Albert Phillimore is looking for a postdoc for his work on blue tits along a multi-site transect in Scotland:
A three-year postdoctoral research position is available in a NERC funded project studying the relationship between temperature and optimal breeding phenology of blue tits over space and time. The research will involve field data collection and manipulative experiments replicated across 44 sites along a 200km transect in the Scottish Highlands, combined with analysis of metabarcoding derived diet data, and application of novel statistical models. The relationship between temperature and optimum phenology is key to predicting population responses to climate change and the postdoc will establish (i) whether this relationship varies among populations; (ii) its mechanistic underpinnings and (iii) whether space can substitute for time in estimating the relationship. Essential experience includes the statistical analysis of complex data sets and the use of hierarchical (mixed) models. Some experience with large-scale fieldwork would be useful and the applicant must have good communication skills and be able to manage a team of field assistants.
https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=041392
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