Dear all, I would appreciate help to spread this announcement of two postdoc positions at the Swedish Species Information Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.
http://www.slu.se/sv/om-slu/fristaende-sidor/aktuellt/lediga-tjanster/las-mer/?eng=1&Pid=1521 Best regards, Tord Two postdocs: Metapopulation dynamics in hierarchical, dynamic landscapes The Swedish Species Information Centre is a national centre for knowledge on biodiversity. Our work includes compiling and storing biodiversity data and assessing the viability of species in Sweden. We are currently recruiting two postdocs who will work on the spatial dynamics of sessile species living in hierarchically structured, dynamic landscapes. We are seeking two postdocs who will work within three subject areas: metapopulation dynamics of species with different life-history traits; development of models for metapopulation dynamics of sessile species using solely distribution pattern data; dispersal range estimation combining modelling of data on metapopulation dynamics and spatial genetic structuring. We have data on metapopulation dynamics and local abundance growth from repeated surveys of epiphytes and their host trees starting around 2000. We also have samples from the entire metapopulation of one model species (Lobaria pulmonaria) to be used for the population genetic studies. One aim of these studies based on systematically collected data from repeated surveys is to evaluate our ongoing metapopulation modelling based on Citizen Science Data that has been reported to www.artportalen.se<http://www.artportalen.se>. The model system is epiphytic bryophytes and lichens living in hierarchically structured, dynamic forest landscapes. The work is funded by the Swedish Research Council. -- Tord Snäll Docent/Associate Professor Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ArtDatabanken/Swedish Species Information Centre Box 7007, SE-750 07 Uppsala Besöksadress: Bäcklösavägen 10 Telefon: +46(0)18-67 26 12, Mobil: +46(0)76-766 26 12 www.slu.se/artdatabanken<http://www.slu.se/artdatabanken> www.slu.se/artdatabanken/tordsnall<http://www.slu.se/artdatabanken/tordsnall>
