Job announcements
Research Associate in road ecology (American marten) | |
| Posted: Thursday 14 March 2013 | |
| Concordia University, Montreal, Qc | |
| Project: Effects of roads and wildlife passages on medium-sized and small mammals Research Associate position available about the effectiveness of road mitigation measures for American marten (road ecology) starting in May 2013 Start date: May 2013 Position duration: 2.5 to 3 years Location of work: Concordia University, Montreal, and fieldwork north of Quebec City Position Description We are currently searching for a 2.5 - 3 year Research Associate to conduct research into the effectiveness of wildlife passages and fences along roads for American marten. The work will combine fieldwork and work in the office. Fieldwork location is along highway 175 between Quebec City and Saguenay. Office location is Concordia University in downtown Montreal. You find more detailed information |
Biologiste en études du milieu naturel | |
| Posted: Wednesday 03 April 2013 | |
| Montreal | |
| Vous serez responsable de planifier et réaliser des inventaires floristiques et d'analyser les données collectées en vue de formuler des recommandations relatives à la valeur écologique des milieux. Vous devrez être familier avec les méthodes d'inventaire botanique ainsi que d'identification et de délimitation des milieux humides et riverains. Vous devrez avoir rédigé des demandes de certificats d'autorisation en vertu de l'article 22 de la Loi sur la qualité de l'environnement et réalisé des études de tous types concernant, par exemple, les plans de conservation des milieux naturels, les évaluations de valeur écologique, les stratégies d'intervention en milieu humide dans le cadre de projets de construction, les projets de compensation et autres. |
Maître de conférences | |
| Posted: Monday 29 April 2013 | |
| MNHN, Paris | |
| Un poste de maître de conférences du MNHN va ouvrir très prochainement (affichage sur Galaxie en mai). Les dates définitives du concours ne sont pas encore arrêtées, mais celui-ci aura lieu à l'automne 2013. Titre: Diversité biologique, fonctionnalités des écosystèmes et services écosystémiques. Laboratoire d'accueil Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, UMR 7204 CNRS–MNHN-UPMC, Centre des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, ex CERSP), Equipe « Bases Ecologiques de la Conservation ». |
Analyste, environnement (eco-toxicologie) | |
| Posted: Thursday 02 May 2013 | |
| Québec, QC | |
| Starting date As soon as possible Time period More than 12 months Hourly/yearly wage To be discussed Relocation/travel requirements aucune Description des tâches Sous la supervision du Chef Projets Environnement, la personne sera amenée à - Contribuer à lélaboration de réponses aux sondages spécifiques au Plan de gestion de substances bio/chimiques, bio/polymères du Gouvernement du Canada Collecter, compiler et analyser de données relatives aux produits finis contenant les substances visées par le Plan de gestion - Participer à lenregistrement de substances bio/chimiques, bio/polymères auprès des autorités - Mettre à jour la décomposition de substances bio/chimiques, bio/polymères - |
Environment Advisor | |
| Posted: Thursday 02 May 2013 | |
| CA-Quebec-Mirabel | |
| Summary of job description: Collects various data and compiles the statistics needed by the Environmental Compliance Analyst and in order to create the different reports required by the various levels of government. Collects data and manages the VOC (Volatile Organic Centre) emission database. Administers hazardous waste by collecting inventory data and sees to shipments for disposal with the various suppliers, in accordance with established standards.etc |
Postdoctoral opportunities
Postdoctoral Position in Marine Community Ecology | |
| Posted: Monday 11 March 2013 | |
| UMass Boston | |
| The Department of Biology seeks applicants for a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant interested in obtaining postdoctoral research experience in marine subtidal community ecology, climate change, and food web ecology. The appointment will start in September 2013. The candidate will assist the lab PI, Dr. Jarrett Byrnes, in new and ongoing research projects in the lab and field. |
Post-doc position: Modelling pollinator response to global change | |
| Posted: Wednesday 03 April 2013 | |
| University of Ottawa | |
| The Canadian Pollinators Initiative (NSERC-CANPOLIN) seeks to address high priority issues related to pollination biology and conservation of pollinators. CANPOLIN has provided funds to support one postdoctoral fellow to work on broad-scale global change and conservation priorities with Professor Jeremy Kerr at the University of Ottawa (http://www.macroecology.ca/). |
