Postdoctoral position on the dynamics of the upper treeline in the Alps and the Pyrenees (M/F)

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description Influence of Vegetation History on the Recent Upslope Shift of the Treeline in the Alps and the Pyrenees. Objective. The overall aim of this postdoctoral project is to gain a better understanding of the drivers of the recent upslope shift of the upper forest limit in the Alps and the Pyrenees over recent decades, while accounting for legacy effects and the site characteristics of areas undergoing forest encroachment. The project will address two scientific objectives, each of which is intended to result in a scientific publication. Objective 1. Assessing the legacy effects on recent upper forest limit dynamics. This objective will build upon and further develop research initiated during the PhD thesis of N. Delpouve ( https://theses.fr/289056403 ). It will involve linking changes in the upper forest limit since 1850 to recent dynamics observed through remote sensing. Particular attention will be paid to the legacy effects of historical forests and to land-use changes following the Industrial Revolution. The aim will be to determine the extent to which these legacy effects contribute to current spatial variations in treeline dynamics. Objective 2. Assessing the influence of shrub cover on the rate of forest expansion. This objective will investigate the extent to which vegetation cover types at the upper forest limit influence the rate and spatial extent of forest colonisation. Parti