Postdoc - Quantitative Ecology

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Postdoc - Quantitative Ecology

Postby David Miller » Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:14 am

We seek a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our research team in a project focused on understanding the determinants of core forest bird abundance in northeastern forests. The researcher will be housed in the Pennsylvania State University`s Department of Ecosystem Science and Management. The overall project seeks to understand factors affecting forest bird distributions across multiple scales and identifying opportunities for improving management of core forest birds in Pennsylvania forests. Bird distribution data will come from multiple sources, including an existing database of >36,000 point counts conducting throughout the state and additional field data to be collected in 2015 and 2016. The candidate will lead efforts to develop hierarchical community abundance models to assess predictors of distributions at multiple scales. The candidate will be expected to contribute to the core goals of the project including assisting in development of field sampling designs and analysis of data, at the same time bringing their own expertise and interests. The candidate will be supervised by Dr. David Miller and Dr. Margaret Brittingham. Additional collaborators on the project include a graduate student, state agency personnel, and Dr. Ephraim Hanks from the PSU Statistics Department.

Qualifications: Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Wildlife Sciences, Ecology, Statistics, or related discipline completed by start date. Preferred qualifications include a strong background in quantitative ecology including methods to model species distributional data such as fitting Bayesian hierarchical models, accounting for detection, and spatial modeling. Other beneficial qualifications include experience monitoring forest birds, GIS skills, experience managing large databases, understanding of forestry practices and forest management, and background and interest in community ecology and global change ecology. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Initial appointment will be for one year, with the opportunity for renewal contingent on the availability of funding. We will begin reviewing applications August 25 and the position will remain open until filled.

Apply to https://app2.ohr.psu.edu/Jobs/External/ ... .cfm#52673.

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