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Nous proposons deux bourses de thèse pour travailler dans l'équipe ESORE de l'IRBI (UMR7261 CNRS-Université de Tours) sur :
2- l'impact des stress thermiques sur la fondation des colonies de fourmis
Proyecto Washu is an Ecuadorian organization dedicated to biodiversity
conservation since 2012. During this time we have worked on different
strategies for the conservation of the brown-headed spider monkey
(Ateles fusciceps fusciceps) and its habitat (the Ecuadorian Choco).
Among our projects is the research program on ecology and behavior of
this species and other primates in the Ateles Manabí Reserve in Ecuador.
In
order to continue contributing to the research and conservation of
primates in the Ecuadorian coast, we are currently looking for a
coordinator and principal investigator of the scientific research
program of the Ateles Manabí Reserve. This position offer is focused on
the research of wild primate populations of Brown headed spider monkeys
(Ateles fusciceps fusciceps), Mantled Howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata
aequatorialis) and the Ecuadorian white fronted capuchin monkeys (Cebus
aequatorialis) distributed in a fragmented landscape of the Manabí
Province in the northwest of Ecuador. In addition, the person selected
for this position will actively participate in other conservation
strategies that the foundation carries out within the reserve and other
areas of impact, and will also be in charge of coordinating volunteers
and thesis students under his or her responsibility.
For more information about the vacancy go to the link.
Masters by Research Project, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus
Project Title: Using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance UK reintroduction of red-billed choughs
Supervisors:
Professor Alex Thornton, University of Exeter (www.wildcognitionresearch.com)
Dr Rachael Miller (Harrison), Anglia Ruskin University & University of Cambridge (www.drrachaelmiller.com)
Start date and duration: Two years from September 2024
Project Description:
The
red-billed chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, is Britain’s most
endangered corvid and the focus of reintroduction and monitoring efforts
in small pockets of Cornwall, Jersey and Wales. With annual releases
from 2023-2028, the Wildwood Trust (Kent) is working with Paradise Park
(Cornwall), Kent Wildlife Trust, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
(Jersey) and White Cliffs Countryside Partnership (Dover) to reintroduce
chough in Kent.
This MbyRes project aims to enhance
reintroduction efforts through cognitive and behavioural experimental
and observational approaches on captive and released choughs in Kent and
Cornwall. It will focus largely on individual differences, behavioural
flexibility and learning, in relation to fitness proxies, such as body
condition/ weight. The aim is for findings to be implemented in
reintroduction protocols, such as informing release decisions and
targeted pre-release training.
Where you’ll study:
The
student will be based in the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the
University of Exeter’s Penryn campus, hosted within Prof Alex
Thornton’s Wild Cognition Research Group, with co-supervision from Dr
Rachael Miller (Harrison) at ARU in Cambridge.
Requirements:
Applicants
should have a strong academic track record and be predicted to graduate
from their undergraduate degree with a First or high 2.1.
Applicants
should have keen interests in animal behaviour/cognition/conservation,
strong analytical abilities and some relevant research experience (e.g.
third year dissertation).
It is a strong advantage if you have a driving license and your own car.
Fees:
Standard MbyRes university fees apply (sorry!). See here for details: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-research/funding/fees/
How to apply:
In the first instance, please email Rachael (rachael.harrison@aru.ac.uk) and Alex (alex.thornton@exeter.ac.uk)
by 18th March 2024 with a CV and cover letter explaining your interest
in the project and any relevant experience (e.g. fieldwork, research,
stats skills).
We are advertising two fully funded PhD projects on maternal-offspring conflict. The scholarship offers a stipend for 3 years and covers fees. Interested students should contact the lead supervisor to discuss the project.
Deadline for applications: ***29th of Februay 2024*** .
1. The impact of maternal-offspring conflict on growth, behaviour and stress in fallow deer
fawns
Lead supervisor: Dr Domhnall Jennings (D.JenningsATqub.ac.uk)
Conflict between parents and offspring over parental resource allocation is expected to arise close to the time of offspring independence. Using the fallow deer as a model species this project will investigate how parent-offspring conflict and conflict within the wider group affect behaviour, growth and stress in fallow deer fawns from birth to weaning.
2. Maternal-offspring and cooperation during pregnancy in mammals
Lead supervisor: Dr Isabella Capellini (I.CapelliniATqub.ac.uk)
Parent-offspring conflict is well understood through research on behaviour and interactions during infancy and beyond. Much less understood is the cryptic conflict present in livebearing species during pregnancy. This project aims to test a series of hypotheses on the role of conflict during pregnancy in mammals using phylogenetic comparative methdods
We are advertising two fully funded PhD projects on maternal-offspring conflict. The scholarship offers a stipend for 3 years and covers fees. Interested students should contact the lead supervisor to discuss the project.
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Descriptif du poste : FOPC_56595.pdf (enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)
Le profil du poste est ici : FOPC_0931238R_4606.pdf (enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)
Les infos sur le poste sont ici : FOPC_0251215K_4774.pdf (enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)
Profil du poste disponible ici : FOPC_0691774D_4771.pdf (enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)
Extreme conservation: reproductive strategies of Malagasy shorebirds
POSITION OVERVIEW. We are seeking a highly motivated and talented field biologist to join our team. The Research Fellow will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and executing projects using field biology, behavioural investigations and population demography. While the focus will be primarily on writing up existing data, there will also be new opportunities to contribute to field work, experimental work and/or demographic modelling. The Fellow will have the opportunity to develop her/his own project related to the main research focus. The position is part of a large collaborative project “Sex roles and sex ratios in a changing world” which aims to promote interdisciplinary collaboration between research groups working on interactions among wild bird populations and their changing environment with funding from the HUN-REN programme of Hungarian Ministry of Innovation.
This interdisciplinary PhD project will test the use of scent detection dogs as a tool to detect the mud snail intermediate hosts of the liver fluke parasite. Scent detection dogs are an efficient tool in conservation, surveying large areas and detecting cryptic species effectively, outperforming human-based methods in 90% of cases. This project will compare their efficacy with current techniques for detecting mud snails, including human searches and eDNA analysis.
Applications are sought for a committed Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work with Dr Ellen Garland conducting research for a Royal Society funded project on humpback whale song.
The primary duties will be to develop and conduct quantitative song analyses to advance our understanding of song development, and how age may affect the cultural transmission of song.
The successful applicant will have (or be near to completion of) a PhD in ecology, evolution or behavioural biology with expertise in bioacoustics.
The post is available on a fixed term contract until 30 September 2025, starting 3 June 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter.
For more information and to apply: https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/2599/0/418440/889/research-fellow-ar2946nb
We offer a full-time postdoctoral position (3-years contract) in a field spanning movement ecology, ecology of fear, bio-logging science, behavioral ecology, and ecological statistics. The postdoc will join the international team at the Department of Game Management and Wildlife Biology, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic and will collaborate closely with dr Miloš Ježek (Head of the Department), associate prof. Tomasz Podgórski (Lab leader), and research associate dr Michaela Másilková. Research topic: The primary focus of the research is to explore how red deer movements, space use, habitat selection and foraging behaviour change during the wolf recolonization process. While the 'landscape of fear' framework predicts several behavioral strategies that prey adopts to limit predation risk, the development of those strategies over the course of predator establishment is still rarely documented. The research will take advantage of ongoing long-term (10 years) GPS-telemetry and bio-logging (acceleration and magnetometry) data collection of red deer (120 individuals) from several populations across the Czech Republic which have experienced wolf recolonization at various times during the last decade. This data provides a basis for within-population comparisons (pre-, during, post-colonisation) and contrasts with control populations where wolves are absent. The secondary focus of the research is to explore the effects of wildlife management (hunting, feeding, winter fencing) on red deer spatial and social behavior, using the above data, and investigate how management practices interact with wolf presence to shape red deer behavior. Our data covers a wide range of management practices. There is a scope to develop new or more specific research ideas within the broad topics described above, as well as the opportunity to utilize large GPS-telemetry datasets of other species, e.g. wild boar, available in the