Post-Doctoral Opportunity

Post-Doctoral Researcher in Tropical Forest Landscape Ecology – State University of Campinas, BRAZIL : Campinas, Brazil

Opportunity for an experienced researcher to play a lead role in the THEMATIC RESEARCH PROJECT BIOTA-FAPESP/NERC-UK ECOFOR: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in degraded and recovering Amazonian and Atlantic Forests (FAPESP 2012/51872-5).

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The project coordinators are Profs. Carlos A Joly Biology Institute/UNICAMP-Brazil and Jos Barlow Univ. Lancaster – UK. The post-doctoral position will be funded by a FAPESP grant and will use Landscape Ecology approaches to assess biodiversity (birds and plants) and ecosystem services (carbon and water) along a transect of preserved, degraded and recovering Atlantic Forests in the Paraiba do Sul Valley, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Submission & Deadline: applicants should submit a cover letter highlighting key qualifications and interests, a copy of current curriculum vitae with complete bibliography, three reference letters, and PDF copies of three publications that provide evidence of relevant skills by October 31, 2013 to Prof. Carlos A. Joly at ecofor@biota.org.br

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