Postdoctoral Research Position Ecosystem Ecology and Trophic Structure of Litter Food Webs
The CICLOS Biocomplexity project was funded by NSF to model a whole-forest carbon budget at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica. A postdoctoral researcher is sought for the final year of the project to coordinate, analyze and present findings pertaining to the cycling of carbon and nutrients in leaf litter and the gradients in arthropod density, diversity and trophic structure. Members of the collaborative team include: Steve Oberbauer (PI, Florida International U.) John Bradford (US Forest Service) Nora Bynum (American Museum of Natural History) Deborah Clark (La Selva / U. of Missouri-St. Louis) Javier Espeleta (Univ. of Arizona) David Generaux (North Carolina State U.) Deborah Lawrence (U. of Virginia) Terry McGlynn (CSU Dominguez Hills) Ann Russell (NSF) Luitgard Schwendenmann (U. of Goettingen) The position will be based out of the laboratory of Terry McGlynn in Los Angeles, at CSU Dominguez Hills, with some flexibility; some travel to Costa Rica may be involved. If teaching experience is desired, an opportunity to teach a lecture or laboratory course may be available. Key words for the project include: food webs, litter arthropods (collembolans, oribatids, ants), modeling, measures of litter decomposition, stable isotopes, nutrient limitation, phosphorus, stable isotopes. Direct inquiries and applications to [email protected]. The position is available in January 2009 and is funded for one year. To apply, send a cover letter, CV, pdfs of recent publications and list of three references.
