The Forest Resources Department is offering an opportunity for an M.S. or Ph.D. candidate to study natural hybrids between Abies grandis and A. concolor that occur in the Rocky Mountains of North America. This hybrid zone in central Idaho is the southern extreme of the range of A. grandis , and is currently hundreds of kilometers from extant A. concolor in Utah or northern California. The project would involve the use of molecular genetic tools to document the degree of hybridity in the region, but the student would have considerable latitude in choosing the direction of the graduate project. The assistantship could begin as early as the spring 2001, but will remain open until a qualified person is recruited. To apply, please send a curriculum vitae and letter expressing career interests and goals to Professor Steven J. Brunsfeld , Department of Forest Resources , College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-1133.
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Graduate Student Assistantship , Department of Forest Resources . The Forest Resources Department is offering an opportunity for a Ph.D. candidate to participate in a multi-disciplinary project parameterizing and testing physiological forest models in northern Idaho. This portion of the study aims to better describe the impacts of tree height and stand structure on canopy water flux with the goal of improving estimates of basin water yield. The study site will be the Priest River Experimental Forest in northern Idaho. This site is ideal due to the availability of 85 years of climatic data, forest inventory extending back six decades and 65 years of continuous hydrologic data on Benton Creek.