REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Behavior, Ecology and Evolution

科罗拉多大学博尔德分校每年夏天将接待8名学生参加一个为期10周的REU项目，主题是行为、生态和进化，该项目以山地研究站为中心。该计划的目标是为学生提供在先进水平上进行生物研究的技能和信心。该计划鼓励学生，特别是那些在生物研究专业中代表性不足的群体的学生，从事生物研究事业，并考虑获得更高的学位。招募具有不同文化背景的学生参与者将基于他们对教师导师的适当学科的兴趣、教育和职业目标以及学术成就。该计划的第一周是实地研究的密集方向。在夏季剩下的时间里，学生们将完成由教师指导的个人项目。导师来自科罗拉多大学博尔德分校、德克萨斯大学和加州大学欧文分校的生态和进化生物系。这些导师在山地研究站或博尔德校区有活跃的研究项目，并致力于指导本科生。学生的专题可以包括气候对昆虫行为的影响、污染对水生和陆生群落的影响、山地森林的火生态学、植物和微生物对高山和亚高山陆地生态系统养分循环的影响、植物在山地环境中繁殖和生存的适应性进化、群居昆虫和鸟类的行为生态学，以及鱼类配偶选择的进化。这个夏天的高潮是学生们以科学会议的形式展示他们的成果。山地研究站位于落基山脉前山脉海拔3000米的地方，距离大学的博尔德校区45分钟路程。毗邻的尼沃特岭生物圈保护区是美国国家科学基金会长期生态研究基地的所在地。参与者住在鹿，麋鹿和其他野生动物经常出没的营地的乡村小屋中，但可以使用车站和科罗拉多大学博尔德校区的世界级研究设施。欲了解更多信息和申请材料，请与Bill Bowman联系reuebio@colorado.edu,(303) 492-2557，或访问http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/EEBprojects/reu/。

The University of Colorado at Boulder will host 8 students each summer in a 10-week REU program in Behavior, Ecology and Evolution, centered at the Mountain Research Station. The goal of the program is to provide students with the skills and confidence to conduct biological research at an advanced level. The program encourages students, particularly those from groups that are under-represented in biological research professions, to pursue research careers in biology, and to consider earning advanced degrees. Recruitment of a culturally diverse group of student participants will be based on interest in the appropriate disciplines of their faculty mentors, educational and career goals, and academic achievement. The first week of the program is an intensive orientation to field research. During the remainder of the summer, students will work on faculty-mentored individual projects. Faculty mentors are members of the Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Texas, and University of California, Irvine. These mentors have active research programs at the Mountain Research Station or on the Boulder campus, and have a strong commitment to mentoring undergraduate students. Student projects may include topics such as climate effects on insect behavior, pollution effects on aquatic and terrestrial communities, fire ecology of montane forests, effects of plants and microorganisms on nutrient cycling in alpine and subalpine terrestrial ecosystems, the evolution of plant adaptations for reproduction and survival in montane environments, the behavioral ecology of social insects and birds, and the evolution of mate choice in fish. The summer culminates in student presentations of their results in a scientific meeting format. The Mountain Research Station, located at 3000 meters elevation in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, is 45 minutes from the University's Boulder campus. The adjacent Niwot Ridge Biosphere Reserve is home to an NSF-Long Term Ecological Research site. Participants live in rustic cabins in a camp that is frequented by deer, elk, and other wildlife, but have access to world-class research facilities at the Station and the CU Boulder campus. For further information and application materials, please contact Bill Bowman at reuebio@colorado.edu, (303) 492-2557, or visit http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/EEBprojects/reu/.