Tag: Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics
Posted on February 10, 2019
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Gosling, W.D., Cornelissen, H. & McMichael, C.N.H. (2019) Reconstructing past fire temperatures from ancient charcoal material. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 520, 128-137. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.01.029 Click here for open access until 01/04/2019 Note: This article is developed directly from work conducted by Henk Cornelissen during his BSc…
Category: Crystal McMichael, Journal articles, Publications, William GoslingTags: BSc, BSc Future Planet Studies, charcoal, Fire, fire activity, fire intensity, fire temperature, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, modern analogue, palaeoecology, research, Thesis, University of Amsterdam, UvA
Posted on December 20, 2018
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The Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam has just announced the third round of MacGillavry Fellowships. These are tenure track positions (6 years) for talented female researchers. Applicants can apply in six different fields including “Biodiversity & Earth Sciences” this field encompasses…
Category: William GoslingTags: biodiversity, biogeochemistry, Earth Science, Ecosystem & Landscape Dynamics, Fellowship, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, Landscape Ecology, MacGillavry Fellowship, tenure track, University of Amsterdam, UvA
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 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 August 29, 2018
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Open access: Hooghiemstra, H., Olijhoek, T., Hoogland, M., Prins, M., van Geel, B., Donders, T., Gosling, W.D. & Hofman, C. (2018) Columbus’ environmental impact in the New World: Land use change in the Yaque River valley, Dominican Republic. The Holocene. Online DOI: 10.1177/0959683618788732
Category: William GoslingTags: archaeology, Caribbean, charcoal, colonial period, Columbus, Dominican Republic, dynamics, ecosystem, grain size distributions, Hispaniola, human impact, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, land-use change, Landscape, livestock development, MSc thesis, New World, open access, palaeoecology, pre-colonial period, University of Amsterdam
Yoshi Maezumi is a new Marie Curie Fellow that will be joining UvA to study paleofire in Amazon Rainforest Ecotones.
Category: News, Yoshi MaezumiTags: charcoal, ecotone, Fire, forest, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, Marie Curie Fellowship, Neotropics, rainforest, savanna, savannah, University of Amsterdam, UvA, Yoshi Maezumi
Posted on February 2, 2018
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By Seringe Huisman (MSc Biological Sciences, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam) Hello all! You might have been wondering if I died in the middle of Amazonian nowhere, since I haven’t come back to writing a blog after we left for fieldwork in July….
Category: Field work, Reports, Seringe HuismanTags: Amazon, Amazonia, Amsterdam University Fund, Biological sciences, boring, Chimerella, Coring, Cormoran, Ecuador, fieldwork, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, Lake, MSc, MSc research project, phytolith, Phytoliths, Radiocarbon, Radiocarbon dating, research project, Sangay National Park, Treubmaatschappij, University of Amsterdam, UvA
Posted on December 26, 2017
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On Jan 1, 2018 I (Crystal McMichael) get to ring in the New Year in the best way possible by heading off to the tropics to do fieldwork! And this time I get to take two students with me. Britte Heijink and Veerle Vink…
Category: Crystal McMichael, Field work, News, ReportsTags: Amacayacu, charcoal, Ecology & Evolution, Environements Through Time, forest plot, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, MSc Biological Sciences, palaeoecology, Panama, Phytoliths, pollen, San Lorenzo, Sherman, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, STRI, Tropical Ecology, University of Amsterdam, UvA
Posted on November 21, 2017
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Job: Post-doctoral researcher Location: Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystems Dyanamics, University of Amsterdam Duration: 3 years Deadline for applications: 10 December 2017 Focus on Global Ecology, including: global biodiversity patterns and ecosystem functioning, human impacts on biodiversity, biogeography of species interactions, and/or global changes…
Category: News, William GoslingTags: biodiversity, biogeography, ecosystem, ecosystem services, Global Ecology, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, Job, patterns, Post-doc, University of Amsterdam, UvA
Posted on November 3, 2017
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The first, ever, week of the Environments Through Time course at the University of Amsterdam has just finished. The course sits within the MSc Biological Sciences (Ecology & Evolution) and MSc Earth Sciences (Geo-ecosystem Dynamics) but is also avaliable to other masters students. In…
Category: Crystal McMichael, Reports, Teaching, William GoslingTags: Earth system feedbacks, Ecology & Evolution, Extra-terrestrial forcing of environmental change, Geo-ecological Dynamics, Humans as drivers of environmental change, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, MSc, MSc Biological Sciences, MSc Earth Sciences, scales of change, University of Amsterdam, UvA
Posted on October 27, 2017
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Researchers in the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) at the University of Amsterdam have been studying the páramos and Andean ecosystems for over 50 years. These highly diverse ecosystems are currently restricted to mountain-tops (resembling an archipelago of islands in the sky),…
Category: Online resources, Seringe Huisman, Suzette FlantuaTags: Andes, Colombia, GIS, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, northern Andes, Paramo, University of Amsterdam, UvA, visulization
Posted on July 27, 2017
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Insights into recent field work in Ecuador by a team lead by Crystal McMichael can be found in a recent blog from our collaborators at the Instituto Geofisico, Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Quito (Ecuador). Trabajo colaborativo entre Volcanólogos y Palenólogos potenciará el conocimiento sobre el…
Category: Field work, News, Reports, William GoslingTags: comunidad, ecosystem, Ecuador, Escuela Politecnica Nacional, IBED, IGEPN, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, Instituto Geofisico, Landscape, palaeoecology, palenología, sediments, University of Amsterdam, UvA
