[ESSP] Arctic Field Ecology course

[Charlene D'Avanzo]

Date:    Mon, 4 Apr 2005 12:56:55 -0400
From:    William A Gould <wgould at FS.FED.US>
Subject: Arctic Field Ecology course 2005 (please pass to interested students)

Hi,

We are offering an opportunity for undergraduate or graduate students to
participate in the Arctic Field Ecology program this summer.

Arctic Field Ecology is taught by vegetation and landscape ecologist Bill
Gould and soil ecologist Grizelle González, both from the International
Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico and working on ecological
research from the arctic to the tropics.
The course is integrated with the Biocomplexity in the Environment research
effort investigating arctic patterned ground features and their ecological
implications: (http://www.geobotany.uaf.edu/cryoturbation/).

There are four unique aspects to the course that make it a truly remarkable
experience:
1. The class will visit a number of remote sites in the Canadian Arctic,
including Bathurst Inlet, Inuvik, Banks Island, Prince Patrick Island, and
Ellef Ringnes Island in order to experience the ecological variation along
the complete climatic gradient of the arctic and to investigate the role of
climate on landscape patterns and processes.
2. The class will interact in the field with leading experts in Arctic
phytosociology, soil invertebrates, soil and ecosystem ecology, remote
sensing, permafrost, and soils including Drs. Fred Daniels, Nadya
Matveyeva, Olga Makarova, Skip Walker, Charles Tarnocai, Vladimir
Romanovsky, Chien-Lu Ping, Howie Epstein, and the instructors.
3.  The class will develop a youth-elder-science camp on the shores of
Bathurst Inlet and participate in sharing our understanding of the Arctic
landscape with local Inuit youth and elders.
4. The class is an international learning experience with participants from
the US, Canada, Russia, Germany, Puerto Rico, and elsewhere.

Arctic Field Ecology is offered for credit by the University of Minnesota
Itasca Field Biology program and has been ongoing for several years.
The course will begin and end in Inuvik, Canada.
The dates are July 26 to August 18, 2005.

Current (2005) applications are available at
http://muskox.com/acrobat/app_arctic.pdf
General information about the program is available on the web at
http://muskox.com

For further information please contact the instructors:
Bill Gould wgould at fs.fed.us, 787-766-5335 xt. 302
Grizelle González ggonzalez at fs.fed.us 787-766-5335 xt. 112


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Bill Gould, Research Ecologist
International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Jardín Botánico Sur
1201 Calle Ceiba
Río Piedras PR  00926-1119
Telephone:787-766-5335 ext. 302, fax:787-766-6302,
wgould at fs.fed.us
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Charlene

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Charlene D'Avanzo
Professor of Ecology
Dean, School of Natural Sciences
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA 01002

Voice 413-5595569
FAX 413-5595448
Email - cdavanzo at hampshire.edu

website: http://helios.hampshire.edu/~cdNS/
TIEE: tiee.ecoed.net/
Course website: http://ns.hampshire.edu/ns207/

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