Spatial ecology in a changing world
ECO-LAND has contributed to the organization of the XXX International Union of Game Biologist (IUGB) and XIII Perdix Congress http://www.iugb2011.com/, which was held in Barcelona from 5th – 9th September. The congress was organized by the University of Barcelona with 400 attendees from about 40 […]
A new project participated by ECO-LAND lab has been one of the selected by the BiodivERsA European Joint Call 2011. The project FARMLAND, European Network on Farmland heterogeneity, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is coordinated by Jean-Louis MARTIN (CNRS) and involves partners from Germany, France, Spain, […]
From August 16th-18th, ECO-LAND was involved in the organisation of a workshop on ecosystem model integration held at the Université de Québec a Montreal (UQAM) under the umbrella of the recent collaboration between the CTFC and the CEF. The workshop was held in the context […]
Mediterranean forests are highly resilient to fires, showing a rapid recovery after disturbance. However, as shown by a recent article published in the journal ARDEA and led by Elena Lopez-Zozaya, in some cases tree regeneration of pre fire dominant tree species fails. This leads to […]
A new course on bayesian approach to regression, ANOVA and related statistical analyses will be held in Barcelona 12-16 december 2011. The course is organised by the Institut Català d’Ornitologia (ICO) with Marc Kéry (Swiss Ornithological Institute) and Viviana Ruiz- Gutiérrez (Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell […]
Josep Rost defended his PhD thesis on June 28th, 11 A.M. in the Aula Magna, Sciences Faculty, University of Girona. The effect of post-fire management on bird fauna and seed dispersal by frugivorous bird species. (pdf) This thesis has been carried out in the framework […]
ECO-LAND gets involved into the LTER programme through the TREEBIO project in Aigüestortes. ECO-LAND members together with other researchers at the CTFC took part in the LTER Spain meeting that was held 16-17th June in Collserola. Magda Pla from the Remote Sensing LABTAG group will […]
ECO-LAND attended the Novel Model workshop, 6-10th June in Lisbon, Portugal. In this workshop, organised by DIVERSITAS, present frontiers in (ecological) modelling of biodiversity were identified. The main objective of the workshop was to discuss the state of the art of methods currently applied to […]
Our links with the Centre d’Étude de la Forêt (CEF, Québec, Canada) have been strengthened during these last weeks and a collaboration agreement has been signed between the CEF and two main forest research centers in Catalonia CTFC and CREAF. The bonds with the CEF […]
The Catalan winter bird Atlas 2006-2009 is out and was officially presented May 18th at the Pedrera building in Barcelona. Thanks to the work of over 1,000 contributors, and published by Lynx Edicions and Institut Català d’Ornitologia, this Catalan Winter Bird Atlas 2006-2009 is […]
Species distribution models are the best tool to increase knowledge on the future and past of species distributions. To date, research on distribution modelling has mainly focused on model performance at relatively small sample sizes and the question of “how much data is enough” has […]
Despite the central importance of the niche concept for the ecological theory, current methods to quantify the species niche from qualitative resources, such as food or habitat types, remain insufficiently developed. Classically, information theory and diversity measures have formed the toolbox used for calculating resource […]
Different components of global change can have interacting effects on biodiversity and this may influence our ability to detect the specific consequences of climate change through biodiversity indicators. In a new article led by Miguel Clavero and published in PLOS-ONE, we analyze whether climate change […]
In recent years, rapid developments in statistical techniques to address emerging issues in quantitatively based classification of vegetation plot data, partly a result of the increased power of modern computing, now allow researchers to analyse large (e.g. national scale) datasets in ways not previously possible. […]
The identification of relevant information is a critical task in modern science. This is a process that researchers do at all times during their professional lifes and sharing such relevant, filtered information is a step forward towards better science. The ECO-LAND lab wants to promote […]
