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| Title | Postdoctoral Adaptive Management Specilaist |
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IMPORTANT: This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders. Other applicants need not apply.
Position USGS seeks a recent Ph.D. for a one to two-year postdoctoral position1 to develop an adaptive management-based decision support system that can guide and inform restoration of native prairies owned and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the northern Great Plains. The proposed location for this position is Jamestown, North Dakota, but flexibility may exist for locating it in Athens, Georgia. Background Invasive plants pose a serious threat to the integrity of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prairies in the northern Great Plains and have been linked to management history. Restoration and maintenance of prairies require an understanding of factors contributing to ecosystem dysfunction and conversely, those necessary for restoring ecosystem health. The central challenge to managers is how to select an appropriate management action when it is unclear how any proposed treatment would interact with the fixed characteristics of the site and the dynamic vegetative and environmental conditions. An adaptive approach to this decision problem would cast uncertainty about management in a set of competing, plausible system models, each repeatedly evaluated through time as decisions are made. The initial contract is limited to one year, but the position will likely run two years, possibly longer. Approximate Dates of Employment 14 July 2008 – 13 July 20091, but negotiable Terry Shaffer Clint Moore
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