{"id":11069,"date":"2021-02-16T10:28:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T17:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ales-cms.ales.ualberta.ca\/borealbirds\/?p=11069"},"modified":"2022-07-05T16:39:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T22:39:30","slug":"phd-opportunity-species-distribution-and-abundance-models-of-canadian-owls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borealbirds.ca\/phd-opportunity-species-distribution-and-abundance-models-of-canadian-owls\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD opportunity: species distribution and abundance models of Canadian owls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PhD opportunity: species distribution and abundance models of Canadian owls<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Le<\/span>\u00a0fran\u00e7ais<\/span>\u00a0suit<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Applications received by March 15th<\/sup> will receive full consideration. <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A PhD position, with three years partial NSERC funding, is available in the Cumming lab at Laval University, Qu\u00e9bec City. The position will be instrumental to a new collaboration between two long-standing Canadian research groups in avian ecology, the Boreal Avian Modelling Project<\/a> and Birds Canada<\/a>, and researchers in the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. Using a new compilation of long-term nocturnal owl survey data from across Canada, the successful applicant will develop species distribution models to explain and predict the occupancy or density of owl species within the Canadian boreal region, and to estimate their total population sizes. Examples of the statistical techniques we have previously used for forest songbirds and waterfowl can be consulted here<\/a> and here<\/a>. The applications are to avian conservation and population assessment in Canada\u2019s managed forest lands. Depending on the interests of the applicant, the thesis could also include elements of spatial simulation and forecasting e.g., of owl responses to climate change, or of population ecology. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The critical qualifications are strong quantitative skills coupled with an interest in avian ecology and conservation in general, independent of disciplinary background. Proficient written communication in English is desirable. This is a lab-based position, but there will be opportunities to take part in nocturnal owl surveys in Qu\u00e9bec and\/or Ontario. The student will be encouraged to spend a term with Dr. Danielle Ethier at the Birds Canada National Headquarters in Port Rowan, Ontario (expenses will be paid).<\/span><\/p>\n

The position begins September 1st<\/sup>, 2021. Applicants should submit a short statement of interest, a sample of their scientific writing, a current CV, and names of three referees to the undersigned, by email. Applications received by March 15th<\/sup> will receive full consideration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Support for relocation expenses is available to qualified applicants<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Doctorat: mod\u00e8les de distribution et d’abondance des esp\u00e8ces d\u2019hiboux du Canada<\/span><\/h3>\n

Les candidatures re\u00e7ues d’ici le 15 mars seront consid\u00e9r\u00e9es. <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Un poste de doctorat, avec un financement partiel de trois ans du CRSNG, est disponible dans le laboratoire de Steve Cumming \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 Laval \u00e0 Qu\u00e9bec. Le poste am\u00e8nera une nouvelle collaboration entre deux groupes de recherche canadiens de longue date en \u00e9cologie aviaire, le Projet de Mod\u00e9lisation Aviaire Bor\u00e9al<\/a> et Oiseaux Canada<\/a>, et des chercheurs du minist\u00e8re des Richesses naturelles et des For\u00eats de l’Ontario. \u00c0 l’aide d’une nouvelle compilation de donn\u00e9es de relev\u00e9s nocturnes \u00e0 long terme des hiboux du Canada, le candidat ou la candidate retenu d\u00e9veloppera des mod\u00e8les de r\u00e9partition des esp\u00e8ces pour expliquer et pr\u00e9dire l’occupation ou la densit\u00e9 des esp\u00e8ces de hiboux dans la r\u00e9gion bor\u00e9ale canadienne et pour estimer la taille de leur population totale. Des exemples de techniques statistiques que nous avons pr\u00e9c\u00e9demment utilis\u00e9es pour les oiseaux chanteurs forestiers et la sauvagine peuvent \u00eatre consult\u00e9s ici<\/a> et ici<\/a>. Les applications du projet incluent la conservation aviaire et l\u2019\u00e9valuation des populations dans les terres foresti\u00e8res am\u00e9nag\u00e9es du Canada. En fonction des int\u00e9r\u00eats du candidat ou de la candidate, la th\u00e8se pourrait \u00e9galement inclure des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de simulation spatiale et de pr\u00e9vision, par ex. les r\u00e9ponses des hiboux au changement climatique ou l’\u00e9cologie des populations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Les qualifications essentielles du candidat ou de la candidate sont de solides comp\u00e9tences quantitatives associ\u00e9es \u00e0 un int\u00e9r\u00eat pour l’\u00e9cologie aviaire et la conservation en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, ind\u00e9pendamment du contexte disciplinaire. Une bonne communication \u00e9crite en anglais est souhaitable. Il s’agit d’un poste en laboratoire, mais il y aura des occasions de participer \u00e0 des relev\u00e9s nocturnes d\u2019hiboux au Qu\u00e9bec et \/ ou en Ontario. L’\u00e9tudiant ou l\u2019\u00e9tudiante sera encourag\u00e9 \u00e0 passer un trimestre avec la Dre Danielle Ethier au si\u00e8ge social d’Oiseaux Canada \u00e0 Port Rowan, Ontario (les d\u00e9penses seront pay\u00e9es).<\/span><\/p>\n

Le poste commence le 1er septembre 2021. Les candidats et candidates doivent soumettre une br\u00e8ve d\u00e9claration d’int\u00e9r\u00eat, un \u00e9chantillon de leur r\u00e9daction scientifique, un CV \u00e0 jour et trois r\u00e9f\u00e9rences. Les candidatures doivent \u00eatre envoy\u00e9es par courriel aux trois chercheurs ci-dessous avant le 15 mars.<\/span><\/p>\n

Un soutien pour les frais de d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement est disponible<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Steve Cumming<\/span><\/a><\/span>
\nD\u00e9partement des sciences du bois et de la for\u00eat,
\nUniversit\u00e9 Laval
\n<\/span>Centre d\u2019\u00e9tudes de la for\u00eat<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Danielle Ethier<\/a><\/span>
\nBirds Canada
\nPort Rowan, Ontario.
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Philip Dewit<\/a><\/span>
\nWildlife Monitoring Program Lead
\nOntario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
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