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.
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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/
