GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITY IN STUDY OF HABITAT CONNECTIVITY FOR AT-RISK ANIMAL SPECIES – UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
Ph.D. students sought to study habitat connectivity for at-risk animal species in the sandhills region of North Carolina. The project focuses on quantifying, modeling, and managing metapopulation dynamics in rapidly fragmenting landscapes, and involves collection of movement and dispersal data, collection and development of environmental data, dispersal modeling, and spatial modeling of habitat connectivity. Study species include the red-cockaded woodpecker, St. FrancisÂ’ satyr butterfly, eastern tiger salamander, and Carolina gopher frog. This is a collaborative project among investigators at UNC (principle institution), NC-State, Duke University, and Virginia Tech, and has been selected for funding by the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) to support research on the conservation of rare species on and around military installations. It is a five year project beginning in April 2006. Desired qualifications: MSc or BS in Geography, Ecology, or Biology, fieldwork experience, spatial analysis experience. Contact Aaron Moody, Department of Geography ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to discuss these opportunities further, and to ensure full consideration. Positions start August 2006. Please complete applications by January 1st for additional fellowship consideration (http://gradschool.unc.edu/). Applications are accepted until March 1. OSU is an EEO/AA employer.
