POPULATION DYNAMICS OF ENDANGERED RED-COCKADED WOODPECKERS Post-doctoral position at Virginia Tech This position involves modeling of population dynamics using data from demographic data sets collected from two woodpecker populations over the past 27 years, and GIS data associated with the two study areas. The position is part of a large collaborative project investigating effects of landscape features on population dynamics of multiple species, involving personnel from Virginia Tech, Duke University, the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University. Duties include conducting simulations using an existing spatially-explicit, individual-based model of the population dynamics of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker and an associated Decision Support System (DSS) to evaluate conservation value of habitat patches, assisting in programming to support linking the model to GIS landscape data to create the DSS and to produce a user-friendly version of the DSS, report writing and assisting other members of the project team. The postdoctoral associate also will assist in developing other statistical analyses involving the demographic data sets. The position involves work at both the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA and the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, NC. Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae and statement of interest upon applying online at: www.jobs.vt.edu <http://www.jobs.vt.edu> (Posting #080049). Three letters of recommendation should be sent via email to Dr. Jeff Walters at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Review of applications will begin March 1, 2008. If you should have any questions regarding this position, please contact the search chair, Dr. Jeff Walters at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 540/231-3847. Walter¹s lab website: http://www.biol.vt.edu/faculty/walters.html Virginia Tech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.
