Sagebrush Pollinator Ecology
Graduate Student Name
Lauren Gramberg
Email Address
Faculty mentor/Supervisor
Jim Rivers
Email Address (Faculty mentor/Supervisor)
Department Affiliation
Forest Engineering Resources & Management
Job Location
Corvallis, OR
Description of project or research opportunity
The sagebrush bees project is investigating the response of wild bee communities to the spread of invasive annual grasses in sagebrush-steppe ecosystems. Based in eastern Oregon's Steens Mountain, the objectives of this project will provide supporting information of how pollinator communities are shifting as the wildfire-invasive grass cycle grows across much of the western US. In quantifying the bee communities across Steens Mountain and across the invasive grass gradient, sampling must include lethal take in order to record presence at a species-level scale.
Tasks student will perform
For this project we are looking for assistance to help sort, pin, and label bee specimens (bees that have been collected in eastern Oregon). The student may also have the option of participating in field work (hand-netting bees and conducting vegetation surveys at Steens Mountain sites) in mid-summer with graduate student Lauren Gramberg.
Special skills required
Preference for a student who is proficient in excel data entry, comfortable working alone in a lab setting, has a strong attention to detail, and comfortable performing repetitive tasks. A student who is passionate about entomology, pollinator ecology, or wildfire-rangeland relationships would likely enjoy this project.
Proposed dates of employment
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Anticipated hours worked per week
8-10