Biodiversity Monitoring and Multi-scale Modelling

20 hours ago


Montréal QC, Canada Habitat Full time

We are seeking a motivated postdoctoral fellow (PDF) to join a dynamic, multi-institution research group to support the development of biodiversity monitoring and modelling tools to track biodiversity change in restored and protected forest sites across the Saint Lawrence Lowlands using a range of data sources and tools. The recruited PDF will work closely with institutional partners at Habitat, an environmental research company, in the development of analytical workflows to measure, track and monitor change in biodiversity indicators relevant to the emerging biodiversity credits and uplift market in Quebec. Research will focus on how to meaningfully link ecological and biological information across scales from the level of a small reforestation site up to landscapes following best ecological principles for the purpose of detecting change in ecosystems and biological communities.

The PDF will be part of a multi-institution federally (ECCC) and provincially (MELCCFP) supported research program on ‘Monitoring for success: Developing a connectivity-based biodiversity modeling framework and monitoring plan” with Habitat. The project aims to develop innovative tools and approaches to track changes in biodiversity from reforestation actions in agricultural landscapes. The PDF will join the dynamic research laboratory of Dr. Laura Pollock at McGill and will be embedded in the researcher group at Habitat, and further supported by expertise of the founding associates of Habitat Dr. Andrew Gonzalez (Dept. Biology, McGill; biodiversity, connectivity, ecosystems), Dr. Jérôme Dupras (UQO; ecological economics) and Dr. Christian Messier (UQAM; forest sciences and management). The PDF will work alongside two other PDFs recruited through Mitacs program with expertise in artificial intelligence and ecological economics.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

students, contributing to on-going projects with industry partners as appropriate and contributing to the development of competitive research grants as needed.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONs

Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline within the last three years and have primary publications in refereed, English language journals, the ability to work cooperatively with the supervisors, and strong organizational skills. Ability to speak French will be considered an asset.

Terms and conditions

Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline within the last three years and have primary publications in refereed, English language journals, the ability to work cooperatively with the supervisors, and strong organizational skills. Ability to speak French will be considered an asset.

Start Date: As soon as possible Salary: $50 000 per annum + benefits Duration: 2 years Institute: McGill University, Dept. Biology / Habitat

Location: Montréal, Québec

Supervisors: Dr. Laura Pollock and Dr. Sylvia Wood (Habitat, R&D)

To apply
Nous sommes à la recherche d'un.e stagiaire postdoctoral motivé pour rejoindre un groupe de recherche dynamique et multi-institutionnel afin de soutenir le développement d'outils de suivi et de modélisation de la biodiversité pour suivre l'évolution de la biodiversité dans les sites forestiers restaurés et protégés à travers les basses terres du Saint-Laurent en utilisant une gamme de sources de données et d'outils. La personne recrutée travaillera en étroite collaboration avec les partenaires institutionnels d'Habitat, une société de recherche environnementale, au développement de flux de travail analytiques pour mesurer, suivre et surveiller les changements dans les indicateurs de biodiversité pertinents pour le marché émergent des crédits de biodiversité et de l'augmentation de la biodiversité au Québec. La recherche se concentrera sur la manière de relier de manière significative les informations écologiques et biologiques à toutes les échelles, du niveau d'un petit site de reboisement jusqu'aux paysages, en suivant les meilleurs principes écologiques dans le but de détecter les changements dans les écosystèmes et les communautés biologiques.

Intégrés dans un projet plus vaste soutenu par Environnement et Changement climatique Canada et dirigé par Habitat, les objectifs spécifiques de la recherche sont les suivants : (i) suivre les progrès scientifiques et sectoriels sur la suivi de la biodiversité afin d'identifier les indicateurs de biodiversité pertinents liés aux paysages, aux écosystèmes et aux projets qui intéressent Habitat, (ii) rechercher et développer de nouvelles approches pour surveiller les changements spatiaux et temporel de biodiversité avec des indicateurs via l'intégration de multiples sources d'informations biologiques ou écologiques sur le terrain et dérivées à distance fourni par Habitat (par exemple, des enquêtes sur le terrain, des capteurs acoustiques, des systèmes de gestion de l'eau, etc. enquêtes sur le terrain, capteurs acoustiques, pièges photogr


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