Graduate Assistantships in Forest Ecology are available for study at the M.S./Ph.D. level in the Department of Environmental and Plant Biology (<http://www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/>http://www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/) at Ohio University (<http://www.ohio.edu/>http://www.ohio.edu/), Athens, OH. The department has 13 full-time faculty, five of whom are affiliated with the Forest Ecology focus group.
General areas of study include: ecophysiology, population biology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, and landscape ecology. Specific research emphases include: restoration ecology, conservation biology, invasive species biology, and environmental stress. Our ecology group emphasizes research in the eastern deciduous forest (<http://www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/epb/faculty/research/for_ecolindex.htm>http://www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/epb/faculty/research/for_ecolindex.htm). Detailed information about our graduate programs can be found at <http://www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/epb/grad/graduate.htm>http://www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/epb/grad/graduate.htm. Online application and admissions information can be found at: <http://www.ohio.edu/graduate/apply.cfm>http://www.ohio.edu/graduate/apply.cfm. Questions concerning graduate study should be directed towards individual faculty. All application materials (including GREs, transcripts, and letters of recommendation) should be received by 15-January-2008 for September (or earlier) admission. Brian C. McCarthy, Ph.D. Professor of Forest Ecology Dept. of Environmental and Plant Biology 317 Porter Hall Ohio University Athens, OH 45701-2979 USA eml [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel 740-593-1615 fax 740-593-1130 www http://www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/epb/faculty/faculty/bcm.htm
