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From: ECOLOG-L <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Margie Mayfield <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Reply-To: Margie Mayfield <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 9:46 PM
To: ECOLOG-L <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral fellowship in plant community ecology
Resent-From: Jim Schneider <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Resent-Date: Monday, January 23, 2017 at 8:18 AM

A three-year postdoctoral fellowship in plant community ecology is currently
open with Dr. Margaret Mayfield at the University of Queensland, Australia.
The primary purpose of the position is to work with A/Prof Margaret Mayfield
(primary supervisor) and A/Prof Daniel Stouffer (University of Canterbury)
on the influence of species interactions on coexistence dynamics and local
patterns of diversity.  The successful candidate will be based at the
University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, in the Mayfield lab
(http://www.mayfieldplantecologylab.org/site/Margie_Mayfield.html) but will
also have the opportunity to collaborate with Dr. Stouffer at the University
of Canterbury, New Zealand. We are ideally looking for a candidate
interested in testing ecological theory of coexistence and diversity
maintenance with field data.  The main focus of this project is to gain a
greater understanding of how complex species interactions, higher-order
interactions in particular, mediate coexistence dynamics and local patterns
of diversity.  The project will use data (existing and collected by the
successful candidate) from Dr. Mayfield’s established field sites in Western
Australia’s York Gum woodlands – a winter annual plant system.  There is
flexibility in the details of the projects the successful candidate will
work on the position will involve some of field work, statistical analysis
and modelling.

Applicants must have (or is about to have) a PhD in ecology or a
related/relevant discipline (applied mathematics/statistics or geography for
instance). Though this position will involve research on plant communities,
candidates with more experience in animal or microbial systems who have
relevant interests in community ecology are welcome to apply. We are
particularly interested in candidates with a background in field ecology who
also have strong analytical/statistical skills. The successful candidate is
expected to produce multiple publications in international peer-reviewed
journals, present research at domestic and international conferences,
participate in mentoring PhD students and honors students and generally
contribute as a member of Dr. Mayfield’s research group.

Full details on the position and the application process are available
through UQ Jobs:
http://jobs.uq.edu.au/caw/en/job/500105/postdoctoral-research-fellow.
Applications must be submitted through the UQ jobs web site but please
direct any questions about this position to Dr. Mayfield: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Key details:
"UQ jobs" number: 500105
Contract period: 3-years
Remuneration: annual salary starting at AU$87,535 + 17% employer retirement
contributions (total package starting at AU$95,407).
Application: to apply, please submit a cover letter, a professional CV,
detailed responses to selection criteria available through the UQ jobs
website and contact details for three academic referees (no letters required
for initial application).
Start date: March – July 2017 (negotiable)
Contact: Margie Mayfield: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>