SDSU – CICESE
| Name | Dr. Stephen H. Bullock Research Professor in Conservation Biology |
Project Name
Long-term changes in desert vegetation
Area of research
Long-term ecological research, plant population dynamics, functional diversity, metapopulations, climatic variability, geographical ecology
Starting date and length of the internship
September or January
Length of Internship:
6 to 11 months
Description of the student’s activities
The intern will work on particular species and processes, analyzed through repeat photography samples which already cover 120 years and a large part of the Baja California desert. Substantial time will be invested in digitalization, archive management and archival research. The intern will also be expected to participate in field work related to repeat photography, and field and laboratory work on climate monitoring and environmental databases and their analysis, and plant taxonomy and ecology.
The intern will make written and oral presentations at SDSU prior to the period and at both CICESE and SDSU at the end. Ideally the internship will result in a journal publication.
Complementary financing ( if any)
Transportation, equipment and supplies for field work; laboratory and computing facilities.
Level of Spanish required by the visiting student (%)
Spanish language capability required at the start of the internship is 50% speaking, 50% reading, and 20% writing. Personnel with 30-100% English are available to facilitate communication.