UNDERGRADUATE FIELD ASSISTANTS – FOREST ECOLOGY RESEARCH
Three field assistants are needed to assist with NASA-funded research by
the UW-Madison Forest Ecosystem Remote Sensing Lab in WI and MN forests
for the summer of 2008. Students are needed around June 1, 2008 through
August 15, 2008, with the potential to continue as lab assistants into
the fall.
Work involves sampling in jackpine, spruce-fir, ash and northern
hardwood stands in NW Wisconsin and northern Minnesota. The work will
require travel, generally for 5-7 days at a time. Lodging during
extended travel may include a mix of field stations and occasional
camping. Although most of the work is in Wisconsin and Minnesota, one
7-10 day trip to the Appalachians may also occur at in early August.
We will be sampling forest composition and tree physiological
properties. Some of the work will involve basic forest inventory, while
other efforts will include various measurements of leaves retrieved from
the forest canopy. At least one of the field assistants should be
experienced and comfortable using a 12-gauge shotgun, which will be use
to shoot leaves out of the tree canopies. Other efforts include species
identification, collection and labeling of leaves sampled from the
trees, and making measurements of the leaves using a field
spectroradiometer and other devices. Love of the outdoors and forests a
must! Academic interest in ecology and the environment also helpful.
For more information and to apply, please contact:
Clayton Kingdon
Department of Forest & Wildlife Ecology
University of Wisconsin
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: 608-262-3296
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Phil Townsend
Associate Professor
Forest Remote Sensing Lab
rs.forest.wisc.edu
Forest & Wildlife Ecology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1630 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
phone: 608.262.1669 fax: 608.262.9922
