Two graduate research assistantships (M.S.) will be available in the 2009-2010 academic year in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=107) or the Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (http://www.life.uiuc.edu/peeb/index.htm) at the University of Illinois. Enrollment in Spring 2009 is also possible. Both projects are partially funded by the NSF through the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program and will focus on the consequences of hemlock decline and replacement for biogeochemical cycling. Fieldwork will be conducted at the Coweeta LTER site near Franklin, North Carolina in cooperation with researchers at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, which is part of the Forest Watershed Science Research Work Unit of the US Forest Service. To find out more information, please contact Dr. Jennifer Fraterrigo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801. Additional details are also available on at http://landscape.nres.uiuc.edu/index.html
