[Pollinator] 3 positions available in the Claire Kremen Lab

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Thanks to Katharina Ullman at the Xerces Society for sending  this.
 

FROM CLAIRE KREMEN: 
Dear colleagues, 
We have several exciting  field assistant opportunities opening up related to 
pollination and pest control  services. 
Please post widely. 
Thanks, 
Claire Kremen  


THREE field assistant positions available in the Kremen  Lab

1. Full time temporary field assistant needed, April 2008 -  August 2008, 
Davis CA (pollination/restoration ecology)
PROJECT: The  Kremen Lab is field testing restoration protocols designed to 
restore floral and  nesting resources needed by native bees on farms in Yolo 
County, CA. Due to the  collaborative nature of this project, this position is 
an ideal opportunity for  a highly motivated individual who is interested in 
applied research, habitat  restoration, pollinator ecology, and/or botany. 
Responsibilities will include  field monitoring of native bees (including specimen 
collection and curation),  data management, plant care (watering), seed 
harvesting and counting, GPS data  collection, vegetation surveys, plant specimen 
collection and curation for  voucher specimens, and working with citizen 
scientists to test simplified  monitoring protocols. This position may be extended 
with the possibility of  promotion after August.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO APPLY: visit _http://jobs.berkeley.edu_ 
(http://jobs.berkeley.edu/)  and enter JOB  NUMBER 008046. 

2. Full time temporary field assistant needed,  March 2008 - July 2008, Davis 
CA (pollination  ecology/agroecology)
PROJECT: The Kremen Lab will be assessing the costs  and benefits to growers 
of maintaining or establishing semi-natural land in  agricultural landscapes. 
This includes: (1) measuring pollination services  provided by restored native 
bee habitat and (2) assessing natural biological  pest control and 
pollination benefits from established hedgerows.  Responsibilities will include plant 
propagation and care, data management, and  seed harvesting and counting. 
Additional responsibilities will includes field  site set up, field monitoring of 
insects (including specimen collection and  curation) and maintaining insect 
populations in the lab. 
FOR MORE  INFORMATION OR TO APPLY: visit _http://jobs.berkeley.edu_ 
(http://jobs.berkeley.edu/)  and enter JOB  NUMBER 008034. 

3. Full time temporary field assistant needed,  April 2008 - August 2008, 
Davis CA (agroecology/pollination  ecology)
PROJECT: Assessing costs and benefits to growers of maintaining  or 
establishing semi-natural land in agricultural landscapes including measuring  natural 
biological pest control and pollination benefits from established  hedgerows 
in Yolo County, CA. Responsibilities will include setting up  collection sites, 
field collections of insects and maintaining insect  populations in the lab. 
While training will be provided, the successful  candidate will be required to 
work in the field and lab without direct  supervision and on their own some 
of the time. Previous field work experience  required for this position. An 
undergraduate or masters degree in biology is an  asset but not required.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO APPLY: contact Dr. Lora  Morandin at 
_lora_morandin at berkeley.edu_ (mailto:lora_moranding at berkeley.edu)  This  position will soon 
be posted at _http://jobs.berkeley.edu_ (http://jobs.berkeley.edu/) .



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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Katharina Ullmann

California Pollinator Conservation Coordinator

5265 Putah Creek Rd, Winters, CA 95694 USA

Tel: 530-510-0976

Email: _katharina at xerces.org_ (mailto:katharina at xerces.org) 



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