Postdoctoral Position-Large Scale Ecosystem Functioning- South Africa
POST-DOCTORAL POSITION: Large-Scale Ecosystem Functioning
Understanding the effects of climate change and land use on ecosystem functioning is a challenging question addressed by the team of environmental and biological scientists on the BIOTA-AFRICA project (www.biota-africa.org). As part of the BIOTA-Southern Africa (Phase III) project, this post-doctoral fellowship will entail analyzing the long-term data collated over the past 8 years from 35 observatories and 800 sub-sites across the southern African transect (from Cape Point, South Africa, to Caprivi, Namibia). Specific questions involved in the project include (1) relationships between abiotic factors (e.g. soil nutrient content and habitat heterogeneity) with ecosystem structure and community composition (e.g. woody cover and species turnover); (2) the influence of land use on soil respiration and therefore ecosystem productivity; (3) spatial and scaling patterns of species and soil type distributions; (4) spatiotemporal modelling of the plant-soil interactions under the current climate change regime. Preference will be given to candidates with strong skills in large-scale data analysis using GIS and statistical multivariate methods. The candidates will also be able to publish the output in peer-reviewed journals. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is offering a commencing fellowship of an amount of R120,000 for 2009, and the position will be based in Stellenbosch University, South Africa. In addition to the fellowship, the successful candidate will also be provided with a laptop computer and other research equipment. Subsistence and transport costs during research expeditions will be covered. The post-doc will work under the supervision of Dr. Cang Hui (DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology) and Dr. Anthony J. Mills (Department of Soil Science). A detailed CV, project outline (one-page maximum) and one/two publication reprints, together with contact details of two references, should be sent by email to chui@sun.ac.za and mills@sun.ac.za by the end of February 2009. The candidate should be able to start in the first quarter of 2009.
Contact address : Centre for Invasion Biology Department of Botany and Zoology University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602 South Africa
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