[Mitarbeiter.zoologie] Fwd: PhD scholarship on plant-pollinator interactions in Australia

[Julia Goss]

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From: Romina Rader <rominarader at gmail.com>
Date: Fr., 8. Feb. 2019, 21:19
Subject: PhD scholarship on plant-pollinator interactions in Australia
To: <ICPBR at listserv.uoguelph.ca>


PhD scholarship available: pollination networks in Australia

The Rader lab (raderlab.com), in collaboration with the Mayfield lab (
mayfieldplantecologylab.org), is offering a unique and exciting opportunity
for a motivated, independent and adventurous PhD candidate to study
pollination networks in Australian plant communities including the alpine
zone of the snowy mountains, the floristically diverse york gum woodlands
of Western Australia and various coastal forest and agroecosystems in New
South Wales. We will use these systems to ask different questions
(depending on candidate interests).  This system provides a unique
opportunity to investigate novel questions about pollinator efficiency,
pollen flow in different environments, top down effects on plant
reproduction, non-bee pollinator biology (especially flies) and how the
resources in different land uses impact pollinator and plant networks.



The successful PhD candidate will be required to: identify sites for
sampling plant-pollinator networks, collect insects for identification,
collect stigmas for pollen identification, mark flowers and collect seed,
conduct land-use analyses and analyse complex network data. This 3-year PhD
project will be based at UNE, in Armidale, NSW Australia with regular
travel to New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, for up to 3-6
months per year, to conduct fieldwork. The first field season will begin in
August 2019 and will run for several months. The successful applicant will
need to be comfortable living in close quarters with other students and
researchers, for up to several months at a time.



*The successful candidate will have:*

   - Ecological fieldwork experience, preferably plants and insects.
   - Strong analytical and programming skills, including experience or
   interest in network analyses. Experience with R language or similar is
   essential.
   - Excellent writing skills and experience preparing scientific
   manuscripts for publication (at least one peer-reviewed publication is
   preferred).
   - Experience working in remote locations and challenging environments.
   - Good plant and insect identification skills, and ability to quickly
   learn new plant and insect IDs.
   - Experience using ArcGIS or similar, or willingness to learn.
   - Experience with pollination biology methods is desirable, but not
   essential.



*About the lab: *the Rader lab is based at the University of New England in
Armidale, NSW Australia. We are a multi-disciplinary group, studying a
range of topics including pollination networks, global change impacts on
pollinator communities, crop pollination and ecosystem services.

*Supervisors: *Dr Romina Rader, Dr Jamie Stavert, Prof. Margaret Mayfield
and Dr Manu Saunders All applicants are required to send a CV and cover
letter to Romina Rader: rrader at une.edu.au by
*15 February 2019. Contact Romina Rader: rrader at une.edu.au
<rrader at une.edu.au>or Jamie Stavert: jamie.stavert at gmail.com
<jamie.stavert at gmail.com>for further information. *
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