[Pollinator] Ph.D. opportunity for native bee conservation project

[David Inouye]

A PhD assistantship (covering a stipend, tuition, and health insurance) is
available at the University of Maine beginning September 2012 to study
native bee conservation from a landscape ecology perspective. The grant
supporting this research is part of a multi-state, interdisciplinary study
that examines pollinator ecology and conservation biology in focal crops of
wild blueberries, apples, selected vegetables, and cranberries to understand
factors affecting pollination security in Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
New York, and Maryland. The doctoral student will provide GIS support to
the multi-state interdisciplinary team. The PhD dissertation will focus on
spatial analyses and model development to understand relationships between
landscape conditions and pollinator communities in these specialty crops,
with particular focus on wild blueberries in Maine. Prior coursework and
experience in GIS and ecological or spatial modeling are desired. An MS
degree is required. Please send pre-applications of a cover letter
expressing interest in the position, CV, GRE scores, and transcripts, with
subject line POLLINATOR, to Dr. Cynthia Loftin (Cynthia.Loftin at maine.edu)
and Dr. Frank Drummond (Frank_Drummond at umit.maine.edu).