2 Post-doctoral research projects rESEARCH CHAIR IN SIVICULTURE AND WILDLIFE
The NSERC-Université Laval Industrial Research Chair in Silviculture and Wildlife (www.sylvifaune.ulaval.ca<http://www.sylvifaune.ulaval.ca/>) has research opportunities for two post-doctoral fellows to participate in its research program over the next year. The program seeks to develop silviculture systems suited for the sustainable management of uneven-aged boreal forests. A fellowship of 45,000$ for one year will be available. Post-doc 1: Modelling animal communities in managed boreal forest - The overall objective of this project is to evaluate the impact of forest management on biodiversity in boreal ecosystems. The post-doctoral fellow will use multivariate technics to identify indicator species (invertebrates, forest birds, and small mammals) that can predict local and regional diversity in post-fire and post-logging forests. Post-doc 2: Woodland caribou as an umbrella species - The objective is to evaluate to what extent a forest management plan suitable for the preservation of forest-dwelling caribou can also maintain animal biodiversity in old-growth forest ecosystems. The approach will be to identify the main environmental factors influencing the fitness of caribou, identify forest management strategies that, accordingly, should yield relatively high fitness, and then predict the biodiversity expected under those conditions. The post-doctoral fellow will have administrative responsibilities, which include: 1. Writing scientific papers, progress reports, and posters. 2. Maintaining the project's database; as well as supervising and verifying contributions from employees and students. 3. Advising and assisting researchers and students in their studies. Qualifications: Hold a PhD in terrestrial ecology, forestry, biostatistics or related field. Have extensive research experience in animal or community ecology. Have in-depth knowledge of ecological modelling and contemporary multivariate statistical methods. Be familiar with the use of Geographic Information Systems. Université Laval is a French university and some basic French is an asset. Documents to provide by email: Applicants for this position should email me a short cover letter indicating their motivation, accompanied by a current CV and the names and contact information of three references. We will begin to review the applications on 1 April 2014: Daniel Fortin Département de biologie, Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, 1045, av. de la Médecine, Université Laval, Québec (Qc) G1V 0A6, Canada Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
