{"id":1194,"date":"2019-04-02T10:29:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T08:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nature-conservation-ubfc.com\/emme\/?page_id=1194"},"modified":"2019-04-02T10:29:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T08:29:44","slug":"urban-mammals-behaviour-welfare-and-disease-in-brighton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nature-conservation-ubfc.com\/emme\/en\/urban-mammals-behaviour-welfare-and-disease-in-brighton\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban mammals behaviour, welfare and disease in Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Internship host:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">University of Brighton, UK.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Context:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Our research group is studying various aspects of wild mammal populations in UK towns and cities, focussing on Brighton. We have a number of datasets that we need help with analysing due to time constraints, most notably in the form of\u00a0: i) GPS tracking data for foxes, hedgehogs and badgers; and ii) photos and videos of foxes and gastropod molluscs accessing the same food resources.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Scientific objectives:<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>To determine whether there is niche partitioning between carnivores (including intra-guild) in urban areas.<\/li>\n<li>To determine spatio-temporal risk factors for transmission of helminth parasites via quantifying host (fox, gastropod, hedgehog) behaviour and mapping contaminants in the urban environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Implementation terms (techniques, work to be done, workflow etc.):<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Help with collating and analysing a photo\/video dataset\u00a0; which will involve using camera trap software Time Lapse 2, Excel, and R\u00a0; and a spatial dataset of animal locations, for which the research staff is considering a resource selection function (RSF) framework as computed in R.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">However there are also some field tasks available that an intern may wish to assist with including the following.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>To provide supplementary feeding to urban mammals and operate camera traps, for an experiment investigating mammal resource use in gardens.<\/li>\n<li>To deploy deterrents and operate camera traps, for an experiment investigating the efficacy of chemical (natural versus artificial) repellents for wildlife management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Desired skills:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The successful applicant have to be methodical and motivated, and preferably with some of the skills\/attributes below:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Analysis of data in R<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">GIS skills (ArcGIS, QGIS)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Willingness to do night fieldwork<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Driving licence<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Ability to work with other students and research staff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internship host: University of Brighton, UK. 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