Posted on March 18, 2019
by WDG
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Palynologische Kring: Spatial patterns in palaeoecology meeting Date: Thursday 4 April Location: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE), Amersfoort 13:30 – 14:00 Otto Brinkkemper (RCE): Spatial patterns in the Dutch archaeobotanical dataset 14:00 – 14:30 Marjolein Gouw-Bouman (Utrecht University): Spatial patterns of the Dark…
Category: News, William GoslingTags: Amazon, archaeobotanical, Crystal McMichael, Dark Age, data, disturbance, Dutch, ecology, European Pollen Database, Marjolein Gouw-Bouman, Neotoma, Netherlands, Otto Brinkkemper, Palynologische Kring, reforestation, Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, spatial patterns in palaeoecology, Thomas Giesecke, Utrecht University, vegetation change
Posted on March 8, 2019
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The second of our discussion papers for the “Amsterdam Palaeoecology Club”: Detecting the European arrival in the Caribbean By Mick Bönnen (currently studying for MSc Biological Sciences, Ecology & Evolution track at the University of Amsterdam) The paper we discussed was “Columbus’ footprint in…
Category: ReadingTags: archaeology, Botany, Caribbean, chronology, Cibao Valley, Columbus, crops, deforestation, Dominican Republic, ecology, Geology, Hispaniola, history, Landscape, livestock, monoculture, multi-proxy, palaeoecology, paleoecology, pollen, Radiocarbon, Spanish, Taino
Posted on February 22, 2019
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I recently joined the editorial board of Plant Ecology & Diversity at the invitation of editor-in-chief Laszlo Nagy (University of Campinas, Brazil). The journal focuses on ecological and evolutionary issues within plant biology with broad themes covering biodiversity, conservation and global change. Furthermore, I think…
Category: News, William GoslingTags: Asian, biodiversity, biogeography, bottom-up, double-blind peer review, droughts, ecology, evolution, forest, global change, Grubb Reviews, Lazlo Nagy, mountains, negative results, oak, palaeoecology, plant, plant ecology, Plant Ecology & Diversity, Quercus ilex, repeat experiments, research articles, scientific correspondence, shade, short communications, terrestrial, top-down, tropical, tropics, understory, vegetation
Posted on February 11, 2019
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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 November 29, 2018
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The Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics (University of Amsterdam) is currently looking for an theoretical ecologist. The position will be based in the Department of Theoretical & Computational Ecology and will be at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Closing date: 3 January…
Category: News, William GoslingTags: Andre de Roos, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, ecology, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, Job, science, Theoretical & Computational Ecology, theoretical ecology, University of Amsterdam, UvA
Posted on November 6, 2018
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The 2018 edition of the University of Amsterdam masters course “Environments Through Time” is now up and running. The course sits at the interface between ecology, physical geography and archaeology and seeks to provide students with a better understanding of how long-term (>100’s years)…
Category: Reports, Teaching, William GoslingTags: archaeology, chronology, climate, ecology, Environments through time, Global Charcoal Database, land use, land-use change, MSc Biological Sciences, MSc Earth Sciences, multi-proxy, Neotoma, NOAA, Pangea, past environmental change, physical geography, time-series analysis, vegetation
Posted on September 27, 2018
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The Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics is currently seeking two people to enhance our Computational Support team: Database manager and developer Geo-informatician Click links for further details and how to apply. The closing date for both posts is 7 October 2018.
Category: News, William GoslingTags: big data, Biology, Computational Support, Computing, Data Science, Database developer, Database manager, Earth, ecology, Ecosystem and Landscape Dynamics, ELD, environmental sciences, EPB, evolution, Evolutionary and Population biology, Faculty of Science, FAME, Freshwater and Marine Ecology, Geo-informatician, geospatial data, geostatistics, GIS, IBED, Informatics, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, meta-data management, relational databases, spatial data, TCE, Theoretical and Computational Ecology, University of Amsterdam, UvA