8 postes de postdoc & associe de research en ecologie globale | |
| Posted: Tuesday 09 April 2013 | |
| Adelaide, Australia | |
| The Global Ecology Lab currently has eight vacancies available as a result of funding from Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery and Linkage projects. |
Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 2014 | |
| Posted: Thursday 18 April 2013 | |
| Deakin University, Australia | |
| The Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowships were established to support excellence in research undertaken in areas of research strength at Deakin University. The Fellowships are designed to support early career researchers. Applicants must have an outstanding track record relative to opportunity in order to be short-listed. Successful applicants are expected to be based full-time at the University for the duration of the Fellowship and will be supervised by a University staff member. |
POST-DOCS IN ECOLOGY |
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| Posted: Monday 22 April 2013 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE | |
| I am looking for motivated grad students and-or post-docs to work on the structure and dynamics of species distributions, phenology (e.g., flowering time) and plant communities along elevational gradients in the context of climate change. Send an email to mark.vellend@usherbrooke.ca for more information. |
Post doc: Prediction and quantification of N-emissions from engineered and natural biological systems | |
| Posted: Tuesday 23 April 2013 | |
| Bioclear, The Netherlands | |
| The project focuses on the use of molecular tools in combination with process-technological knowledge to create a better understanding of the formation and control of N-emissions in waste treatment systems. |
Postdoc: Key drivers of N2O emissions under field conditions | |
| Posted: Tuesday 23 April 2013 | |
| YARA Germany | |
| You will work with researchers with expertise on nitrogen turnover and N2O emissions at a research centre with expertise and research activities on fertilizer application strategies,yield physiology,crop water use and precision farming technology. |
Postdoc: Robotized emission measurements | |
| Posted: Tuesday 23 April 2013 | |
| UMB Norway | |
| To quantify annual N2O emission from field experiments, we need to increase the measurement frequency to correctly sample the emissions variation in time and space. The traditional method with soil covers is tedious and expensive. A more modern approach could be micro-met flux measurement, but this is not an option in field experiments because their “fetch areas†are ill defined and generally much larger than the plot size of field experiments. |
Postdoc: marine ecology | |
| Posted: Friday 26 April 2013 | |
| Norway | |
| The Institute of Marine Research (IMR) has a 3 year postdoctoral researcher position available on the physiology of deep-sea sponges. |
Postdoc: Land Change Modeling and Coupled Natural-Human Systems | |
| Posted: Friday 26 April 2013 | |
| Purdue University | |
| The Human-Environment Modeling and Analysis Laboratory (www.human-environment.org) in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University invites applications for an exciting post-doctoral position in land change modeling and coupled natural-human systems. The incumbent will conduct research on several high profile NSF, USGS, NOAA, USDA and EPA funded projects that require the integration of land use land cover change (LUCC) modeling and the impacts of LUCC to ecosystems (biodiversity, water quality, and potential for invasive species to persistent). |
Postdoc: Microbial Ecology of Grassland Agroecosystems | |
| Posted: Friday 26 April 2013 | |
| University of Minnesota | |
| The University of Minnesota seeks a plant-microbial ecologist to fill a 2-year postdoctoral fellow positional. The project goal is to explore the compositional and functional attributes of soil-microbial associations of native and exotic grassland species. |
Postdoc: Soy and Land-Use Change in the Brazilian Amazon | |
| Posted: Monday 29 April 2013 | |
| University of Wisconsin | |
| The Gibbs Land Use and Environment Group (GLUE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks an exceptional Post-Doctoral (Research Associate). The researcher will help lead a large project investigating deforestation-free agricultural commodity supply chains and links to REDD+ in collaboration with organizations in the U.S. and Brazil. |
Postdoc: Priority effects and contrasting lineage diversification in New Zealand plants | |
