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On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Renner, Heather <heather_renner@fws.gov> wrote:
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*Post-doc Studying Population Dynamics of Seabirds of the Alaska Maritime
National Wildlife Refuge*
A 1-year research position is available to expand the inference of 4
decades of colony-based seabird monitoring to regional and landscape scales
that would allow inferences beyond individual colonies. Metrics of seabird
ecology will be evaluated for their links to ecosystem-wide environmental
change at a variety of trophic levels. Both efforts will improve the
understanding of complex linkages in the marine system and guide monitoring
efforts by the Refuge and others focused on conservation in the region.
The overall goal is to develop a suite of population models for a couple
of index species like murres and kittiwakes, including evaluation of
spatial clustering of populations that co-vary, in order to: 1) assess
implications of environmental covariates with identified mechanisms and
appropriate temporal (pre-breeding condition, summer, rearing, overwinter
survival, etc.) and spatial scales; 2) evaluate the feasibility of
combining seabirds into foraging guilds and determine whether patterns
assessed are similar within guilds; and 3) improve understanding of
population dynamics of key seabird species on the Maritime Refuge and
implications for those populations in the broader landscape. This analysis
will involve close collaboration with scientists from the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries to explore how connections can be made
that might afford improvements in detecting changes in the ecosystem.
Primary responsibilities will be to statistically evaluate 4 decades of
monitoring data; acquire relevant environmental variables portrayed in a
GIS; develop quantitative models for analyzing annual rates of change for
individual colonies and metapopulations distributed over large landscapes
encompassing multiple colonies; apply these models to previously collected
monitoring data; and write reports and manuscripts for publication in the
peer-reviewed literature. Preference will be given to applicants with (1)
a Ph.D. in wildlife biology, ornithology, ecology, landscape ecology,
conservation biology, marine biology, fisheries biology or related
discipline, (2) previous research experience modeling animal populations,
(3) strong skills in quantitative modeling, GIS analysis, and ability to
understand and create computer programs for new statistical methods and
model simulations (e.g., familiarity with statistical computing software R,
SAS, etc.).
An annual salary of $45,000-$55,000 will be provided with full benefits.
The position will be in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Science at the
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. This work will be conducted in close
collaboration with researchers and managers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, NOAA Fisheries, and the Aleutian and Bering Sea Islands Landscape
Conservation Cooperative.
This is a preliminary announcement but additional information is available
from Oz Garton (ogarton@uidaho.edu). Detailed information and application
information will be available in February from the University of Idaho's
Human Resources (https://uidaho.peopleadmin.com/postings/search).
*Review of the applicants will begin March 1, 2015. The position will
start approx. April 1, 2015.*
Heather Renner
Supervisory Wildlife Biologist
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
95 Sterling Highway, Suite 1
Homer, Alaska 99603
(907) 226-4623
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