The NSERC-Produits forestiers Anticosti industrial research chair in integrated management of biological resources of Anticosti forests is looking for a postdoctoral candidate in the area of modelling plant-large herbivore relationships.
The Anticosti Chair is conducting a research program aiming at the development of wildlife and forest management practices adapted to high densities of cervids (http://www.cen.ulaval.ca/anticosti/). The Chair is based in the Department of biology of Laval University, Québec, and is part of the Centre détudes nordiques. On Anticosti Island, the Chair has research infrastructures, and research offices and laboratories. The team of researchers is multidisciplinary and studies questions in animal and behavioural ecology, forest biology, and silviculture. Research staff includes two research professionals, one post-doc, ten graduate students and 7-8 summer students. We are looking for a postdoctoral candidate interested in the demographic and quantitative aspects of plant-herbivore relationships. The project will integrate the knowledge developed on Anticosti over the last 10 years as well as the scientific literature and expert knowledge in a series of probabilistic models (e.g. bayesian networks) of deer-forest-silviculture management relationships. These models will be used as alternative hypotheses to determine how the ecosystem function and will represent the base of a strategy of adaptive management for the forest resources of Anticosti Island. The candidate should have completed a Ph.D. within the last 5 years in an area of expertise related to the above description. An annual 35 000CAD$ fellowship is available. Applications should include a letter of intent, a C.V. and the name of three contacts for references. We would like to fill the position as soon as possible. Applications will be closing on 17 January 2010. ___________________ For more information : Steeve Côté, professor & Chair holder NSERC-Produits forestiers Anticosti Industrial Research Chair Département de biologie Université Laval Québec (Québec), Canada, G1V 0A6 [email protected] Phone : 418-656-2131 #3490 Fax: 418-656-2043 Jean-Pierre Tremblay, assistant professor NSERC-Produits forestiers Anticosti Industrial Research Chair Département de biologie Université Laval Québec (Québec), Canada, G1V 0A6 [email protected] Phone : 418-656-2131 #3629 Fax: 418-656-2043
