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Hi.  I'm trying to continue an ongoing long-term succession project
(looking at the affect of insect populations on succession of an abandoned
hay field) at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, which has been
semi-funded since 1975.  All the insect sweeps are in various vials of
alcohol needing sorting and identification and all the plant surveys are
neatly categorized by a collaborating botanist.  My role in this project is
to sort and identify to the best of my ability the insect collections,
catalogue the species, and then analyze the entire data set examining
several hypotheses concerning succession.  Being a US citizen, I am
eligible for funding from the US, and would like to apply for some grants;
however, I would like a taxonomist, preferably in the US, to be involved in
the project to help with the identifications (samples would be sent to you)
and assist in obtaining funding to finish the work that has been started
and possibly continue the project for another 5 years.

If you are interested in this type of work, or just in the taxonomy, please
contact me by phone(613 547-4813)or email: 6jaj@qlink.queensu.ca or Dr.
Rudolf Harmsen at (613-545-6136) or harmsenr@biology.queensu.ca as soon as
possible.

Thank-you for your consideration.

Suzie Blatt, Ph.D.