Title: Post Doctoral scholarship in Phenology

Working area: Phenology, pollination and mutualistic networks

FAPESP Process: 2010/51307-0 (http://www.bv.fapesp.br/pt/projetos-pite/29746/diversidade-floristica-padroes-sazonais-campos/)

Project Title: Floristic diversity and seasonal patterns on rupestrian fields and cerrado savannas

Subject area: Ecology

Principal Investigator: Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira Morellato

Unity/Institution: Instituto de Biociências, UNESP

Email: pmorella@rc.unesp.br; patricia.morellato@gmail.com

Phone: (19) 35264205

Dead line for subscription: 25 January 2012

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Summary

Postdoctoral Position Available

A two year Post-Doctoral position is available to carry out research with the Phenology Laboratory, Botany Department, Bioscience Institute at UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo Brazil supported by a FAPESP-Vale Project.

The research is part of an investigative network that focuses on the diversity, temporal patterns (phenology), pollination biology and plant strategies in the rupestrian fields and cerrado savanna vegetations from Southeastern Brazil (São Paulo and Minas Gerais States).

The candidate must have a Ph. D. degree on Biological Sciences, Plant Biology, Ecology or correlated fields, with experience on mutualistic networks, pollination biology and island biogeography theory and statistical analysis of ecological data.

The work will consist on:
(1) the development of field research on phenology and pollination biology of cerrado savanna and rupestrian fields (Minas Gerais);
(2) the research must be design to understand how plant-pollination networks change over time and space;

Since the research will focus on ecology of pollination networks over time and space, a previous experience in field or laboratory work on ecological networks and its temporal and/or spatial patterns is a relevant requirement for the applicant selection.

The position is open for Brazilians and foreign candidates. The selected candidate will receive a post-doctoral (PD) fellowship from FAPESP of R$ 5.333,40 free of taxes, plus an additional research contingency fund equivalent to 15 per cent of the annual value of the scholarship to be expended on the research.