| Posted: Monday 29 April 2013 | |
| Landcare Research, NZ | |
| We are seeking a post-doctoral researcher with interests in eco-evolutionary processes, including macro-ecology, competition, community assembly, evolution and phylogenetics to conduct research into the role of priority effects in plant lineage diversification in New Zealand. The three-year project is part of a new Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund grant led by Prof. Bill Lee at Landcare Research/University of Auckland/ University of Otago, based in Dunedin, New Zealand, in collaboration with Dr Peter Heenan (Landcare Research, Lincoln), Dr Tad Fukami (Stanford University, USA) and Dr Andrew Tanentzap (Queen Mary, University of London). |
Postdoc:paleoecology and/or biogeography | |
| Posted: Thursday 02 May 2013 | |
| University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science | |
| One postdoctoral position is available to work in the lab of Matt Fitzpatrick at the Appalachian Lab, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Candidates for the postdoctoral position must have obtained a Ph.D. in biogeography, macroecology, modeling, or related fields at the time of employment. Expertise in species distribution modeling and R programming required. Experience with Bayesian methods desired, but not essential. The applicant’s CV should indicate evidence of excellent quantitative skills and strong scholarship, including peer-reviewed publications in high-ranked journals. Anticipated start date is no later than January 2014, Fall of 2013 preferred. |
Postdoc: Parallel habitat adaptation of salamanders | |
| Posted: Friday 10 May 2013 | |
| University of Bielefeld, Germany | |
| We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc to join our research team, to study mechanisms and processes of parallel habitat adaptation in the fire salamander. The research will be carried out in the framework of the German-Israeli Project Cooperation (DIP) financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) “Ecological genomics: analysis of gene expression underlying parallel habitat adaptation in distinct salamander species”. |
Post-doc: terrestrial ecosystem ecology | |
| Posted: Wednesday 15 May 2013 | |
| University of New Hampshire, Durham NH | |
| We are currently looking for a post-doctoral associate to focus on organic nitrogen use by mycorrhizal fungi and plants, primarily through use of stable isotope and radiocarbon techniques. Lab experience and familiarity with chemical extraction techniques will be considered a plus. Research areas include a new global change experiment in northern Minnesota, the Duke FACE study, and a project examining the biogeochemical consequences of shrub expansion in the Arctic. |
Postdoc: Ecological Theoretician/Modeler | |
| Posted: Wednesday 15 May 2013 | |
| Indiana University | |
| Hall Lab, Department of Biology, Indiana University I would like work with a post-doc to develop mathematical models at the interface of ecological stoichiometry and community ecology. We’re hoping tosynthesize and integrate ideas about defenses from herbivory, plasticity of stoichiometric body composition, trophic heterogeneity, and food quality. With this integration, we seek new insights into flow of energy and material through food chains and webs, dynamics of stage-structured consumer-resource interactions, and patterns of species composition along resource supply gradients. |
Postdoc: Linking hyperspectral-lidar data to tropical forest structure and dynamics | |
| Posted: Tuesday 21 May 2013 | |
| University of Florida | |
| This postdoc will use high resolution hyperspectral-lidar remote sensing to inform the PPA forest dynamics model (Strigul et al. 2008, Ecological Monographs; Bohlman and Pacala 2012, Journal of Ecology) in species-rich tropical systems. We seek to understand how tree structural and physiological attributes that can be quantified by the image data relate to growth, mortality and allometry, which are key model inputs. Our goal is to identify groups of trees and species that have both similar dynamic rates and structural properties and distinct image characteristics. |
Postdoc: Spatial drivers of ecosystem services and biodiversity in urban systems. | |
| Posted: Tuesday 21 May 2013 | |
| The University of Queensland | |
| We are offering a 2 year postdoc position at The University of Queensland to work on understanding the spatial drivers of ecosystem services and biodiversity in urban systems. The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary research team on the Australian Research Council Discovery Project « Achieving Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Service Delivery: the Role of Landscape Structure » within the Landscape Ecology and Conservation Group and the Biophysical Remote Sensing Group (School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland). |
