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White-lipped peccary ecologist position: World Wildlife Fund seeks a researcher to help direct a multi-year, =20 field-based study of the ecology of white-lipped peccaries, as part =20 of a larger project on selected area-sensitive mammal and bird =20 species of the Amazon basin. Ultimately, the goal is to use data =20 collected on ecology and habitat use of these species to address =20 reserve design questions. Applicant will be based at a field =20 research station in the Peruvian Amazon, that has electricity and =20 wireless internet connection but is a 6-hr boat ride to the nearest =20 town. You will direct a small field staff of local and student field =20 assistants in locating, capturing, radio-tagging, and monitoring =20 habitat use. The project has an ultralight for VHF telemetry =20 locations and we are experimenting with GPS collars RFID tags, and =20 new VHF technology. We have also habituated a group of the peccaries =20= (100+ individuals) and are collecting detailed observations through =20 direct observations. As the project focuses on spatial use issues we are looking for =20 someone with strong quantative skills and experience with spatial =20 analyses. Command of Spanish is required; an advanced degree, GIS =20 skills are preferred. You will be expected to assume a lead role in =20 data analysis, manuscript preparation, and publication. Salary - =20 $15,000 to $24,000 depending on experience, plus per diem at field =20 station and travel to and from Peru at least once a year (in addition =20= to travel to site first time). Contract will initially be for 12 =20 months but is open-ended (the project currently has 2 years of =20 funding), beginning in May, 2005 or as soon thereafter as possible. Interested candidates should send a curriculum vitae, a brief summary =20= of research experience and interests, and names of at least two =20 references (with their email addresses) to George Powell at: =20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posicion para un especialista en pecari de labios blancos (Tayassu =20 pecari) La World Wildlife Fund esta buscando a un investigador(a) para la =20 direccion de un estudio sobre Pecari de labios blancos (Tayassu =20 pecari). Este estudio es parte integral de un Proyecto cuyo objetivo =20 principal es la estimacion del tama=F1o adecuado y la configuraci=F3n =20= espacial de =E1reas protegidas necesarias para conservar mamiferos y =20 aves sensibles a la perdida del habitat. El investigador(a) tendra su base en una Estacion cientifica en el =20 Amazonas peruano (Madre de Dios) que cuenta con electricidad e =20 internet, sin embargo se encuentra a 6 horas en bote hasta la =20 poblacion mas cercana. Se espera que el candidato elegido dirija un =20 equipo de personal de campo y estudiantes en la captura, localizacion =20= y marcado de individuos asi como del monitoreo de su uso del habitat. =20= Se cuenta con un avion ultraligero para telemetria y estamos =20 experimentando con collares GPS, RFID tags, y tecnologia nueva de =20 VHF. Tambien tenemos habituado a un grupo de peccaries (+100 ind.) y =20 estamos colectando observaciones detalladas mediante observacion =20 directa. Debido a los intereses del proyecto, se busca a alguien con =20 conocimiento y experiencia en analisis espacial. Dominio del espa=F1ol =20= es requerido: posgrado y conocimiento de GIS son preferibles pero no =20 imprescindibles. Se espera que este investigador asuma la =20 responsabilidad del analisis de datos, la preparacion de escritos y =20 publicaciones. El salario puede ir de $15,000 a $24,000 Dlls. =20 (dependiendo de la experiencia), mas la estancia en la Estacion =20 Cientifica, pasajes de avion desde y hacia Peru por lo menos una vez =20 al a=F1o (mas el viaje hacia la zona por primera vez). El contrato sera =20= incialmente por 12 meses pero no es definitivo, (el Proyecto tiene al =20= momento dos a=F1os de soporte financiero), y puede comenzar en Mayo de =20= 2005 o tan pronto como sea posible. Los candidatos interesados pueden enviar un Curriculum vitae, un =20 resumen sobre su experiencia e intereses y los nombres de al menos =20 dos referencias (con direccion de correo electronico) dirigido a =20 George Powell al correo electronico: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Samia Carrillo-Percastegui [EMAIL PROTECTED]
