Aarhus, Denmark: two postdoc positions in ecology 2 |
Position 2 3-yr Postdoc Integrating Predictive Modeling of Ecosystems with Biogeography: DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Research Area and Project Description: The objective of HISTFUNC is to apply macroecological analyses to provide ground-breaking assessments of large-scale drivers of functional diversity and ecosystem functioning, including effects of diversity on functioning. In particular, it will assess the novel hypothesis that ecosystem functioning is subject to long-term (10^2-10^7 year) constraints mediated by biodiversity effects and driven by past climate change and other historical factors. The overall objective for this postdoc project is to develop and implement a novel framework for predicting spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation-related ecosystem functioning that accounts for the constraints imposed by long-term biogeographic dynamics. The project will explore and develop a range of methodologies for predictive ecosystem modeling on a global scale, including hybrid statistical-mechanistic models that combine statistical modeling of ecosystem-environment links, biodiversity-ecosystem relations, and large-scale historical effects with dynamic simulations of future [UTF-8?]âhistoricalâ dispersal dynamics as well as certain physiological effects and trait-based dynamic vegetation models (DVGMs), modified to take biodiversity-ecosystem relations (notably functional diversity effects) and large-scale historical effects into account. Qualifications and Specific Competences: Supervisors and collaborators: The main supervisor is prof. Jens-Christian Svenning. The project also involves prof. Brian J. Enquist (University of Arizona) and prof. Robert E. Ricklefs (University of Missouri). Place of Employment and Place of Work:
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