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<p class="MsoNormal">A fully funded (5 years) PhD position is offered at Stockholm University, Sweden
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Effects of Soil-Carbon Management and Climate on Belowground Biodiversity”
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<p class="MsoNormal">With placement at the Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Closing date: 5 November 2018.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">This project is funded under the research area <em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Biodiversity and climate</span></em> (RA8) within the Bolin Centre for Climate
Research at Stockholm University. The project aims to investigate the effects of ecosystem management for carbon (C) –through compost and biochar amendments–on middle Swedish grassland ecosystems. Numerous studies have shown positive amendment effects on soil
C sequestration and grassland productivity. These effects have been attributed to changes in soil properties, including increased soil moisture and higher soil organic matter storage. However, there is very little knowledge regarding the effects of such amendments
on grassland plant community composition, plant rooting patterns, soil microbial biodiversity or ecosystem resilience to extreme weather events. The student will work, as part of a team, to set up and manage a long-term field experiment to assess the effects
of soil amendments on belowground biodiversity – here defined as root biodiversity and soil microbial diversity – and its drought-spell resilience in managed grasslands. In addition to the field experiment, the student will conduct regional geographical analyses
to assess the feasibility of broad-scale amendment application with biochar and compost in middle Swedish Grasslands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">More information and instructions here:
<a href="https://www.su.se/english/about/working-at-su/phd">https://www.su.se/english/about/working-at-su/phd</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">----------</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Gustaf Hugelius
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Senior Lecturer</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Department of Physical Geography</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Stockholm University</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Contact:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:gustaf.hugelius@natgeo.su.se"><span style="color:blue">gustaf.hugelius@natgeo.su.se</span></a></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">+468 674 78 73</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Stockholm University</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dept. of Physical Geography</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Gustaf Hugelius</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">SE-106 91 Stockholm</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Sweden</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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