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Hello,

I am a Master's student working in the Landscape Ecology lab at
Carleton University, Ottawa Ontario.  This summer I need a team of keen
and committed volunteers to assist me in my field work.  Upper year or
recent graduates of undergrad biology/ecology are preferred but
consideration will be given to those with relavent experience.

The field research will entail nest monitoring of three Neotropical
migrant bird species in habitat fragments 1 hour outside of Ottawa.  The
purpose of the study is to relate the reproductive success of the study
species to habitat patch size, and percent forest cover in the surrounding
landscape to determine threshold amounts of habitat cover required to
support viable populations.  Volunteers will undergo a training period, and
then will collect data in pairs (often without supervision) in the selected
forest fragments.

The catch is that I can not offer financial assistance to support
volunteer field work.  The positive side is that research assistants will gain
valuable field experience and learn a great deal about bird identification.
I am more than willing to assist in finding cheap accomodation in the
Ottawa area for those who are interested.

If interested, please contact me at one of the following addresses:

Michelle Lee

mlee@ccs.carleton.ca

Biology Dept.
Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON
K1S 5V6