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British Ecological Society grants for palaeoecologists

February 15, 2016
WDG

The British Ecological Society (BES) awards grants for “Research”, “Training and Travel”, “Ecologists in Africa”, and “Outreach”. Funding for individual grants is up to GBP 20,000. I am therefore delighted to announce that “palaeoecology” has been added to the list of categories under which funding can be applied for. For further details click here.

In the light of this change I would like to encourage palaeoecologists to:

Join the BES,
Join the BES peer review college, and
Apply for BES grants!

To register and apply to join the BES peer review committee or for a grant click here.

BES annual meeting: Top talks

December 17, 2015
WDG

I am just back from a fabulous British Ecological Society (BES) annual meeting in Edinburgh. Both the city and the science were interesting and exciting. The Science Slam was certainly my highlight “fringe” event and I believe all the slams will be avaliable to view soon on the BES Youtube channel. But you can watch the winner, Rosie Woodroffe, now…

Of the many great science talks I would like to highlight just four here which I found particulalry interesting, by: Stephen Prentice (Queen’s University Belfast), Althea Davies (University of St. Andrews), Tom August (Cente for Ecology & Hydrology), and Kimberly Simpson (University of Sheffield).

Tropical Ecology meeting

July 1, 2015
WDG

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Click here to sign up.

British Ecological Society
Tropical Ecology Special Interest Group
8th Early Career Researcher Meeting
3-4 September 2015
University of Stirling

People, Politics and the Planet – Any Questions?

March 17, 2015
WDG

People, Politics and the Planet – Any Questions?
9 March 2015 The Light, Euston Road, London
British Ecological Society

Find out what UK politicians think about the environment ahead of the forthcoming UK general election.

The panellists were:

Lord de Mauley TD (Conservatives, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Natural Environment and Science)
Barry Gardiner MP (Labour, MP for Brent North and Shadow Minister for the Natural Environment)
Baroness Parminter (Liberal Democrats, Environment Spokesperson)
Natalie Bennett (Green, Party Leader and Parliamentary Candidate for Holborn and St. Pancras)
Dr Eilidh Whiteford MP (Scottish National Party, MP for Banff and Buchan)
William Cash (UK Independence Party, Heritage and Tourism Spokesperson)

News article

Science check call over Badger cull, Pallab Ghosh (@BBCPallab), BBC News.
Reporting on: Transparency and Evidence-Based Policy: An Open Letter to Defra from Journal of Animal Ecology

New fanged frog ‘gives both to tadpoles’, Jonathan Webb, BBC News.

Journal Articles

Hodgson, J.A., Thomas, C.D., Wintle, B.A. & Moilanen, A. (2009) Climate change, connectivity and conservation decision making: back to basics. Journal of Applied Ecology 46, 964-969.

…and published comment:
Doerr, V.A.J., Barrett, T. & Doerr, E.D. (2011) Connectivity, dispersal behaviour and conservation under climate change: a response to Hodgson et al. Journal of Applied Ecology 48, 143-147.
Summary (Will): The debate over the effectiveness of corridors to link landscapes

Jeffers, E.S., Bonsall, M.B. Froyd, C.A., Brooks, S.J. & Willis, K.J. The relative importance of biotic and abiotic processes for structuring plant communities through time. Journal of Ecology.

Jussila, T. & Virtanen, V. (2014) Learning in Virtual Forest: a forest ecosystem in the web-based learning environment. Journal of Biological Education 48, 196-200.
Associated Virtual forest site: http://www.helsinki.fi/biosci/biopop/virtualforest/index.html

Surviving the Viva

November 13, 2014
WDG

British Ecological Society
Ecological careers
Webinar series 2014-2015

Webinar 1: Surviving the Viva
31 October 2014

For further information on the BES webinar series click here, or for more general information on ecological careers click here.

Predicting the future by understanding the past: Climate change

October 9, 2014
WDG

As part of the “500,000 years of solar irradiance, climate and vegetation changes” Natural Environments Research Council funded (NE/K005294/1) project we have produced a wall chart explaining the type of research we do and how it can help to place on-going, and projected, climate change in context. The wall chart is designed for use in schools and universities. To obtain a copy of this, and other wall charts, please contact the British Ecological Society (direct wall chart link here).

An interview with Phil Jardine

July 1, 2014
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Well, we’ve heard from Wes and Adele, and now it’s my turn (Phil Jardine) for a bit of a chat on the “Ecology of the past” YouTube channel. Similar to the previous interview videos, I’m talking about my role on the Bosumtwi pollen chemistry project, and what I’ve done (academically speaking) prior to coming to the Open University. Enjoy!

For more videos check out the “Ecology of the past” YouTube channel.

An interview with Adele Julier

May 26, 2014
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Following on from Wes Fraser’s insightful and revealing interview, cactus-hugger Adele Julier tells us about her academic background and her role on the Lake Bosumtwi pollen chemistry project.

For more videos check out the “Ecology of the past” YouTube channel.

Ask the ecologists

April 24, 2014
WDG

New video on careers in ecology from the British Ecological Society (BES).

Who are ecologists?
What do ecologists do?
How do you become an ecologist?

For more information on ecological careers visit the BES careers pages, and for more videos check out the BES YouTube channel.