[Pollinator] Ph.D. Assistantship, pollinators, Maine

[David Inouye]

This is a re-posting of a previously posted announcement:
A PhD assistantship ($25K stipend plus tuition and contribution to health
insurance costs) 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 examining ecology and conservation biology of native
bee pollinators of wild blueberries, apples, selected vegetables, and
cranberries to understand relationships of landscape condition and
pollination security in Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and
Maryland. The Ph.D. dissertation will focus on spatial analyses and model
development to understand relationships between landscape conditions and
pollinator communities, with focus on wild blueberries in Maine. The
doctoral student will provide GIS support to the multi-state
interdisciplinary team. Prior coursework and experience in GIS and
ecological or spatial modeling are desired. An M.S. degree is required.
Please send a cover letter expressing interest in the position, CV, GRE
scores, and transcripts to Dr. Cynthia Loftin (Cynthia.Loftin at maine.edu).