Overview a post-doc, who will be responsible for the day to day running of the project to assess the impact of artificial light on flora and fauna a large-scale project has been funded by STW. Job Description: a candidate who will carry out research on the effects of artificial light on organisms at different trophic levels using moths as a model group, both as part of the large scale experiment and in small scale experiments. The project will be carried out jointly by the Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group at Wageningen University (NCP-WU)
Especially the collection and analysis of the data from a large scale experiment on 40 different sites are the tasks for the post-doc. The project will be carried out jointly by the Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group at Wageningen University (NCP-WU) and the Animal Ecology Department of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). The two PhD students will carry out in-depth projects on the impact of artificial light, closely linked to the large scale project. In close collaboration with the Netherlands Society for Research on Flora and Fauna (VOFF), Philips Lighting and the NAM.
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