Postdoctoral Position in Plant-Herbivore Ecology A postdoctoral position is offered in conjunction with secured funding from the National Science Foundation to work in the laboratory of Dr. Robert Marquis (Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis; www.umsl.edu/~biology). The project focuses on determining the contribution of plant traits to the impact of leaf-tying caterpillars on the arthropod fauna of eight Missouri oak (Quercus) species. The information gained will be used to predict the conditions under which positive interactions amongst herbivores occur, affecting their mutual abundance, as well as the abundances of arthropods of other trophic levels, and plant growth and reproduction. Funding is available for two years, contingent on satisfactory performance. Applicants should be able to begin the position no later than March 1, 2007, and should have experience in field ecology and plant anti- herbivore chemistry. A Ph.D. in ecology, entomology, or forestry is required. Base for the position is the Department of Biology. Application review will begin on December 15, 2006 and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should send electronically a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and names and contact information for three persons to serve as references to: Robert Marquis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Dept. Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, One University Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63121-4499.
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