Postdoc: Eco-evolutionary dynamics | |
| Posted: Tuesday 21 May 2013 | |
| Center for Ecology, Evolution & Biogeochemistry (CEEB), Switzerland | |
| A collaborative research team led by Blake Matthews, Ole Seehausen, and Bernhard Wehrli are seeking a postdoctoral researcher with a background and interest in evolutionary biology, community ecology, and/or ecosystem science. The aim of the project is to understand the interaction between eco-evolutionary dynamics and the functioning of aquatic ecosystems. Specifically, we are interested in how organism-mediated changes to the temporal and spatial heterogeneity of ecosystems can alter environmental sources of selection, so as to either promote or constrain further adaptive evolution. The project involves large-scale eco-evolutionary experiments that address fundamental links between the ecology and evolution of food webs and the physical environment and biogeochemistry of aquatic ecosystems. |
Postdoc: information theory and ecosystems and phenology | |
| Posted: Tuesday 21 May 2013 | |
| Arizona State University | |
| Arizona State University’s College of Technology and Innovation, in partnership with the ASU Global Institute of Sustainability and the USA National Phenology Network, seek outstanding applicants for a Postdoctoral Scholar or Ph.D. level Graduate Research Assistant position based at ASU’s Tempe, Arizona campus. The position supports theoretical complex land surface ecosystem, ecohydrology, and climate system research funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. |
PhD and MSc opportunities
PhD: development of metapopulation and metacommunity theories integrating genetic data and biophysical models. | |
| Posted: Wednesday 03 April 2013 | |
| Montreal | |
| Prof Frederic Guichard (McGill University, Biology) is currently recruiting one PhD student to work on the development of metapopulation and metacommunity theories integrating genetic data and biophysical models. The successful candidate would contribute to a newly NSERC-funded collaborative research with Marie-Josée Fortin (University of Toronto), Isabelle Côté (Simon Fraser University) and Janelle Curtis (Fisheries and Oceans Canada). Expected starting date is September 2013. Please send application (statement, CV, and contact info of 3 references) to frederic.guichard@mcgill.ca. |
PhD and MSc positions | |
| Posted: Wednesday 03 April 2013 | |
| Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) | |
| Openings for PhD and MSc students are available in the laboratory of Dr. Glenn Crossin at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) for research on the physiology and winter ecology of migratory birds and fish. |
MSc Position: Evolution of aging in aquatic plants | |
| Posted: Wednesday 03 April 2013 | |
| Alberta, Canada) | |
| An NSERC-funded MSc position is available in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada). The focus of the project is on the evolution of senescence (a.k.a. ‘aging’) with a particular focus on aquatic plants, especially those in the sub-family Lemnoideae. |
PhD position | |
| Posted: Thursday 04 April 2013 | |
| INRA à Toulouse | |
| Nous proposons un sujet de thèse sur l’hétérogénéité inter-individuelle de la dispersion chez le chevreuil (voir détails ci-dessous) au concours de l’école doctorale SEVAB de Toulouse. Nous recherchons pour ce sujet un candidat sérieux et motivé. La thèse se déroulera dans le laboratoire Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage (INRA) à Toulouse. Il sera co-encadré par Mark Hewison (DR INRA, CEFS) et Aurélie Coulon (MdC Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, laboratoire Conservation des Espèces, Restauration et Suivi des Populations, Paris). |
Projet de doctorat en écologie végétale sur la restauration des communautés végétales de zones humides forestières (Indre-et-Loire, France) | |
| Posted: Tuesday 16 April 2013 | |
| Université François Rabelais de Tours | |
| Le projet de doctorat s’insère dans un projet global de restauration de ces zones humides et consistera d’une part à améliorer les connaissances sur les conditions de retour de certaines espèces végétales, principalement les sphaignes, d’autre part à améliorer les techniques de restauration de ces milieux. |
GRAD STUDENTS IN ECOLOGY |
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| Posted: Monday 22 April 2013 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE | |
