Dr. Joseph Fontaine with the Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska is funding two graduate positions exploring sources of variation in avian reproductive ecology. Broad questions a candidate could address include:

(1) How does the landscape matrix affect reproductive expression?

(2) What are the long-term physiological and fitness implications of fear in a population?

(3) How do trade-offs between juvenile and adult predation risk affect reproductive expression?

Within the framework of reproductive ecology the successful candidate will construct a unique research proposal that addresses important theoretical and applied ecological questions. The project will coupl