group. Job description: The work will be mostly conceptual, analytical and computational, and will involve creativity in formulating research questions, designing the analysis, data management, calculating movement metrics, and statistical analyses (in R). There can be a need to analyze behavioral data from accelero- and magnetometry.The postdoc will also be expected to become a part of the current research activity of the lab and contribute to data analysis, experimental design, and development of new research ideas. Apart from being the lead author on papers and presenting on conferences, the postdoc can get training through workshops and courses. There will be teaching opportunities. Requirements · PhD in ecology, zoology, bioinformatics, biostatistics, environmental sciences, or related field. · Proved ability to publish peer-reviewed papers (quality track record), handle multiple coauthors, and coordinate and collaborate with external data holders. · Expertise in analysis of GPS telemetry data (movement, space use, habitat selection) with modern metrics, approaches, and analytical tools · Expertise in statistical analyses, modelling, and programming in R · Ability to manage and analyze large datasets, environmental layers, experience with spatial/geographical data and GIS. · Prior experience with constructing, analyzing and interpreting social networks is preferred · Prior experience with analyzing acceleration and magnetometry data with DDMT software (or similar) is preferred We aim at increasing the diversity of our team, and welcome applicants of all genders, cultures, backgrounds, ages, or countries. We believe that a diverse team will broaden perspective and enhance creativity. We offer · Starting gross salary of 50 000 CZK/month (ca 2000 EUR as of Jan 2024), which is ca 38 000 CZK/month net, but the latter varies depending on the family situation and other circumstances. The median salary in the Czech Republic in the third quarter of 2023 was 37 492 CZK/month gross. Living costs (childcare, transportation) are generally lower than in Western Europe. For costs of accommodation, see https://www.sreality.cz/en. · Motivational bonus payments for high-quality publications . Full medical insurance and social security as a standard part of the employment contract. · 40 days of paid holiday per year. · Daycare at CZU campus for children of employees (≥ 2 years old). · Funds for travel to conferences and workshops abroad. Funds for additional training · State-of-the-art scientific and computing equipment, software, and access to journals and scientific databases. · Subsidized lunches at the university canteen (Menza). · International working environment (the working language is English), green spacious campus in Suchdol in the outskirts of Prague, 30 min to Prague city center by public transportation or bike, 15 min walk to several natural protected areas. The campus has various sports facilities, including a swimming pool, gym, athletic track, and indoor and outdoor playfields. The university also offers cheap holiday accommodation in the mountains outside of Prague. Prague is one of the safest cities in the world, with excellent public transportation, international accessibility, and healthcare. · Starting date: 1st May 2024, later dates are negotiable. Applications To apply, please send by email (podgorski@fld.czu.cz), in a single .pdf of less than 10 MB: · Motivation letter (1-2 pages) describing your expertise and experience, research interests, stating why you see yourself as a good fit, and where you see yourself and your research in the future. · Your CV, including your publications and any other relevant or interesting outputs (code repositories, reports, your personal website, etc.). · Contact details for 2-3 academic referees, e.g. your former supervisor, boss, or collaborator. Review of applications will begin on the 1st of March 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.
We offer a fully funded PhD student position (4-years) in behavioural ecology "Foraging in the landscape of peril". The student will join the international team at the Department of Game Management and Wildlife Biology, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic, and will be supervised by the associate prof. Tomasz Podgórski. Research topic: Pathogens and predators represent the ultimate and ubiquitous threats to fitness. One of the defense counter-strategies is behavioural avoidance of the cues of infection risk (disgust) and predation risk (fear). However, both pathogen and predator avoidance incur costs related to, among others, diminished foraging. Pathogen and predator avoidance strategies may align (e.g. when avoiding scats of predators) or conflict with each other (e.g. large groups protect against predators but increase disease transmission risk). The strength of the disgust response can also differ from the fear response due to the usually less severe and delayed costs of infection compared to predation. Thus, animals must balance avoidance costs against the benefits of other activities, such as foraging. There is abundant evidence of the foraging costs of cue-based predator avoidance but scarce evidence of the foraging costs of pathogen avoidance. Moreover, behavioural responses to cues of pathogen and predator risks have not yet been studied simultaneously. This project aims at understanding trade-offs associated with anti-pathogen and anti-predator behaviours which is of topical interest at the intersection of behavioural, sensory, and fear ecologies. The project combines three elements but there is flexibility in the overall contribution of each element to the PhD. 1. Testing and evaluating avoidance/aversion responses to olfactory cues of predator/pathogen in boar and deer. This experimental work will be done in a controlled environment of wildlife enclosures in the Czech Republic. Cues inducing the strongest response will be selected to be used in the second phase of the project. The student will be expected to conduct field work involving close contact with animal faeces, urine, and rotting flesh. 