Tag: ecology

Modeling the ecology and evolution of biodiversity: Biogeographical cradles, museums, and graves

Posted on July 19, 2018 by WDG

Rangel, T.F., Edwards, N.R., Holden, P.B., Diniz-Filho, J.A.F., Gosling, W.D., Coelho, M.T.P., Cassemiro, F.A.S., Rahbek, C. & Colwell, R.K. (2018) Modeling the ecology and evolution of biodiversity: Biogeographical cradles, museums, and graves. Science 361, . DOI: 10.1126/science.aar5452

Category: Journal articles, Publications, William GoslingTags: biogeography, climate model, cradels, ecology, evolution, graves, Macroecology, mechanistic model, modelling, museums, palaeoecology

Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting – bingo

Posted on February 14, 2018 by WDG

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This year at the Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting participants have been challenged to draw a pictire about a talk that they see as part of the science bingo event #NAEMbingo #NAEM2018

Category: Meeting, Reports, William GoslingTags: 2018, Bingo, Conference, draw, ecology, NAEM2018, Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting, science

Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting 2018 – day 1

Posted on February 13, 2018 by WDG

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Today the Dutch ecological community has convened at the Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting (NEAM) in the forest near Lunteren. The meeting was kicked off by plenary lectures by Trisha Atwood and Han Olff who talked to the theme of “Ecosystem functioning in a changing…

Category: Meeting, Reports, William GoslingTags: A sociometabolic reading of the Anthropocene: Modes of subsistence, Conference, ecology, NERN

Ecology & Evolution

Posted on November 24, 2017 by WDG

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Come study with us! New and improved Ecology & Evolution masters track within the MSc Biological Sciences at the University of Amsterdam To find out more click here.

Category: News, Teaching, William GoslingTags: Biological sciences, Biology, Degree, ecology, Ecology & Evolution, evolution, Masters degree, MSc, university, University of Amsterdam, UvA

Success for BSc project students

Posted on July 18, 2017 by WDG

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This year 15 (fifteen!) bachelors students completed their research projects in palaeoecology based within the Department of Ecosystem & Landscape Dynamics at the University of Amsterdam. The students had a variety of backgrounds with the majority coming from the BSc Biology and the BSc…

Category: Reports, Teaching, William GoslingTags: Amazonian, analytical chemistry, Andean, Andes, Bachelor, biogeography, BSc, ecology, Ecosystem & Landscape Dynamics, geographical information systems, GIS, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, modelling, Netherlands, palaeoecology, paleoecology, project, research, students, Thesis, University of Amsterdam

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics 2016

Posted on December 22, 2016 by WDG

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A year in the life of IBED… spot the palaeoecologists 🙂

Category: Online resources, William GoslingTags: ecology, film, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, science, University of Amsterdam, UvA, Youtube

MSc Biological Sciences University of Amsterdam

Posted on December 8, 2016 by WDG

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The MSc Biological Sciences at the University of Amsterdam is open to international students (taught in English) and offers four ‘tracks’ so you can specialize to your particular interest: Ecology & Evolution General Biology Green Life Sciences Freshwater & Marine Biology In addition as…

Category: News, William GoslingTags: aquatic ecology, Biology, ecology, evolution, freshwater, general biology, green life sciences, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, Marine, SILS, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences

Job: Palaeoecology at VU Amsterdam

Posted on November 29, 2016 by WDG

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The Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam currently has a vacancy for an Assistant Professor in Palaeoecology. The VU Amsterdam are looking for a specialist in palaeoecology, palynology and/or palaeobotany, with an interest in reconstructing climatic- and anthropogenic forcing of vegetation/landscape/hydrological change in the Quaternary. Experts…

Category: News, William GoslingTags: Assistant Professor, ecology, fossil, palaeoecology, paleoecology, pollen, VU Amsterdam

Tropical forests in the Anthropocene

Posted on November 8, 2016 by WDG

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Seminar Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics University of Amsterdam Tropical forests in the Anthropocene by Prof. Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford) 16:00-17:00, 24 November 2016 Science Park, Amsterdam If you want to attend please click here for full details. ABSTRACT:

Category: News, William GoslingTags: Anthropocene, Biomes, Climate change, CO2, conservation, Earth system, ecology, forest, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, landscape fragmentation, tropics, University of Amsterdam, Universuty of Oxford, wood extraction, Yadvinder Malhi

Enhancing fieldwork learning

Posted on August 22, 2016 by WDG

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Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Showcase 2016 University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus 12-13th September 2016 Sign up to attend this years showcase which will include: Nocturnal camera trapping Underwater camera work Field microscopy Drones in teaching and research. Virtual fieldwork Using e-books as lab notes Linking…

Category: News, William GoslingTags: BES, British Ecological Society, camera trapping, citizen science, e-books, ecology, education, Enhancing fieldwork learning, field notes, fieldwork, Geography, Geology, microscopy, teaching, technology, University of Reading, virtual fieldwork

Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting 2016 – day 1

Posted on February 10, 2016 by WDG

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Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting (NAEM) 2016 9 February 2016 Conference Centre “De Werelt”, Lunteren The annual Dutch ecology conference is being held over two days at the in “remote” Lunteren and I am pleased to be able to attend all of the conference this year….

Category: Meeting, Reports, William GoslingTags: 150 years, Bart Knols, biodiversity, cascade effects, Dries Kuijper, ecology, ecosystem, Europe, fear, forest, Haeckel, immunology, Irene Tieleman, Masha van der Sande, Neotropics, parasitism, Peter Hudson, regrowth, scale, science communication, traits, tropcial, Ungulates, wolf, wolves

BES annual meeting: Top talks

Posted on December 17, 2015 by WDG

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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…

Category: Meeting, Reports, William GoslingTags: 2015, Althea Davies, Arcellacea, BES, British Ecological Society, CEH, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, ecology, flamability, Kimberley Simpson, Landscape, palaeoecology, Peak District, pollen, Queen's University Belfast, Rosie Woodroffe, savanna grass, Science slam, SDM, Spatial Distribution Modelling, Stephen Prentice, testate amoebea, University of Sheffield, Zoological Society of London, Zoon project, ZSL

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