PhD Fellowship Opportunity in Sweden
Clinal variation, hybridization and speciation in calopterygid damselflies
A PhD-fellowship is available for three years to study the ecology and
genetics of a hybrid zone between C. splendens and C. xanthostoma in
southern France. The candidate is supposed to spend 50 % of his research
time in France and 50 % in Sweden. The project is part of collaboration
between the Department of Ecology at Lund University (Sweden) and CNRS
at Toulouse (France), aimed to foster European research collaboration.
Field work and experiments will mainly be performed between May and
August in France, and laboratory work, data analyses and theoretical work
in Sweden. The candidate is expected to perform field experiments (mate
presentations, phenotypic manipulations) alongside with spatial analyses
of phenotypic variation in key phenotypic traits, such as the degree of
wing melanisation between and within these species. These field studies
will be performed across the hybrid zone south of the Loire River as well
as along altitudinal gradients up in to the Pyrenees. There will also be
opportunities for the candidate to investigate other issues such as the
importance of plastic mate preferences in maintaining sexual isolation
and species boundaries. Field facilities are provided by CNRS in Moulis,
and laboratory facilities by the Department of Ecology at Lund University.
We are seeking a highly motivated, independent student who is willing
to work both in the field and in the laboratory. Strong collaborative
and communicative skills are needed, and knowledge in French is helpful,
but not necessary. Previous experience with field work in evolutionary
ecology, molecular work, statistics and/or modelling will be considered
an advantage. A strong interest in theoretical aspects of ecology and
evolutionary biology are essential.
Please send letter of interest for this PhD-opportunity o the following
address:
Erik Svensson
Section for Animal Ecology
Department of Ecology
Lund University
SE-223 62 Lund, SWEDEN
Fax: +46 46 222 47 16
Phone: +46 46 2222 38 19
E-mail: erik.svensson@zooekol.lu.se
Send curriculum vitae, copies of exams, letters of recommendation
(optional), the names and contact information of 1-2 reference persons
and a short letter where you explain your background and why you are
interested in this position no later than no later than May 15 2008.
For general information about the research affiliation in Sweden see:
http://www.biol.lu.se/zooekologi/epb/people-en/es-en/es-lab-en.htm
Representative publications linked to the
Swedish research group and to this project:
http://www.biol.lu.se/zooekologi/epb/people-en/es-en/es-pub-en.htm
Information about the French research affiliation:
http://www.ecoex-moulis.cnrs.fr/
Scholarship Tags: Fellowship, Opportunity, PhD, Sweden
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