Hiring Organization:
University of St Andrews
Date Posted:
2013-07-24
Position Description:
We are currently looking for a student to undertake a PhD to analyse data from the Pan-African Great Ape Monitoring Program. This program is conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, with advice on survey design from the Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (CREEM) at St Andrews. It seeks to estimate abundance of bonobos, chimpanzees and gorillas by conducting line transect surveys of nests throughout their ranges.
The student will be based at CREEM, on a studentship fully funded by the University of St Andrews and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. The project will be to analyse the survey data, first to estimate abundance by region, and then to develop spatial models to quantify how density varies through each region.
For more information, contact Steve Buckland (steve@st-andrews.ac.uk)
Apply at http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/admissions/pg/apply/
Qualifications/Experience:
- M.Sc. in biology, anthropology, mathematics or related field
- Strong statistical and informatics background required.
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