PhD position in Tropical Agroecology – start April 15

Open PhD position in Tropical Agroecology “Managing pollination and biological pest control in Peruvian cacao agroforestry systems”.

The project is a collaborative project of Bioversity International, a network of Peruvian stakeholders and research institutions, and the universities of Göttingen, Vienna, and Würzburg.  The Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology at the University of Würzburg seeks highly motivated PhD students with strong interest and expertise in animal ecology, tropical ecology or agroecology. Applicants should have a MSc. or Diploma degree in ecology or related disciplines and skills in several of the following areas: experimental field research (e.g. plant-insect interactions, pollination and/or pest control), practical skills in insect, bird or bat identification, use of GIS and statistical data analysis (preferably in R), and scientific writing in English.

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