北京大學招聘青藏高原食肉動物保護生物學和群落生态學博士後

 

beat365官方网站呂植實驗室招聘博士後1名。該職位由美國Panthera基金會（www.panthera.org）提供資金支持。博士後将加入北京大學、山水自然保護中心（www.shanshui.org）和Panthera基金會的聯合研究團隊，研究青藏高原的食肉動物群落，包括雪豹、棕熊、狼、藏狐、赤狐、兔狲等動物。研究團隊重點研究群落生态學，以及同域分布的食肉動物的種間關系。博士後将獨立設計研究課題，并與團隊中的研究生和NGO工作人員合作。研究課題需突出研究在保護瀕危物種中的應用，特别是與人獸沖突和氣候變化相關的物種。研究團隊的主要負責人劉炎林博士和Byron Weckworth博士将協助項目的設計和野外工作。

 

研究的野外工作可能包括捕捉目标物種戴頸圈、追蹤動物移動、捕食地點搜尋、設置并維護紅外相機、痕迹調查、糞便樣品收集和牧戶訪談等。

 

工作起始日期為2014年7月1日。申請者請于2014年5月31日前提交博士後申請。

 

要求：

 

相關領域的博士學位（如生态學，動物行為學等）

流利的英語讀寫能力

撰寫科學論文和報告的經驗

願意在條件艱苦的偏遠地區工作

身體健康，适合在4000米以上的山地開展工作

掌握GIS、統計或其它分析工具和方法，能将原始數據轉換為有意義的生物學信息

 

其它有幫助但非必需的技能：

 

動物捕捉和處理經驗

處理和分析紅外相機照片的經驗

使用常用野外設備的技能（如紅外相機，GIS，無線電遙測設備）

 

更多信息，請電郵/電話劉炎林博士（Plateauhigh@gmail.com/13810772529）

或Byron Weckworth博士（byweck@gmail.com/15910740478）。

 

如感興趣，請将簡曆發送至劉炎林博士或Byron Weckworth博士，以及王雁小姐（wyan@ shanshui.org/13701240945。

 

 

Peking University Post-Doctoral Position in Conservation Biology and Community Ecology of Tibetan Carnivores

 

The International NGO, Panthera, will be funding a post-doctoral position at Peking University in the lab of Dr. Lu Zhi. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will become an integral member of the research team made up of Panthera, Shan Shui and Peking University staff and students who are studying the diverse carnivore community of the Tibetan Plateau. Research themes are particularly focused on the community ecology and interspecies relationships of carnivores with overlapping distributions. These include Tibetan Fox, Red Fox, Pallas’s Cat, Wolves, Tibetan Brown Bear and Snow Leopard. The Fellow will design their own research project within this system as well as collaborate with graduate students and NGO staff. Projects will emphasize the conservation implications of endangered and threatened species in human impacted landscapes, particularly those that relate to human-carnivore conflict and climate change. The primary investigators, Dr. Liu Yanlin and Dr. Byron Weckworth, will oversee project development and help direct field-based activities. Fellows will be acknowledged as Panthera affiliates, but will also be working closely, and on a day to day basis, with Chinese NGO, Shan Shui. This is a great opportunity to do cutting edge science and to work with leading conservation organizations.

 

Field work opportunities may include capture and collaring of target species, tracking animal movements, cluster searches, setting and maintaining camera traps, sign surveys, scat collection and household surveys of herders.

 

Start date is July 1^st, 2014. Fellow must be selected in time to submit post-doctoral application by May 31^st.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

 

PhD in a relevant discipline (e.g. ecology, animal behavior, etc.)

Excellent spoken and written English language skills

Experience in writing scientific papers and reports

Desire to work in remote field conditions without running water or electricity

Ability to hike in rugged mountain environments at elevations above 4000m

Competency in GIS, statistics and other analytical tools and methods to translate raw data into meaningful biological information

 

Additional useful, but not initially necessary skills:

 

Animal capture and handling experience

Experience archiving and analyzing camera trap data

Skilled in the use of pertinent field equipment (e.g., camera traps, GPS, telemetry equipment)

 

 

For additional information, please e-mail/phone Dr. Liu Yanlin plateauhigh@gmail.com/13810772529 or Dr. Byron Weckworth byweck@gmail.com/15910740478.

 

If interested in applying, please send CV and maximum one page cover letter to either Dr. Liu or Dr. Weckworth, and Ms. Wang Yan wyan@shanshui.org/13701240945.