{"id":2899,"date":"2016-12-14T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tropicalbiology.org\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2016-12-14T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T16:25:00","slug":"phd-opportunity-plant-pollinator-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tropicalbiology.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/14\/phd-opportunity-plant-pollinator-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD opportunity: Plant-pollinator networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"H1Area\">\n<h1>Plant-pollinator networks: inferring the presence of interactions, and the influence of spatial<span class=\"noWrap\">\u00a0scale<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Deadline is 20th January 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"H2Area\" class=\"hidden-xs\">\n<h2 id=\"ProgDescTitle\">Project Description<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wrapChildUrls\">This project provides the opportunity for a student to gain a highly-desirable mix of quantitative and practical ecological skills. Quantitative skills in network analysis and statistical inference are highly transferable across the multi-disciplinary field of complexity science, and are becoming increasingly important in ecology. The student will also gain skills in field sampling and identification of plants and pollinators.<\/p>\n<p>Ecological networks (e.g. food webs) are a great approach for studying the resilience and robustness of ecosystems. Many ecosystem functions and services directly result from the interactions between species (e.g. plant-pollinator interactions \u2013 these are the \u2018building blocks\u2019 of ecological networks). However, information on the species interactions is often lacking because field sampling is a labour-intensive process. This project will develop approaches to statistically infer interactions, enabling networks to be \u2018reconstructed\u2019 even when they have not been directly observed. The student will use, and develop, a statistical approach called Bayesian network inference to infer interactions from existing abundance and occupancy data, with the aim of applying these to predict the structure of plant-pollinator networks across the country.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the project, there will also be field sampling of plant-pollinator networks to determine how the spatial scale of sampling influences the roles of individual species and the properties of the whole network. Field work will take place in the UK during periods of suitable summer weather.<\/p>\n<p>This project will be based at the Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology\u2019s site in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. This is a large interdisciplinary research institute and one of the largest concentrations The student will be part of the Biological Records Centre at CEH \u2013 providing a dynamic mix of expertise in data analysis and visualisation, and high performance computing, as well as expertise in citizen science. Registered at Newcastle University, the student will benefit from being part of the Network Ecology Group. The student will benefit from hands-on training from the supervisory team in network analysis, field sampling of pollinators and inference methods. They will also be given training in Bayesian network inference at St Andrews University.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential that the student has good quantitative skills and the desire to develop new statistical skills, and also has the desire to undertake field sampling of pollinators in the UK countryside and gain skills in identifying British bees and hoverflies. The applicant will need a current driving license.<\/p>\n<p>For further information please see:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iapetus.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IAP-16-73-Pocock-CEH.pdf\">http:\/\/www.iapetus.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IAP-16-73-Pocock-CEH.pdf\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Applicants for a studentship must have obtained, or be about to obtain, a 2.1 degree or higher. If you have a 2.2 degree, but have also obtained a masters qualification, you are also eligible. Substantial relevant post-graduate experience may also be sufficient, please contact the supervisors for more information.<\/p>\n<p>To apply please send email Dr Pocock (michael.pocock@ceh.ac.uk; (cc\u00a0<a class=\"emailLink\" data-email-addr=\"34a8f3af6f22b7989660e58f7600549eb9dd121371da10024fe985ff2e1ddf9f\" data-email-name=\"darren.evans@ncl.ac.uk\">darren.evans@ncl.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"emailLink\" data-email-addr=\"dd6c54e1849e831a9eb6f3f4ba2126aec97de62cf12b140288a1408b137d2589\" data-email-name=\"vas1@st-andrews.ac.uk\">vas1@st-andrews.ac.uk<\/a>).<br \/>\nIn your email include: 1) a two-page covering letter detailing your reasons for applying and why you have selected this project, 2) your CV with contact information for two references, 3) full transcripts of previous qualifications obtained to date.<\/div>\n<div id=\"FundingNotes\">\n<h2>Funding Notes<\/h2>\n<p>This project is one of a number of proposed topics that are in competition for funding from the NERC IAPETUS Doctoral Training Partnership\u00a0<a class=\"noWrap inheritFont\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iapetus.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">View Website<\/a>.<br \/>\nFull studentships (fees and stipend) are only available to UK nationals and other EU nationals that have resided in the UK for three years prior to commencing the studentship. If you are a citizen of an EU member state you will eligible for a fees-only award, and must be able to show at interview that you can support yourself for the duration of the studentship at the RCUK level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opportunities"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PhD opportunity: Plant-pollinator networks - Tropical Biology &amp; Conservation | ATBC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tropicalbiology.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/14\/phd-opportunity-plant-pollinator-networks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PhD opportunity: Plant-pollinator networks - Tropical Biology &amp; 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