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Ph.D. GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP ON TEXAS HORNED LIZARDS: I seek to fill a
graduate research assistantship with a student having a M.S. in wildlife
science, zoology, biology, or related field to study conservation, ecology,
and management of the Texas horned lizard on an urban military installation.
Work will include telemetry of horned lizards, sampling of vegetation and ant
prey base, habitat modeling, and translocation.
Qualifications: independent but able to work well in a team setting and
with
agency personnel, great work ethic, GIS experience, minimum of 1100 verbal +
quantitative GRE score. Incipient interest in ants would be a plus.
Graduate stipend is $1,218/mo with complete tuition waiver and health
insurance. Starting date: 1 May 2006.
Submit letter of interest, resume, copies of GRE scores and transcripts
and
names and phone numbers of 3 references to: Dr. Eric C. Hellgren, Cooperative
Wildlife Research Laboratory, Mailcode 6504, Department of Zoology, Southern
Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-6504. 618-453-6941 (phone);
618-453-6944 (fax); E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail applications are
encouraged. Application review will continue until a student is chosen.
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Michael W. Sears, Ph.D.
Associate Editor, Herpetologica
Assistant Professor
Center for Ecology
Department of Zoology
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901
phone: 618-453-4137
web: http://equinox.unr.edu/homepage/msears
http://www.ecology.siu.edu
"Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly
high degree of improbability" Sir Ronald A. Fisher (1890-1962)
