Ecology of the past

Palynologische Kring meeting
Date: 31/05/2018
Location: Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam
Organizer: Carina Hoorn

Program

1300 WELCOME

• 1305-1325 Erik den Boer: Early human impact in the Azores Archipelago
• 1325-1345 Henry Hooghiemstra, Alvaro Beltran & Thomas Olijhoek: Columbus’ footprint: landscape change before and after 1492
• 1345-1400 Bas van Geel: Botanical impressions from herbivore molars found in sandy North Sea deposits

1400-1415 MINI-BREAK

• 1415 -1445 UvA Palaeoecology MSc (short) student presentations with introduction by Crystal Michael

1. Simon Scholz: Fire history on a historic floodplain: Geomorphology shaping Palaeoecology
2. Nina Witteveen: Phytolith analysis of Campo Libre (Ecuador)
3. Steven Rolefes: Environmental change in the Dominican Republic: tracing Columbus’ footprints.
4. Britte Heijink: Vegetation and Fire History of Amacayacu, Colombia
5. Veerle Vink: Fire and vegetation history of Gigante (Panama) derived from phytolith and charcoal analysis.
6. Suzanne de Zwaan: Assessing changes of the Maas river system (Well-Aijen, The Netherlands) through paleolimnological investigation of diatom community dynamics, throughout the early and mid Holocene

1445 – 1515 TEA

• 1515 – 1600 Phil Jardine (University of Münster): New uses for old pollen: pollen chemistry as a taxonomic and palaeoclimatic tool

1600 Annual meeting for members

1600 DRINKS (in Academisch Kwartier)