Dear Allstat,
Post-Doc opportunity for Ecological Statistician working at Centro Ecologia
Alpina (CEA) in Trentino, Italy.
Applications are invited for a Post-Doc position to be based at the Centre
of Alpine Ecology in Trentino in the Italian Alps. This will be in
collabration with Central Science Laboratory in York, UK. The post will
involve integrating information collected locally on population density of
(i) roe deer and (ii) voles to assist in the understanding of the
Epidemiology of tick-borne diseases. Both the roe deer and vole have been
identified as key hosts in the life cycle of ticks. The central problem will
be to reconcile the field information on roe deer and voles, collected at
different spatial scales, in the construction of a disease risk map.
Abundance of the respective populations will be estimated using Distance
Sampling methodology.
This would be ideal for someone with a PhD, or expecting to graduate with a
PhD in the next 6 months, in Ecological Statistics and experience of
population analysis would be desirable. The latest date for application to
Trentino authority is 30 September, but early applications are encouraged.
Post would start in 2006 and be funded for 3 years.
For further details, please contact either Dr Francesca Cagnacci at CEA
([log in to unmask]), or Neil Walker at Central Science Laboratory
([log in to unmask]).
best wishes,
Neil Walker
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