PhD plant ecology, USA

The Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management at
Colorado State University announces the availability of four PhD
assistantships in invasive plant ecology and management. These
positions provide a full stipend and research support for the pursuit
of a PhD degree within the Department's graduate program or within
the University's interdisciplinary Graduate Degree Program in Ecology.

The research topics for these assistantships are:
- Precision mapping, modeling, monitoring, and integrated management
of key invasive plants on riparian and upland sites in the Colorado
front range
(with advisors Phil Westra (pwestra@lamar.colostate.edu) and Tom
Stohlgren (toms@NREL.colostate.edu))

- Adaptive management of secondary invasions following tamarisk removal
(With advisor Scott Nisson (snissen@lamar.colostate.edu) and
collaborators Phil Westra, Anna Sher, and Ken Lair).

- Resource-based variation in weed tolerance to herbivory and
biological control efficacy
(With advisor Andrew Norton (apnorton@lamar.colostate.edu)).

- Comparative invasion ecology and management of black henbane
(Hyoscyamus niger)
(With advisor Ruth Hufbauer (hufbauer@lamar.colostate.edu)).

Join the outstanding ecology, entomology and weed science programs at
Colorado State University! See us at:
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/bspm/
http://www.ecology.colostate.edu/
http://www.NREL.colostate.edu/

For more information and application instructions, please email the
contact person listed for each project. Successful applicants will
be expected to begin their degree program in 2008. If you are
interested, contact the relevant person as soon as possible.

CSU is an EO/AA employer.




Ruth A. Hufbauer
Associate Professor
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hufbauer/
Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
Colorado State University
1177 Campus Mail
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177
USA

office: C147 Plant Sciences (970) 491-6945
lab: E113/115 Plant Sciences (970) 491-5984
fax: (970) 491-3862
email: hufbauer@lamar.colostate.edu


hufbauer@lamar.colostate.edu