A PhD-position in Ecology (4 years) is available in Abisko at the ClimateThe average weather we would expect over a long period of time (seasons, years, decades). Climate varies from place-to-place across the Earth. Climate is determined by long-term (over at least... More Impacts Research Centre of the Department of Ecology and Environmental ScienceThe study of the environment and the solution of environmental problems.... More, Umeå University, north Sweden, to study the seasonal dynamics of plant-soil-microbe interactions in ArcticDefinitions of the Arctic vary according to environmental, geographical, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. Some scientists define the Arctic as areas having a high latitude, long winters, short, cool summers,... More ecosystems. Uptake of carbon by ArcticDefinitions of the Arctic vary according to environmental, geographical, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. Some scientists define the Arctic as areas having a high latitude, long winters, short, cool summers,... More plants is strongly limited by their access to nutrients, especially nitrogen, due to competition by microbes. Climate changeAccording to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, climate change is change in the climate of the whole Earth or a region of the Earth that is believed... More can alter the interactions between plants and microbes, and can therefore alter nitrogen and carbon cycles in arcticDefinitions of the Arctic vary according to environmental, geographical, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. Some scientists define the Arctic as areas having a high latitude, long winters, short, cool summers,... More ecosystems. In the ArcticDefinitions of the Arctic vary according to environmental, geographical, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. Some scientists define the Arctic as areas having a high latitude, long winters, short, cool summers,... More, climate changeAccording to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, climate change is change in the climate of the whole Earth or a region of the Earth that is believed... More is especially pronounced during autumn, winter and spring, but their impacts on plant-soil-microbe interactions remain unclear. We are looking for a PhD-student to investigate the seasonal dynamics of interactions for nitrogen between arcticDefinitions of the Arctic vary according to environmental, geographical, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. Some scientists define the Arctic as areas having a high latitude, long winters, short, cool summers,... More plants and microbes, and how this changes with altered winter, spring and autumn climateThe average weather we would expect over a long period of time (seasons, years, decades). Climate varies from place-to-place across the Earth. Climate is determined by long-term (over at least... More. See further: https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/open-positions/phd-position-in-ecology–arctic-plant-soil-microbe-interactions-in-a-seasonal-perspective_253836/
This is an open search, without any pre-identified candidates, so all applications are welcome!
Application Deadline: 2019-03-14
