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December 1, 2012 EvolDir 25<br />
biology.<br />
The successful applicant will participate in the International<br />
Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Organismal<br />
Biology, the PhD program of the Max Planck<br />
Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen and Radolfzell<br />
and the University of Konstanz. All IMPRS students<br />
are supported by stipends or contracts. The program<br />
offers a dedicated teaching program, high quality<br />
research experience, and outstanding research facilities<br />
in an inspiring research and living environment.<br />
The working language is English. Each PhD student<br />
receives individual supervision and mentoring and is<br />
guided in her/his research work by a PhD advisory committee.<br />
Qualification Applicants should hold a MSc or equivalent<br />
degree in biology or a related discipline at the point<br />
of enrollment. Queries should be mailed to the IMPRS<br />
program office: IMPRS@uni-konstanz.de<br />
Deadline for the application is January 15, 2013. Interviews<br />
are scheduled for Mid-March. The successful<br />
candidate is expected to start latest September 2013.<br />
The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer.<br />
Application For the online application process<br />
visit www.orn.mpg.de/IMPRS More information<br />
at www.orn.mpg.de/IMPRS and<br />
www.facebook.com/OrganismalBiology Daniel<br />
Piechowski <br />
MaxPlanck<br />
EvolutionaryEcologyDispersal<br />
The Dingemanse lab at the Max Planck Institute for<br />
Ornithology, Germany, member of the International<br />
Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Organismal<br />
Biology, is offering the fully-funded three-year PhD position<br />
Evolutionary ecology of dispersal<br />
Project abstract Our main research focuses on the<br />
proximate underpinning and ecological and evolutionary<br />
repercussions of between-individual in behavior and<br />
other labile traits. We apply research paradigms that<br />
focus on the integration of behavioral ecology, quantitative<br />
genetics, and evolutionary biology. We study suites<br />
of key behavioral (exploratory tendency, anti-predator<br />
boldness, aggressiveness) and life-history traits in each<br />
of 12 nest box populations of great tits, and use ex-<br />
perimental approaches to ask i) whether natural selection<br />
can help maintain individual variation and ii)<br />
whether variation itself has ecological and evolutionary<br />
repercussions. This year, we encourage applicants<br />
with interest in the evolutionary ecology of dispersal<br />
to apply, since we are planning to quantify experimentally<br />
parental, environmental, and genetic sources of<br />
variation in natal dispersal behavior, and its links with<br />
perceived predation risk and parental personality (collaborative<br />
project with Bart Kempenaers).<br />
The successful applicant will participate in the International<br />
Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Organismal<br />
Biology, the PhD program of the Max Planck<br />
Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen and Radolfzell<br />
and the University of Konstanz. All IMPRS students<br />
are supported by stipends or contracts. The program<br />
offers a dedicated teaching program, high quality<br />
research experience, and outstanding research facilities<br />
in an inspiring research and living environment.<br />
The working language is English. Each PhD student<br />
receives individual supervision and mentoring and is<br />
guided in her/his research work by a PhD advisory committee.<br />
Qualification Applicants should hold a MSc or equivalent<br />
degree in biology or a related discipline at the point<br />
of enrollment. Queries should be mailed to the IMPRS<br />
program office: IMPRS@uni-konstanz.de<br />
Deadline for the application is January 15, 2013. Interviews<br />
are scheduled for Mid-March. The successful<br />
candidate is expected to start latest September 2013.<br />
The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer.<br />
Application For the online application process<br />
visit www.orn.mpg.de/IMPRS More information<br />
at www.orn.mpg.de/IMPRS and<br />
www.facebook.com/OrganismalBiology Daniel<br />
Piechowski <br />
MaxPlanckInst Ravens<br />
(1) Practical training at the Max Planck Institute for<br />
Ornithology, hand-raising of ravens (Corvus corax)<br />
We are looking for enthusiastic people who help to hand<br />
raise ravens (Corvus corax) from 15.04. - 15.06.2013<br />
and 05.06. - 05.08.2013 at the Max Planck Institute for<br />
Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany.<br />
We seek highly motivated, organized and reliable indi-
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