[APES Jobs] Fwd: SAWMA FW: Scholarship Opportunity for MSc and PhD studies: Riparian Ecology and Microbiology

Mon Dec 9 12:53:32 SAST 2013

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Subject: 	SAWMA FW: Scholarship Opportunity for MSc and PhD studies: 
Riparian Ecology and Microbiology
Date: 	Mon, 9 Dec 2013 10:55:23 +0200
From: 	Elma Marais - SAWMA <elma at mweb.co.za>
Reply-To: 	<elma at mweb.co.za>
To: 	<sawma at googlegroups.com>
CC: 	'Hannes Mitchell' <hannes at sabinet.co.za>

Dear all, Attached and below is information about MSc and PhD positions 
at University of Stellenbosch for 2014
Regards,
Elma

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Elma Marais

Secretariat: Southern African Wildlife Management Association (SAWMA)

Editorial assistant: /South African Journal of Wildlife Research///

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*From:* Arid Zone Ecology Forum South Africa [mailto:azef.sa at gmail.com]
*Sent:* 09 December 2013 09:35 AM
*To:* Arid Zone Ecology Forum South Africa
*Subject:* Fwd: Scholarship Opportunity for MSc and PhD studies: 
Riparian Ecology and Microbiology

Dear AZEF friends

Please see the email and attachment below about MSc and PhD positions at 
University of Stellenbosch for 2014.

Closing date is 20th December 2013.

Please circulate further as well.

Warm regards

Wendy

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Dear Wendy,

Can you perhaps send out the attached advert for MSc and PhD positions 
for 2014?

Thank you,

Shayne Jacobs

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*Scholarship Opportunity for MSc and PhD studies in 2014: *

*Riparian Ecology and Microbiology*

*Project title: **Assessing the impact of selected methods of removal of 
alien invasive trees and biomass on fynbos riparian ecosystem functioning*

Riparian ecotones are situated at the interface between terrestrial and 
aquatic environments and act as regulators of material fluxes.As such 
they are important providers of ecosystem services such as nutrient 
recycling and maintaining water quality and quantity.Invasion of 
riparian zones by invasive alien plants is pervasive in the Western Cape 
and threatens provision of ecosystem services. The Working for Water 
(WfW)Programme has the primary task of clearing of riparian ecotones 
(and upland areas), combined with a poverty relief, and over the last 18 
years pioneered many successful strategies for removal, treatment and 
clearing.

When applied as prescribed, riparian zones can recover well from 
invasion in terms of vegetation structure.Less clear is the impact of 
various methods of clearing and treatment on riparian function, notably 
on soil nutrients and microbial diversity and activity, which underlies 
many ecosystem services associated with riparian ecotones. We will use 
ecological and microbial approaches to study riparian function, with the 
aim of strengthening our understanding of riparian restoration and we 
will work closely with WfW to achieve this. This research is sponsored 
through funding from the Water Research Commission.

We are in search of excellent students to pursue MSc or PhD studies 
(Ecology or Microbiology) starting the beginning of 2014. We would like 
to appoint highly motivated students that have the following:

? An appropriate degree for admission

? Appropriate experience

? The ability to work independently in the field and in a team

? Competence in experimental design and statistics

? Full computer literacy

? Excellent writing and communications skills

? A Code 08 Drivers licence is a strong recommendation

**

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*NB: Students with NRF freestanding bursaries for 2014 will receive 
preference*

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*--------CLOSING DATE 20 DECEMBER---------*

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