1. Position Available: 2 (Individual) Students
2. Student will spend 80 hours summarizing, describing, and interpreting data obtained from ice patch macrofossils (leaves, seeds, fruit).
1. Student will complete summary spreadsheets enumerating obtained or provided macrofossil data, and provide descriptions (e.g., morphology) and associated plant ecology (e.g., habitat, distribution) associated with macrofossils. This will include desktop research of primary and secondary literature and other resources (e.g, online floras) of plant species identified from macrofossils, to summarize plant species ranges, vegetation communities, environmental indicators, etc..
2. Student will provide a final summary report outlining all results, a general interpretation of the data, and a summary of completed work.
3. This project will provide the student with experience working with, summarizing and interpreting real data obtain from field-collected samples. It will provide the student with an understanding of literature research, review, and writing succinct summaries. As well as familiarizing the student with plant species of Alberta occurring in mountainous areas.
4. Deliverables will include data spreadsheets and a summary report, which will be used by the Royal Alberta Museum towards completion of an ice patch project.
5. Student will be acknowledged for any work they complete if used in publication or other works (e.g., presentation).

Direct supervision will be by Diana Tirlea (QE, RAM), with additional support by Robin Woywitka (MacEwan). Supervision will include introduction to project, detailed instructions, check-in meetings throughout project, quality control of data output by student, and project completion review and comments.