Benson () Senior Wildlife Ecologist at INHS and Research Associate Professor in NRES. Auriel Fournier (), an Assistant Research Scientist and Director of the Forbes Biological Station () at the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS ) and Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences () and Dr. Travel costs, including rustic housing, will be provided while in the field. The student will work closely in collaboration with Colorado Parks and Wildlife during the field work and throughout the project. Research activities will be conducted in southeastern Colorado from March-July 20. The successful candidate will lead a technician in collecting data about occupancy and habitat use of Eastern Black Rails across several sites, assessing the role habitat plays in Eastern Black Rail breeding success and also work to determine a survey framework for estimating abundance of the secretive species. The project is focused on the Eastern Black Rail (a federally threatened species) along the lower Arkansas River in Colorado. A detailed research proposal describing objectives, data collection, and analyses as well as a written thesis are partial requirements of the Masters of Science degree. The successful candidate would be hired as a technician by Colorado Parks and Wildlife from March-July 2022 to collect the first year of pilot data on the project, and then begin as a master’s student at UIUC in August 2022. Agency University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Location Urbana Champaign, Illinois Job Category Graduate Assistantships Salary 50% Assisstantship Start Date Last Date to Apply Description Project Description: A Masters of Science research assistant position is available starting the Fall 2022 Semester at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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