| I am looking for motivated grad students and/or post-docs to work on the structure and dynamics of species distributions, phenology (e.g., flowering time) and plant communities along elevational gradients in the context of climate change. Send an email to mark.vellend@usherbrooke.ca for more information. |
PhD: Partitioning of nitrous oxide production by stable isotope approaches | |
| Posted: Tuesday 23 April 2013 | |
| UGOT Sweden | |
| We have developed experimental and data analysis tools for investigating the soil nitrogen cycle by use of stable isotopes, with a specific focus on quantifying gross transformation rates and investigation nitrous oxide production pathways. The project will apply these tools to reveal the dominant nitrous oxide production pathways in agricultural soils and linking biogeochemical processes to microbial communities. |
PhD: Transcriptomic analysis of key nitrous oxidisers and their metabolic flexibility | |
| Posted: Tuesday 23 April 2013 | |
| ECL France | |
| This PhD project is directly related the goals of the ITN, NORA (NITROUS OXIDE RESEARCH ALLIANCE TRAINING NETWORK) aiming at characterizing and quantifying relationships between microbial community function and composition and at understanding how these are affected by environmental factors. |
PhD: Ecology of denitrifiers in soil | |
| Posted: Tuesday 23 April 2013 | |
| INRA France | |
| Denitrifiers comprise a broad range of taxonomically diverse microorganisms not only capable to produce but also to reduce the greenhouse gas N2O. Thus, our objective will be to understand to which extent the denitrifier and ammonia oxidizer community composition is important for N2O emissions. |
PhD: Community ecology of microbial communities regulating soil N2O emissions | |
| Posted: Tuesday 23 April 2013 | |
| SLU Sweden | |
| The key process mitigating emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) is the reduction of N2O to N2, which is catalysed by nitrous oxide reductase. This reductase is typically found among denitrifiers with a complete denitrification pathway, but a large fraction of denitrifiers lack this last step and can only produce N2O. However, there are also non-denitrifying bacteria that have capacity for N2O reduction. The objectives of this project are to identify the underlying ecological processes that drive assembly of genetically destined N2O-producing and -reducing communities in soils. |
PhD: Microcosm-driven identification and isolation of key nitrous oxide generators | |
| Posted: Tuesday 23 April 2013 | |
| UNIABD Scotland | |
| Nitrification and denitrification in soil and wastewater involve phylogenetically diverse bacterial and archaeal communities. Maintenance of processes following environmental change may involve changes in community structure, activity/inactivity of different community members or physiological flexibility of existing strains. Distinction between these mechanisms is essential for understanding, modelling and predicting nitrogen cycling processes. It is also essential to identify key players that are active within natural communities for meaningful laboratory studies. |
PhD:Metabolic models to link microbial processes to engineering systems related to nitrous oxide emissions in wastewater treatment | |
| Posted: Tuesday 23 April 2013 | |
| TUD The Netherlands | |
| The project will study N2O emission from laboratory enrichment cultures simulating full scale wastewater treatment plants as well from measurements at full scale plants. Analysing the conversions, microbial composition, transcriptome and proteome will be used to formulate dynamic models for describing N2O formation in Nitrogen conversion processes. |
PhD: Modelling nitrous oxide emissions from cellular networks to environmental behaviour | |
| Posted: Tuesday 23 April 2013 | |
| VUA The Netherlands | |
| The greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) is increasingly emitted to the atmosphere through the imbalanced use of nitrogen-based fertilizers. Uncontrolled depositions allow microorganisms to convert these fertilizers into N2O during the processes of nitrification and denitrification. The latter is an anaerobic mode of respirati on with nitrate and N-oxides as terminal electron acceptor with N2O as the intermediate compound. A fundamental understanding of this process is required to develop rational mitigation strategies. |
PhD: Destroying a greehouse gas: unraveling the regulation of bacterial nitrous oxide reduction | |
| Posted: Tuesday 23 April 2013 | |
| UEA England | |