2. Trade-off experiments: 2a. Wild boar will be exposed to cues of predation and infection risk at natural feeding sites, i.e. oak and beech trees in autumn. Here, the project benefits from long-term monitoring plots of the tree crop and wild boar resource use established in the Czech Republic (Kostelec Forest) and Poland (Białowieża Forest). These plots will serve as an experimental setup for testing the effects of predator/pathogen avoidance on foraging; 2b. red deer will be exposed to cues of predation and infection risk in semi-wild conditions of wildlife enclosures (e.g. winter enclosures) and their foraging response will be evaluated using the giving-up densities approach. 3. Analysis of bio-logged behavioural data from wild populations. This part benefits from already collected bio-logging (acceleration and magnetometry) and GPS-telemetry data from wild boar and red deer. The data has been pre-processed to obtain time-stamped sequences of different behaviours. Available data allow, for example, to explore behavioural time budgets of wild boar navigating the heterogeneous landscape of human predation risk (recreational and hunting activity) and infection risk (wild boar carcasses). Job description: The work will combine intensive field work (including travel within and outside of the Czech Republic) for data collection, video-analysis of behavioural reactions, and strong computational part involving analysis of bio-logging and GPS-telemetry data. The student will be expected to produce 3 high-quality peer-reviewed papers (a formal requirement to complete a PhD programme). There will be opportunities to present at conferences, get training through workshops and courses, and assist in teaching. Candidate profile: - A Masters degree in zoology, ecology, biology, forestry or similar - Writing, reading, and communication proficiency in English - Good understanding of ecological statistics and experience with R - Experience of field work with wild or captive animals, ideally in animal behaviour - Quantitative skills in the analysis of movement and/or bio-logging data are an asset - Prior publication and research activity will be an asset - Driving license class B (valid to drive in the EU) - Creativity, self-motivation, independence, attention to detail, flexibility, resilience, troubleshooting skills We offer - Starting gross scholarship of 25 000 CZK/month (ca 1000 EUR as of Jan 2024), which is a total of a basic scholarship (11000 CZK), additional faculty scholarship (8000 CZK) and an employment contract (6000 CZK) - Living costs are generally lower than in Western Europe. For costs of accommodation, see https://www.sreality.cz/en and for dormitories see https://www.kam.czu.cz/en - Possibility to obtain University grants for additional scholarship (+500 EUR/month) and research funds - Motivational bonus payments for high-quality publications - Medical insurance provided by the University - Funds for travel to conferences and workshops abroad. Funds for additional training - State-of-the-art scientific and computing equipment, software, and access to journals and scientific databases. - Subsidized lunches at the university canteen (Menza). - International working environment (the working language is English), green spacious campus in Suchdol in the outskirts of Prague, 30 min to Prague city center by public transportation or bike, 15 min walk to several natural protected areas. The campus has various sports facilities, including a swimming pool, gym, athletic track, and indoor and outdoor playfields. Prague is one of the safest cities in the world, with excellent public transportation, international accessibility, and healthcare. Starting date: official date is the 1st October 2024. Applications To apply, please send by email (podgorski@fld.czu.cz), in a single .pdf of less than 10 MB: · Motivation letter (1 page) describing your experience and research interests, stating why you see yourself as a good fit, and how you intend to develop the project. · Your CV, including your education background, publications and any other relevant or interesting outputs or experiences. · 2 academic letters of recommendation, e.g. from your former supervisor or collaborators. Application deadline is the 23rd of February 2024. Selected candidates will be contacted after this date. The official date for enrollment to the PhD study programme "Forest Protection and Game Management" is 17.03.2024. Further details about the application procedure can be found here: https://www.fld.czu.cz/en/r-9414-study/r-11075-admission-procedures/r-13202- admission-procedure-for-doctoral-study