The postdoc will investigate ecological effects of alien and feral ungulates in novel ecosystems. The project will focus on effects on vegetation structure, open–closed habitat mosaics, woody vegetation dynamics, disturbance patches, dispersal processes, and multi-taxon biodiversity.
The work will integrate synthesis and field studies, integrating existing biodiversity and restoration datasets, ungulate trait and occurrence data, camera-trap data, GIS, and remote-sensing indicators of vegetation structure, biomass, phenology, and landscape heterogeneity. A key focus will be assessing when alien or feral ungulates function as biodiversity-enhancing ecosystem engineers versus when they contribute to degradation or biotic homogenization.
The geographic focus will be determined in collaboration with the appointed candidate. Relevant systems may include European restoration and rewilding landscapes and comparative systems in the Global South, for example in East Africa, South Asia, South America or southern Africa.
The postdoc is expected to co-develop and lead the project and sub-projects in dialogue with, and supported by, the senior scientist in the team and collaborators. Moreover, the postdoc is expected to contribute to collaborative ECONOVO research activities and take part in relevant outreach and knowledge exchange. The main focus of the position is research.
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