We are looking for 2 highly motivated and enthusiastic volunteers to
help with an exciting field project developed in the French Pyrenees. The
overall goal of the project is to understand how inter-individual differences
in cognitive abilities is linked to personality, dominance, social networks and
life history in wild great tits (Parus major). Volunteers will both help
recording bird behaviours in the field with up-to-date equipment and participate
to video analysis in the lab. These internships will provide the volunteers a
diverse experience on cognitive sciences, behavioural ecology and evolutionary
biology. Additionally, being based at the Station of experimental Ecology of
Moulis (SEEM) they will have the opportunity to discover one of the nicest and
wildest area in the south of France.
Although some knowledge in ornithology and biology would be a plus,
highly motivated applications from any field will be considered with high
interest.
Duration of the internship is flexible from 1 to 3 months, any time
between November 2014 and February 2015.
Volunteers will be under the direct supervision of Maxime Cauchoix
(Post Doc, IAST) and will have the opportunity to collaborate with Alexis Chaine
(Researcher, CNRS, SEEM).
We cannot offer any salary but we are happy to help students getting
individual travel scholarship from their respective university and to pay for
their accommodation (housing only) at the SEEM (150 €/month).
Contact: mcauchoixxx@gmail.com