Tag: ecology
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
Posted on July 19, 2018
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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
Posted on February 14, 2018
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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
Posted on February 13, 2018
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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…
Posted on November 24, 2017
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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
Posted on July 18, 2017
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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
Posted on December 22, 2016
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A year in the life of IBED… spot the palaeoecologists 🙂
Posted on December 8, 2016
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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
Posted on November 29, 2016
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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…
Posted on November 8, 2016
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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
