Post-doctoral position and PhD fellowship in Henrique

FUNDA??O DA FACULDADE DE CI?NCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Project PTDC/AMB/73901/2006)
A call for applications is opened for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the project PTDC/AMB/73901/2006, with the title ?ABAFOBIO ? Farmland Abandonment, Fire and Biodiversity? and supported by Funda??o para a Ci?ncia e a Tecnologia, with the following conditions:
1. Duration and working conditions: Duration of 12 months, starting in October 2009 (later dates can be negotiated), in a regime of exclusivity, as stated in the regulations for advanced training of Funda??o para a Ci?ncia e a Tecnologia (http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/normasbolsasemprojectos) and the regulations of the Foundation of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. The grant may be renewable up to a total of 18 months.
2. Scientific area: Ecology
3. Research objectives: The successful applicant will join an on-going project which aims at understanding the consequences of farmland abandonment and fire regime for biodiversity and ecosystem services. The projected started in 2007 and much of the field data and remote sensing data has been already collected and organized, so the successful applicant will be working on modeling and scenario development. The project aims at testing and improving the theory of species-area relationships for landscapes, which are a mosaic of several habitats (Pereira, H.M., & Daily, G. C. 2006. Ecology 87:1877-1885). Another goal of the project is to develop socio-ecological models for the dynamics of biodiversity change combining socio-economic drivers with the response of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
4. Scientific supervision: Dr. Henrique Miguel Pereira (http://theoeco.fc.ul.pt)
5. Requested academic education: Candidates should have a Ph.D. in ecology, biology, environmental sciences or a related field. Experience with Geographic Information Systems, Statistics, Modelling, or Scenarios is a plus.
6. Contractor: Funda??o da Faculdade de Ci?ncias da Universidade de Lisboa
7. Host institution: Centre for Environmental Biology, Faculdade de Ci?ncias da Universidade de Lisboa
8. Stipend: According to the values of FCT postdoctoral grants (1495 ? /month + benefits).
9. Application documents: Curriculum vitae (including email address and phone contact), degree certificates, two references (including email address and phone contact) and a motivation letter.
10. Application deadline: The call is open between July 20 and August 14 2009.
11. Application reception: Applications should be sent by email to Dr. Henrique Miguel Pereira (hpereira@fc.ul.pt<mailto:hpereira@fc.ul.pt>)