Posted on March 15, 2019 by cmcmicha
The International Conference on Past Plant Diversity, Climate Change, and Mountain Conservation was aimed to address this question, with a focus on mountain (montane) species. As climate warms, there are several outcomes for montane species. They can migrate upslope, go extinct, or adapt…
Category: Crystal McMichael, Meeting, ReportsTags: Andes, climate modelling, conservation, conservation biology, Ecuador, genetics, montane, palaeoecology, social science, Species, University of Cuenca, Vulpes
Posted on February 11, 2019 by WDG
The Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting (NAEM) 2019 takes place in the 12 and 13 February. This annual showcase of predominantly Dutch based ecological research will take place, as usual, at Conference Centre “De Werelt” (Lunteren). I am particularly excited this year as, along with Marielos…
Category: Meeting, William GoslingTags: 2019, abiotic, agro-forest, Conference, conservation, ecology, fig diversity, fig volatiles, forest, forests, fungi, landscapes, Meeting, NAEM, Neotropics, Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting, Paramo, pollinator, predator avoidance, prey tracking, rainforest, soil, Specific Leaf Area, sucession, tree, tropical, Tropical Ecology, vegetation
Posted on October 10, 2018 by WDG
I am delighted to be taking part in this years Palynologendagen (Palynology days) organised by the Palynologische Kring (Dutch Society for Palynology) Location: Van Waddenplaat to the Drents Plateau Date: 11-12 October 2018 For full program…
Category: Meeting, News, Reports, William GoslingTags: Anja Verbers, chemical analysis, Drenthe, Drents Plateau, environmental change, flora, Friesland, mammoth, microfossils, Neolithic, Orvelte, Palynologische Kring, palynology, Pingo, Rene Cappers, Taravat Talebi, Van Waddenplaat, Weichselian, William Gosling, Wim Hoek
Posted on July 20, 2018 by WDG
AFQUA: The African Quaternary environments, ecology and humans 2ndInternational Conference and Workshops 14-22 July 2018-07-15 National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya Day 6 The final day of talks at AFQUA 2018 took a more applied approach in the first session “Applying the Quaternary: The role of…
Category: Meeting, News, Reports, William GoslingTags: 2018, AFQUA, age vs. depth, applied, aquifers, baysean, charcoal, dating, dongas, East Africa, Fire, forests, Kenya Vision 2030, Lake Victoria, landcover, Landcover6k, landuse, Madagascar, ostrich eggs, PAGES, Paleofire, Past Global Changes, pollen, Quaternary, Radiocarbon, rivers, tree rings, U-Th, UN Sustainable Development Goal 15, University of Nairobi, vegetation, wetlands, working group
Posted on July 18, 2018 by WDG
AFQUA: The African Quaternary environments, ecology and humans 2ndInternational Conference and Workshops 14-22 July 2018-07-15 National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya Day 5 The fifth day of the AFQUA conference started with the second session on “Archaeological Landscapes”. Talks included: (i) a tribute to the work…
Category: Meeting, News, Reports, William GoslingTags: 2018, AFQUA, Africa, African humid period, Aksumite, archaeological landscapes, civilization, Dick Grove, East Africa, Ethiopia, historical record, history, hominin, Kisese, modern humans, pre-Aksumite, rock shelter, skull, Tanzania
Posted on July 17, 2018 by WDG
AFQUA: The African Quaternary environments, ecology and humans 2ndInternational Conference and Workshops 14-22 July 2018-07-15 National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya Day 4 Yesterday (day 3) was excursion day of the AFQUA conference (photos to follow). Day 4 of the meeting was back in the National…
Category: Meeting, News, Reports, William GoslingTags: archaeology, Cape flora, charcoal, fingerprinting, Fire, fossil, geoarchaeology, geochemical, Global Charcoal Database, Hyrax, Lake Bosumtwi, Lake Botswana, Lake Makagadikgadi, Madagascar, midden, morphometrics, pollen, sea-sub-surface temperature, sea-surface temperature, Southern Africa, stone tools
Posted on July 16, 2018 by WDG
AFQUA: The African Quaternary environments, ecology and humans 2ndInternational Conference and Workshops 14-22 July 2018-07-15 National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya Day 2 The second day of the AFQUA conference commenced with the second session on “East Africa” and Prof. Tom Johnson asking the question “Should…
Category: Meeting, News, Reports, William GoslingTags: 2018, abrupt climate change, AFQUA, Africa, biomarkers, Bobab, CO2, explosive lakes, football, Inter Tropical Convergence Zone, isotopes, ITCZ, Kenyan rift, Lake Kivu, Lake Victoria, plants, strontium, Turkana Basin