| Denitrifying bacteria play an important global role in the synthesis and consumption of the potent greenhouse gas N2O, but very little work has been done on studying the regulatory networks that modulate the assembly and activity of the biochemical apparatus that catalyses production and destruction of the gas. |
PhD: Phenomics - from enzymes to cellular dynamics | |
| Posted: Tuesday 23 April 2013 | |
| UMB Norway | |
| The PhD candidate in this project will study key organisms involved in denitrification and nitrification, isolated from soils and wastewaters. Phenotypic characterisation of gas kinetics will be combined with quantification of gene expression and functional enzymes. |
Maîtrise: Évaluation des effets de l'aménagement écosystémique sur le caribou de la Gaspésie et son habitat | |
| Posted: Thursday 25 April 2013 | |
| Université du Québec à Rimouski | |
| Nous sommes à la recherche de candidat(e) intéressé(e) à débuter le projet suivant : 1) Maîtrise: Évolution du couvert forestier dans l'habitat du caribou de la Gaspésie au cours des dernières décennies. Début en septembre 2013 ou janvier 2014 à l'UQAR; directeur: M.-H. St-Laurent, co-directeur: L. Sirois. Si vous êtes intéressé(e) ou désirez obtenir des précisions sur certains projets, envoyez votre CV (avec les coordonnées téléphoniques et le courriel d'au moins 2 références), un relevé de notes et une lettre de motivation expliquant quel projet vous intéresse avant le 24 août 2013 à : Martin-Hugues St-Laurent, Université du Québec à Rimouski (martin-hugues_st-laurent@uqar.ca) (page web : http://www.uqar.ca/biologie/professeurs/st-laurent-martin-hugues/) |
Maîtrise en écologie animale | |
| Posted: Thursday 25 April 2013 | |
| Université du Québec à Rimouski | |
| Détermination des impacts respectifs de la perte et de la fragmentation de la forêt mature sur l'écologie spatiale des grands mammifères. Dans le cadre de mon programme de recherche traitant des impacts des perturbations anthropiques sur la faune, je suis à la recherche d'un(e) candidat(e) intéressé(e) à débuter une maîtrise visant à déterminer et quantifier les impacts respectifs de la perte et de la fragmentation de la forêt mature sur l'écologie spatiale des grands mammifères en utilisant des outils tels que la sélection d'habitat, l'utilisation de l'espace et la simulation de paysages. Si vous êtes intéressé ou désirez obtenir des précisions sur certains projets, envoyez votre CV (avec l'adresse postale et le courriel d'au moins 2 références), un relevé de notes et une lettre de motivation expliquant quel projet vous intéresse avant le 24 août 2013 à : Martin-Hugues St-Laurent, Université du Québec à Rimouski (martin-hugues_st-laurent@uqar.ca) (page web : http://www.uqar.ca/biologie/professeurs/st-laurent-martin-hugues/) |
PhD (2 positions): Restoration ecology/Mycorrhizal ecology | |
| Posted: Monday 29 April 2013 | |
| Oklahoma State University | |
| Ph.D. student to study the role of soil microbial communities in restoration of grassland ecosystem functions Oklahoma State University Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management has openings for 2 Ph.D. students to study restoration ecology plant community ecology, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the Wilson and Hickman research programs. These positions will provide graduate training and experiences through participation in a Department of Defense funded collaborative research project involving laboratories at Oklahoma and Indiana, with field sites in Illinois, Kansas, and Oklahoma. |
PhD: paleoecology and/or biogeography | |
| Posted: Thursday 02 May 2013 | |
| UC Merced | |
| One position is available to work in the lab of Jessica Blois at UC Merced. Candidates for the PhD position should have experience with paleoecology and/or biogeography. Experience working with R and with species distribution modeling is desired but not essential. Anticipated start date is Fall semester, 2013 August 2013). |
PhD: assembly rules in lake fish communities and ecosystems' vulnerability | |
| Posted: Monday 06 May 2013 | |
| Irstea Aix en Provence and Clermont-Ferrand | |
| The project is collaborative between two laboratories of Irstea: Hydrobiology research Unit in Aix en Provence and Laboratoire d’Ingénierie pour les Systèmes Complexes (LISC), Irstea Clermont-Ferrand. |
MSc or PhD: Aquatic invasive species in Columbia River | |
| Posted: Monday 06 May 2013 | |
| Washington State University | |
| The Aquatic Ecology Laboratory at Washington State University Vancouver, directed by Dr. Stephen Bollens and Dr. Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, has one or more paid assistantships available for new graduate students to contribute to a growing and dynamic program in Aquatic Ecology. |
