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From: "Binoy vv" <vvbinoy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 15 Dec 2017 9:43 am
Subject: Fwd: [ASAB-MAIL] 4 PhD positions on the ‘ecology of fear’ in
wildlife
To: "YETI" <meet.yeti@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc:
4 PhD opportunities are available to work with Liana Zanette
<http://www.lianazanette.com> at Western University <http://www.uwo.ca>,
Canada. Prof. Zanette heads the world’s leading research group
experimentally testing the effects of predator-induced fear on the
population and community dynamics of wildlife, and has published seminal
papers demonstrating that fear itself (perceived predation risk) is
powerful enough to affect wildlife population dynamics (Science 2011
<http://science.sciencemag.org/content/334/6061/1398>), the fear of large
carnivores can itself cause a trophic cascade (Nature Communications 2016
<https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms10698>), andthe fear the human
“super predator” inspires in large carnivores can in turn have cascading
effects on ecosystems (Proc R Soc B 2017
<http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1857/20170433>). PhD
1 will conduct the first ever comprehensive test of the total impact of
fear on the population growth rate in wildlife. PhD 2 will conduct the
first fully manipulative experimental test of whether the fear of large
carnivores affects the demography of large herbivores, and has cascading
trophic impacts on plant responses. PhD 3 will test the demographic and
behavioural impacts the fear of lions has on their ungulate prey. PhD 4
will test whether ‘interrogating’ wildlife about their fear of humans can
be used as a tool to diagnose the extent and intensity of poaching and
disturbance by ecotourists. PhDs 1 and 2 will be conducted on song
sparrows and black-tailed deer respectively, on Canada’s Gulf Islands, and
PhDs 3 and 4 will be conducted in private game reserves in South Africa.
Applicants
should have an MSc
<http://grad.uwo.ca/prospective_students/programs/program_NEW.cfm?p=18>,
a passion for research, experience conducting field experiments,
publications in internationally-competitive journals, evidence of
research/interest in the ecology of fear, and have or be well-positioned to
compete for an external scholarship. Western guarantees a minimum stipend
<http://www.uwo.ca/biology/graduate/prospective/financial_support.html>
for up to four years. Applicants should provide: (1) a cover letter; (2)
CV with names of 3 referees; and (3) unofficial transcripts from previous
degrees. Use the subject line “Ecology of fear PhD” and e-mail materials
to lzanette@xxxxxx. Review of applications will begin 15 January 2018.
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Dr. Liana Zanette
Professor & Faculty Scholar
Department of Biology
1151 Richmond St
<https://maps.google.com/?q=1151+Richmond+St&entry=gmail&source=g>. N
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, CANADA
N6A 5B7
phone: 519-661-2111 x88317
lianazanette.com
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Dr V. V. Binoy
Assistant Professor
National Institute of Advanced Studies
Indian Institute of Science Campus
Bangalore - 560 012
Ph : +917829496778
e-mail vvbinoy@xxxxxxxxx
http://social-cognition.weebly.com/
Joint Secretary
Ethological Society of India