Grasslands in a CO2-enriched World

[Dr Graeme D Buchan <Buchan@Lincoln.ac.nz>]

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Greetings from New Zealand.
I am distributing the `advert' below (for a PhD project in NZ) to the
sowacs list, since the project will involve intensive monitoring of
soil moisture.  (We have just secured a sizeable grant to purchase
TDR equipment).
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Announcing......
a Prospective PhD project:
 **  `Grasslands in a CO2-enriched World'  **

Lincoln University in collaboration with AgResearch NZ are seeking a
graduate to commence in 1998 a well-supported project investigating
the effects of climate change (especially elevated CO2) on any of the
following aspects of grasslands:
* surface energy exchanges
* plant water use
* plant development and forage supply

The project will involve:
i) modelling; and
ii) field measurements at AgResearch's major new `FACE' installation
(i.e. the `Free Air CO2 Enriched' site, near Palmerston North), and
also at sites with naturally-occurring CO2 springs in Northland.

We are seeking a versatile science, engineering or other graduate
qualified in environmental or agricultural science, plant
science/plant physiology, or any related discipline.
Prospective funding (to be applied for) will include a 3-yr Doctoral
Scholarship, which will (if awarded) include stipend (NZ$ 16,000
p.a.) and tuition fees, BUT with the fees AT NZ RESIDENT LEVEL ONLY.

N.B. To qualify for NZ resident fees, applicants must be either
residents of NZ or Australia.  (Though some French or German
graduates may also qualify).  In other cases, the (high!) fees of
NZ$ 28,500 p.a. levied on overseas students would regrettably not be
covered by the scholarship.

Please direct enquiries AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (before 25 Oct '97) to:
Dr Graeme Buchan, Reader in Environmental Physics,
Dept of Soil Science, PO Box 84,
Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
Fax: (64) 3  3253 607
Email: Buchan@lincoln.ac.nz

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Dr Graeme D Buchan,
Reader in Environmental Physics & Environmental Education,
Dept. of Soil Science, PO Box 84, Lincoln University,
Canterbury, New Zealand
(Citizen of Scotland and NZ)
email: Buchan@Lincoln.ac.nz
Tel. (64) 3 3252 811    Fax (64) 3 3253 607
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