Hello, I am a PhD student at the Desert Ecology Dept., Ben-Gurion University, Israel, under the supervision of Prof. Yael Lubin.
I am looking for a post-doc position in Behavioral Ecology and Nutritional Ecology, starting October 2007. The topic of my dissertation is "the indirect effect of food quality on the young via maternal and allomaternal (cooperative breeding) in a social and subsocial spider species". This work included 2 field seasons in Namibia in which I studied cooperative breeding in a social spider and how colony nutrition affects reproductive skew and cooperative breeding. Working on the Subsocial spider species in Israel, I studied maternal care behaviors and the nutritional requirements of females preparing for reproduction. Mor Mor Salomon-Botner Mitrani Dept. of Desert Ecology Blaustein Institute for Desert Research Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Sede Boqer campus 84990 Midreshet Ben-Gurion Israel Mobile: +972- 54-6818 118 Fax: +972- 8-6596 772
