We are searching for a PhD student to work as part of a new multi-year study of ungulate-predator ecology In South Carolina. Specifically, the identified student will be overseeing the study of coyotes alongside a paired project (conducted by an already identified PhD student) studying the demography and spatially ecology of white-tailed deer. In addition to conducting intensive GPS collar tracking of both predator and prey (as well as a large camera trap array) during this 4-5 year study, our use of experimental food manipulation has the potential to provide novel insight into predator-prey dynamics. Further, there is the expectation that the student will use resulting data to build on a lab theme by investigating the potential cascading effects on a relatively diverse mesocarnivore commu