Project title: Aggression in social animals: Effects of group size, resource holding potential and costs of fighting on the outcome of battles.
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Plymouth.
Closing date: Friday 7th March 2008.
Starting salary: RES7 currently £28,289
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research associate to work on a BBSRC funded project (36 months duration) with Dr. Mark Briffa on agonistic interactions between rival groups of red wood ants Formica rufa. The project will investigate the influence of group size and resource holding potential on contest outcomes.
The project will include a mixture of field work and laboratory work, with field work being concentrated in the spring and summer. The successful applicant should have a PhD in animal behaviour or behavioural ecology, preferably in contest behavior or a related area. Experience in any area of entomology, invertebrate behavior or physiology or in mathematical modeling would also be desirable.
Contact: For informal enquiries, contact Mark Briffa Tel. 0044 (0)1752 232954, mark.briffa@plymouth.ac.uk
Application forms at:
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=4198
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Plymouth.
Closing date: Friday 7th March 2008.
Starting salary: RES7 currently £28,289
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research associate to work on a BBSRC funded project (36 months duration) with Dr. Mark Briffa on agonistic interactions between rival groups of red wood ants Formica rufa. The project will investigate the influence of group size and resource holding potential on contest outcomes.
The project will include a mixture of field work and laboratory work, with field work being concentrated in the spring and summer. The successful applicant should have a PhD in animal behaviour or behavioural ecology, preferably in contest behavior or a related area. Experience in any area of entomology, invertebrate behavior or physiology or in mathematical modeling would also be desirable.
Contact: For informal enquiries, contact Mark Briffa Tel. 0044 (0)1752 232954, mark.briffa@plymouth.ac.uk
Application forms at:
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=4198