The JRC is offering a PostDoc position on habitat mapping suitable for honey bees. This project will test a novel and innovative approach to help detect fraud in honey in the European market. It will combine high-resolution mapping of honeybee habitat suitability with advanced chemical analysis of honey, to identify regions and areas of production which are potentially more vulnerable to honey fraud.
The main activity of the candidate concerns mapping the habitat suitability of honey bee (Apis mellifera) based on high resolution environmental datasets. The work will entail the collection of high resolution datasets which simulate habitat conditions for honey bees (such as products from remote sensing and earth observation like photos, land cover and land use maps, COPERNICUS datasets, climatic data including solar irradiance, temperature, rainfall).
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Indicative duration: 24 months
Job location: Ispra, Italy
Application deadline: 14/05/2018
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