<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Multiple opportunities for graduate study in global change ecology of
plants and trees are available in the Department of Botany, Oklahoma State
University for Fall 2016. </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">Research and teaching assistantships are
available for study towards an <b>MS in Plant
Biology</b> or a <b>PhD in Plant Science</b>. Potential areas of research could include
(but are not limited to):</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Plant phenological responses to heat and
drought</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Physiological ecology of drought- and
bark beetle-induced tree mortality</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Shifting tree-ring growth and climate
relationships</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Climate change ecology of the eastern
prairie-forest ecotone</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Interactive influences of drought and
fire in vegetation response to climate change</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Management of eastern redcedar expansion
in the central US. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">Research approaches could include
observational studies, manipulative experiments in growth chambers, greenhouse,
and/or field settings, and data synthesis performed at sites in Oklahoma, New
Mexico, and nearby areas of the southwest and south-central US. These assistantships include tuition waivers
and health insurance. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Contact Dr. Henry Adams, </span></b><a href="mailto:henry.adams@okstate.edu"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">henry.adams@okstate.edu</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14pt">, for more
information. </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">In your email, please include brief
description of your research interests, experience, and career goals, and
attach a CV or resume. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">Applications are due to the graduate
college by 1/31/16, but early application is strongly advised for full
consideration of acceptance and support.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Learn more about the Environmental Ecology Lab at </span></b><a href="http://henrydadams.com/"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">http://henrydadams.com</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14pt"> and the
OSU Department of Botany at </span></b><a href="http://botany.okstate.edu/"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">http://botany.okstate.edu/</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></b></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Henry Adams<br>2012 PhD Alumnus<br>Ecology & Evolutionary Biology/ Biosphere 2<br>The University of Arizona</div>
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