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(Message started by: Project Officer on Mar 18^th, 2004, 8:24pm)

Title: Ramsar: Student scholarship opportunity
Post by Project Officer on Mar 18^th, 2004, 8:24pm

For members' interest

-----Original Message-----
From: PECK Dwight - Ramsar
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 6:20 PM
Subject: [Ramsar Forum] Student opportunity on extinction risks of
wetland birds

Greetings. This is a student scholarship opportunity offered by the
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) and the University of Bath in the UK.
Please don't reply to the Ramsar Secretariat. Best regards, Dwight Peck,
Ramsar.

NERC CASE Studentship
The ecological and life-history basis of extinction risk in wetland
birds

Supervised by Dr T Szekely (University of Bath),
Dr M O'Connell (WWT) & Dr M Kershaw (WWT)

Why are many wetlands and waterbirds declining worldwide, and why are
some wetland systems more diverse than others? A NERC Case studentship
(available from October 2004) will tackle these questions by addressing
a suite of research hypotheses using recent advances in evolutionary
biology and conservation biology. Testing these innovative and
scientifically challenging hypotheses will have a range of direct and
indirect implications for the conservation of wetland biodiversity.

The student will be registered at the University of Bath although he/she
will spend a substantial period of time at WWT Slimbridge. We are
looking for a highly motivated candidate who is able to learn a range of
new techniques. These include phylogenetic comparative analyses and GIS.
Applicants should have (or expect to obtain) at least an Upper Second
Class Honours Degree in a biological subject.

Applications can be made by downloading an application form from
http://www.bath.ac.uk/bio-sci/bsps.htm Please include a full CV and the
names and addresses of two academic referees.
Send to Ms Anne Pearson (bssap@bath.ac.uk) by 12 April 2004.

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Dwight Peck, Communications Officer
The Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971)
Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland