Wildlife Responses to Cover Cropping: Purdue University

School: Purdue University

Location: West Lafayette, Indiana

Job Category: Graduate Assistantships

Website: https://ag.purdue.edu/fnr/Pages/Profile.aspx?strAlias=rswihart&intDirDeptID=15

Salary: 12-month stipend, full tuition, and insurance

Start Date: 08/15/2017

Last Date to Apply: 12/15/2016

 

Description:

    Graduate student (PhD and MS) assistantships available to participate in research projects exploring responses of mammals and birds to cover crops in corn and soybean agroecosystems. Projects will involve comparative field studies and experiments in conjunction with quantitative modeling and analysis. Possible foci include vole population dynamics and determinants of damage to soybeans, cover crop impacts on spatial distribution and density of upland game species, and cascading effects of cover crops on avian predators.

 

Qualifications:

    Minimum qualifications include a BS (for MS position) or MS (for PhD position) in Wildlife Biology, Ecology, or related field; GPA of 3.2 or greater; and above average GRE scores (at least 50th percentile for quantitative and verbal; at least 4.0 for analytical writing). For full consideration, please respond by 15-December-2016 and submit via email a cover letter, CV, GRE scores (unofficial is fine), transcript (unofficial is fine), and names and contact numbers of three references. For more information please contact: Robert K Swihart (rswihart@purdue.edu).