Online resources | Ecology of the past

The cradles, museums, and graves of biodiversity

July 27, 2018
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Video by Thiago Rangel explaining our recent paper (Rangel et al., 2018).

UvA Open day – 3D visualization of the ice ages in the Andes

October 27, 2017
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Researchers in the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) at the University of Amsterdam have been studying the páramos and Andean ecosystems for over 50 years. These highly diverse ecosystems are currently restricted to mountain-tops (resembling an archipelago of islands in the sky), but in the past dominated large surface areas throughout the Northern Andes. Climate change determined the degree of páramo fragmentation and connectivity in the past, and site-specific results have been integrated into a GIS-environment (visualization) for southern Colombia and the entire Northern Andes by IBED researchers Suzette Flantua and Henry Hooghiemstra.

Watch the ‘Time machine: Ice ages in the Andes’ video and see its presentation at the recent IBED Open Day:

Pollen art…

July 29, 2017
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Pollen grains created with glue, salt and paint on card.

Day 1 of my summer holiday raining = art with the kids.

Exploring ancient cesspits in Deventer (Netherlands)

June 26, 2017
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Jippe Kreuning

University of Amsterdam MSc Biological Sciences student Jippe Kreuning investigated the contents of cesspits in the Dutch city of Deventer for his research project. Jippe investigated fossil pollen, seeds and other biological remains to discover what people in the ancient city were eating. In doing so Jippe gained new insights into ancient trade routes.

To find out more about Jippe’s project watch his video courtesy of FOLIA YouTube channel (in Dutch)

Jippe Kreunings zoektocht naar versteende poep

Fossil Hunters!

June 16, 2017
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New films on how to find out about past environmental change from Elizabeth Alexson (University of Minnesota Duluth, USA)

British Ecological Society 2016 on film

March 9, 2017
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See what it was like at the British Ecological Society (BES) annual meeting 2016:

See the winning act from the Science Slam:

Find out more about the BES:

For more videos by the society check out the BES YouTube channel by clicking here.

Collated here is a series of blog posts which provide recommended software for biological scientists, which I compiled mostly for my Masters-level module in Research Presentation Skills. It may be …

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