Individual Niche Specialization and Personalities of Predatory Mites
PhDposition(3 year funding) available on the linkage between Individual
Niche Specialization and Personality Formation in Predatory Mites. The PhD positionis embedded ina larger Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project aimingat linking animal personality formation in six species of plant-inhabitingpredatory mites to individual specialization in social niche and diet use, as affected by early life experiences and parental effects. The six species range from group-living diet specialists to mostly solitary living diet generalists (omnivores).
Interested candidates should have a keen interest in Behavioral Ecology and possess advanced English language skills; experience in scientific work with mites and/or insects is welcome but not obligatory. Wanted starting date is March 1, 2021.
Interested candidates should apply via email before December 13, 2020; applications should include a CV anda list of publications and presentations.
Contact and further information: peter.schausberger@univie.ac.at, +43 14277 54430