthusiastic person ideally skilled in identification of Midwestern forest plants (herbs, shrubs, and trees) and with some prior ecological fieldwork experience. This person will lead a crew of 2-3