Job:
Field assistant needed between 14th of May and 13th of July for an
international research project on the granular poison frog, Oophaga
granulifera, in Costa Rica.

This is a PhD project based at the Department of Zoology of the
University
of Veterinary Medicine (TiHo) in Hannover, Germany (supervisor Heike
Proehl) and carried out in collaboration with Dr Nicholas Mundy,
University of Cambridge, UK.

Aim of the project is to investigate the geographical variation in
morphology, behaviour and genetic traits analysing different populations
of Oophaga granulifera inhabiting pacific Costa Rica.

The field assistant will collaborate in collecting biometric
measurements,
males advertisement calls and tissue samples for genetic analysis.

There is a reimbursement of 100 Euros per week.

If you are interested please feel free to contact me for details.


Best wishes,

Oscar Brusa


Oscar Brusa <oscar.brusa@tele2.it>