Tirocinante Per Il Rilevamento Ornitologico Bolzano

Tirocinante Per Il Rilevamento Ornitologico
Bolzano
Trentino Alto Adige, Bolzano

Bozen/Bolzano

internship

Institute for Alpine Environment

BMS is an ongoing survey of biodiversity that serves as basic research, but it is also intended to provide a scientific base for political decisions concerning spatial planning, agriculture, and nature conservation.

BMS surveys animal and plant groups that react sensitively to climate and/or land-use changes, at habitat and landscape level.

These surveys occur in 320 sites distributed over the entire province of South Tyrol (7400 km2), including a large share of the diversity of habitats in the region.

**Tasks**:

- Support in bird surveys by means of point count.

- Support in bird surveys by means of automated recordings (e. g. , devices installation and collection, data management and manipulation ).

- Support in digitalization and management of ornithological field data.

- Support in vocal detection and data implementation of registered bird data.

- First analyses of assessed ornithological data and eco/bioacoustics data.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor's or master's degree in biology or Environmental Sciences (or similar, obtained not more than one year ago).

- Willingness and availability to work in alpine areas.

- Good knowledge of the bird fauna of South Tyrol and the Alps.

- Experiences in biodiversity monitoring programs is advantageous.

- Knowledge in bird voices is advantageous.

- Experience in automated monitoring is advantageous.

- Good English skills, additional skills in German and Italian are advantageous.

- Basic statistical knowledge, knowledge in R/Phyton, and AI are advantageous.

- Good interpersonal and collaborative skills to integrate in a working group and to interact with associated researchers from various institutions and with stakeholders.

- Efficient organization skills.

We offer:

- Internship contract from 4 to 6 months (April - August 2025),

- Opportunity to include the gained data into a master thesis,

- State-of-the-art technical facilities (soft

- and hardware, communication tools),

- Access to EURAC's numerous scientific and cultural facilities and events,

- Opportunity to work in a young interdisciplinary team,

- Attractive living and working conditions (Great Place to Work©).

How to apply:

- Company: Eurac Research- Location: Bozen/Bolzano

- Contact person: Anderle Matteo

Phone number: +39 0471 055 828