Department of Forest Ecology and Management Project Description:Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of droughts, floods, heatwaves, and storms. Small streams and their surrounding riparian forests are particularly vulnerable to these changes especially in managed forests where streams are already exposed to forestry pressures. Riparian buffers are the primary management tool for mitigating forestry impacts on streams, yet many buffers are poorly designed to maintain key ecological functions, particularly under a changing climate. The project addresses three interlinked questions: 1) how climate-driven extremes affect streams and riparian zones in managed forests; 2) which riparian buffer characteristics are most likely to enhance resistance and resilience to such extremes; and 3) how scientific knowledge on riparian buffers is translated into management guidelines and policy frameworks for climate adaptation.This is a time-bound knowledge synthesis project that integrates scientific and applied evidence on climate-adapted riparian buffer management, focusing on boreal and hemi-boreal forest ecosystems. The project compiles and evaluates peer-reviewed literature, management guidelines, policy documents and/or available data to produce expected scientific deliverables.About the position The postdoctoral fellow will be part of a collaborative project CLIMRIP (Climate-adapted riparian buffer management: a synthesis of boreal ecosystems and implications for practice) funded by Formas and supervised by principal investigator Associate Prof. Lenka Kuglerová. The project interdisciplinary team includes expertise in hydrology, ecology, freshwater science, microclimate, and social sciences. Support from the SLU library is secured. The po…Postdoktor/PostdocForskarassistenter m.fl.
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