[IUFRO RG 7.03 FORENT] Professor Forest Entomology in Sweden

A position as Professor in Forest Entomology is available at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences within the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences. The position is at the Department of Ecology in Uppsala. The forest is one of Sweden’s most important natural resources, because of production of raw materials for industry and other ecosystem services. The conditions for these services can be transformed through, for example, climate change or the influence of invasive species. A warmer climate will facilitate insect establishment in new areas and increase the risk of damage to the forest. Reasons for this can be, for example, that trees will lack adequate defense against the new attackers and that the natural enemies that usually control insects are at a low level or are missing. Another important challenge for the future will be finding the balance between more intensive forest management and the protection of the forest’s biodiversity and other ecosystem services. Subject area: The subject area includes ecological interactions between forest insects and the environment, especially with regard to species that cause damage to forest ecosystems. Details available via the following link: http://epi-resurs.slu.se/Platsannonser/pdf.cfm?Platsannonser_id=342&spr… Sincerely, Barbara Ekbom Barbara Ekbom, Professor of Entomology Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Box 7044 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden e-mail: Barbara.Ekbom@slu.se<mailto:Barbara.Ekbom@slu.se> telephone: +46 18 67 26 25 fax: +46 18 67 28 90