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Stefanie Rixecker
ECOFEM Coordinator
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Date sent: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:59:20 -1000
From: Bethany L Woodworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: job posting: 3 full-time field biologists needed for avian
disease
study
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THREE FIELD BIOLOGISTS NEEDED for an NSF-funded study of the ecology and
evolution of avian disease in Hawaii. These are 3-year, full-time positions beginning
Nov 1, 2001. Field work will be conducted in 9 study areas on the eastern flank of
Mauna Loa Volcano on the island of Hawaii, ranging from sea level to 6000 ft elevation.
Field sites include lowland forest on rough a'a lava substrate, where conditions are
hot
and muggy and mosquitoes are thick and voracious; to wet rainforests at mid- and high-
elevation sites that are cool, very rainy, with difficult terrain, deep,
eat-your-boots mud,
and dense vegetation. Each biologist will be responsible for training, supervision,
morale
and logistics for a field crew of 3-6 volunteer interns. Field work includes mist
netting,
banding, and bleeding forest birds; processing blood samples; conducting variable-
circular plot (VCP) counts; conducting vegetation sampling; measuring seasonal
phenology of fruiting and flowering plants; measuring indices of predator abundance;
conducting mosquito trapping using CO2, stinky water, and resting traps, and surveys
for
mosquito larvae and breeding sites; nest-finding and monitoring; resighting
color-banded
birds; and data entry and management.
Minimum Requirements: B.S. in Ecology, Wildlife, or related field; two years of field
experience (includes volunteer experience); proficiency in mist netting and banding
passerines and ability to train others to mist net; experience supervising a field
crew;
willingness to learn to bleed birds using jugular venipuncture; and full color vision
and
full hearing. Must have excellent people skills, a positive attitude, and
teaching/mentoring
skills. Must be willing and able to hike several miles over rough a'a lava with
backpack,
and camp in remote locations for up to 10 days at a time.
Desirable qualifications: experience with Hawaiian passerines and familiarity with
Hawaiian forest ecosystems; experience bleeding birds by jugular venipuncture;
experience conducting VCP or point counts.
Salary appx. $22,800/yr plus benefits (health, vacation + sick leave, retirement after
1st year, camping per diem). Biologists will be based at Kilauea Field Station of
the Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, USGS-BRD in Hawaii Volcanoes
National Park.
For details on how to apply:
Email inquiries are preferred and will be acknowledged within 1 week of receipt.
Please include a resume and names and phone numbers of three work-related
references. In order to insure consideration, inquiry must be received by 17
September.
Please contact:
BETHANY WOODWORTH
Kilauea Field Station, PIERC-USGS-BRD
P.O. Box 44
Hawaii National Park, HI 96718
Phone: 808-967-7396 x 237
FAX 808-967-8568
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Senior Lecturer
Environmental Management & Design Division
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 84
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax: 64-03-325-3841
Mob: 021 150 2862
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