science | Ecology of the past

Job: Assistant/Associate Professor in Palaeoecology & Vegetation Dynamics

February 27, 2018
WDG

New Assistant/Associate Professor position advertised for the Palaeoecology group “down the road” at Utrect University.

Closing data: 31/03/2018
To find out more and apply click here.
Find out about Palaeoecology in Utrecht click here.

Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting – bingo

February 14, 2018
WDG

“Global distribution patterns of mycheterotrophic plants”. The research of Sofia Gomes (Naturalis Biodiversity Centre) is captured by Milan Teunissen van Manen (@MilanaTvM).

Ancient human disturbances may be skewing our understanding of Amazonian ecology. The research of Crystal McMIchael (University of Amsterdam) is captured by Judith Westveer (@water_science).

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

British Ecological Society 2016 on film

March 9, 2017
WDG

See what it was like at the British Ecological Society (BES) annual meeting 2016:

See the winning act from the Science Slam:

Find out more about the BES:

For more videos by the society check out the BES YouTube channel by clicking here.

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics 2016

December 22, 2016
WDG

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

An interview with Adele Julier

May 26, 2014
philjardine

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.

Cultural differences: archaeology and palaeoecology

October 1, 2013
WDG

Human modification of the landscape in the Andes (Peru)

Whilst working on intergrating palaeoecological and archaeological data for a recent publication (Gosling & Williams, 2013) I was struck by the range of sources I had to go to to obtain data from the two different disciplines. The paper focuses on the how societies in the high Andes have developed over the last 5000 years and the role, if any, that changes in natural resource (ecosystem service) avaliability might have played in pacing any societal changes. However, when I got the first set of review comments back I was left considering my (academic) resource base, how I accessed this, and how that influenced my ability to conduct research; especially when moving slightly outside the area of my specialism.