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.
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