M.Sc. project on mating system and inbreeding avoidance in raccoons |
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| Posted: Tuesday 07 May 2013 | |
| Université de Sherbrooke (labo Fanie Pelletier) | |
| The candidate must have the following skills: -Autonomous, motivated, flexible, hardworking -Interested and able to work in the field 3-4 months per year -Able to work for extended periods with other people -Basic knowledge in evolutionary ecology Assets: knowledge of ArcGIS eligible for NSERC and FRQNT schorlarship Candidates must send a CV, short cover letter and info of 2 references to Fanie Pelletier (fanie.pelletier@usherbrooke.ca) AND Hélène Presseault-Gauvin (helene.p-gauvin@usherbrooke.ca) Application due by September 2013 |
PhD: theoretical ecology | |
| Posted: Friday 10 May 2013 | |
| Ariège, France | |
| PhD thesis in theoretical ecology, Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling, Station d’Ecologie Expérimentale de Moulis, Ariège, France. Supervisors : Claire de Mazancourt, Station d’Ecologie Expérimentale de Moulis, and Rampal Etienne, Groningen University, The Netherlands. Competition theory with a dominance/tolerance trade-off : a mathematical approach to predict species abundances and distributions. Model development, analysis, and application to data on salt marsh. See : http://www.sevab.ups-tlse.fr/fr/popup/detailsSujet.php?id=758 Contact Claire de Mazancourt : claire.demazancourt@ecoex-moulis.cnrs.fr |
PhD: Plant Ecology/Biodiversity | |
| Posted: Friday 10 May 2013 | |
| Zurich | |
| « Intra-annual stability of spatial and temporal niche complementarity in temperate grasslands » with focus on high temporal and spatial resolution estimates of niche complementarity using digital imaging techniques (time-lapse, thermal), phenological trait assessments at plant species and community levels, as well as spectral, chemical and isotopic foliar analy-ses. Field work will be carried out in Jena, in close collaboration with colleagues at the University of Leipzig, butthis Ph.D. position is affiliated with ETH Zurich. Tasks include data acquisition and analyses of thermo-cameras and pheno-cams, trait assessments as well as use of phenological models for predicting community-level ecosystem functions. |
MSc or PhD: "Foraging innovation in winter residents" | |
| Posted: Wednesday 15 May 2013 | |
| University of Ottawa | |
| PhD and MSc projects in Behavioural Ecology at University of Ottawa (start 2013 or 2014) Innovations, i.e. novel behaviours not previously seen in a population, are important in ecology and evolution as they have been shown to impact on evolutionary rates and on the probability of success when colonising new habitats. The Necessity-drives-innovation hypothesis predicts that novel foraging behaviours should be expressed more frequently when established solutions fail and/or when the need for resources increases. Although this hypothesis has received support from behavioural observations in primates, guppies and great tits, contrasting patterns have been reported in other species. The student will experimentally test this hypothesis using black-capped chickadees, a small resident bird frequently faced with food shortages and cold temperatures in winter. Moreover a comparative analysis will be used to e the idea that extreme climatic events are an important ecological driver of foraging innovations in wild birds. |
PhD or MSc: "Cognitive ecology of the black-capped chickadee" | |
| Posted: Wednesday 15 May 2013 | |
| University of Ottawa | |
| PhD and MSc projects in Behavioural Ecology at University of Ottawa (start 2013 or 2014). Black-capped chickadees, like several other bird species living in temperate environments, must remember the location of several food caches to survive through winter. They must also avoid having the content of their caches pilfered by conspecifics and can potentially steal the content of caches made by others. The proposed research project consists in studying spatial and social cognitive processes underlying these behaviours using field observations and aviary experiments. Ecological predictions based on habitat type (pristine or urbanised) will also be examined. The student would have the opportunity to spend one or more terms at Oxford University, studying another Parid species, the great tit, in Wytham woods (Oxford, United Kingdom). |
PhD or MSc: "Evolution of cognition in food-hoarding gray jays" | |
| Posted: Wednesday 15 May 2013 | |
| University of Ottawa | |
