Post-doctoral Research Assistant: Forecasting the ecological and evolutionary consequences of environmental change
The post holder will work on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust and will be responsible for setting up and conducting a large-scale field study on the population and community dynamics of dune annual plants. The study will be conducted at 15 sites along a North-South transect from Scotland to Morocco and involve regular monitoring and experimental manipulations. The project aims to use the environmental variation along this transect as a surrogate climate gradient. The data from the study will be used to ask questions about how climate affects population dynamics, community structure and the evolution of species in changing environments. The successful applicant should be experienced in organising and managing a large-scale field project, including the management of teams of field assistants. Familiarity with dune annuals is desirable, as is experience in experimental design and the analysis of ecological data. This work will be undertaken at the University of Sheffield (UK) under the supervision of Prof Freckleton. There will also be collaboration with Prof Andrew Watkinson (University of East Anglia) and Prof M Rees (Sheffield). The post is tenable from October 2006 for 1 year, renewable for up to a further 4 years, subject to the funding constraints of a cash-limited budget. For more details please contact Rob Freckleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ----------------------------------------------------- Professor R Freckleton Department of Animal & Plant Sciences University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN Tel (work): 0114 2220017 Tel (mobile): 07788 742341 [new number] http://www.shef.ac.uk/aps/index.html http://www.shef.ac.uk/aps/contacts/acadstaff/freckleton.html -----------------------------------------------------
