Postdoctoral Researcher in Alpine and Pyrenean Treeline Dynamics

The postdoctoral project aims to understand the drivers behind the recent upslope shift of the upper forest limit in the Alps and Pyrenees. The successful candidate will assess legacy effects from historical forests and land-use changes, and investigate how shrub cover influences forest expansion rates. Using remote sensing data and AI-based vegetation models, the researcher will produce high-resolution vegetation maps and geostatistical models linking treeline dynamics to environmental drivers. The role involves publishing results in peer-reviewed journals and presenting findings at project meetings within the PC MONITOR research community. The position is based at the Alpine Ecology Laboratory (LECA) in Grenoble, co-supervised by CNRS, INRAE, and UGA researchers.