| PhD and MSc projects in Behavioural Ecology at University of Ottawa (start 2013 or 2014). Gray jays also need to cache food to survive through winter and feed their nestlings. The monitored population of gray jays in Algonquin Park provides a unique opportunity to track the microevolution of spatial memory in the wild. This population of corvids has experienced a severe decline in the past decades, with the most likely explanation being the degradation of their food caches due to increases in fall temperature associated with climate change. The student will experimentally test this Hoard-rot hypothesis, examine within-population variation in cognitive performance, and contribute to population monitoring. |
Ph.D.:Large-scale ecology in Southern Africa | |
| Posted: Wednesday 15 May 2013 | |
| University of Florida | |
| We are looking for an exceptional Ph.D. student to build on our research program in Swaziland and South Africa (Kruger Park). We have been examining the influences of the agricultural landscape mosaic and disturbance regimes(grazing, fire, elephants) on the diversity, density, genetics, diseases and movements of wildlife. Specifically, we would like a student to develop a project to better understand how landscape patterns and disturbance gradients alter wildlife communities and their ecosystem services, with a potential focus on bird communities. |
PhD: GENETIC STRUCTURE AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM OF INVASIVE TERMITE POPULATIONS IN PARIS |
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| Posted: Tuesday 21 May 2013 | |
| Institute of Research in Insect Biology (CNRS Research Unit at the University of Tours) | |
| The first objective of this thesis will be to carry out a thorough study of the Parisian R. flavipes termite population. In collaboration with the city of Paris, the student will map infestations of the city. Collected samples will be studied for several genetic markers (loci, microsatellites, and mitochondrial markers). Analyses of results will allow (i) a better understanding of the founding of the Parisian population and (ii) a better understanding of the ways that colonies of this termite propagate in urban settings. The second objective of this thesis will be to identify and characterize the genetic determination and differentiation factors of the different castes in R. flavipes, and especially neotenic reproductives. This objective will be reached through the development of new generation RAD-Seq (Restriction-site Associated Sequencing) molecular technology. |
PhD: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND GENETICS OF NATIVE/INVASIVE TERMITE REPRODUCTIVE |
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| Posted: Tuesday 21 May 2013 | |
| IRBI, University of Tours (France) | |
| This position requires a strong background in behavioral ecology of insects and good skills in molecular biology. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate interested by behavioral observations in both the field and lab. Knowledge in chemical ecology and/or biostatistics will be appreciated. Methods used will be behavioral ecology to understand interactions between reproductives; chemical ecology to describe environmental factors that influence the production of the reproductives; and behavioral genetics to identify the role of target candidate genes on reproduction strategies. |
PhD:Microbial ecology | |
| Posted: Tuesday 21 May 2013 | |
| INRA, Dijon (France) | |
| PhD position in Microbial ecology at the INRA, Dijon (France) in the group of L. Philippot *Location: this project will mostly be carried out at the INRA-University of Burgundy in Dijon (1.5 h from Paris), France Supervisor*: Dr L. Philippot and Dr. A. Spor *Molecular analyses of denitrifier community ecology* |
4 PhDs: Natural Disasters and Development and Legal and Policy frameworks for Natural Resource Management | |
| Posted: Tuesday 21 May 2013 | |
| University College London | |
| Applications are invited for four PhD studentships in the UCL ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) that cross the disciplinary boundaries with the natural sciences. The projects are linked to the following UCL Institutes « Global Health », « Sustainable Resources », « Global Governance » and « Risk & Disaster Reduction ». UCL is one of the world’s leading research universities, dedicated to developing, disseminating and applying original knowledge to transform society and benefit the world of the future. The studentships are designed to promote collaboration across disciplines and offer training in social sciences in combination with natural and environmental sciences. The studentships cover funding for four years to accommodate some additional multidisciplinary training requirements. The start date of the studentships is 23 September 2013. |
