Upcoming events

THIRD EUROSPEC SUMMER SCHOOL ON FIELD SPECTROSCOPY AND ECOLOGICAL MODELING
The University of Palermo and the Edmund Mach Foundation are pleased to announce the Third EUROSPEC Summer School on Field Spectroscopy and Ecological modeling, organized by the COST Action ES0903 "EUROSPEC".
The School will take place from 15 to 20th July at the University of Palermo (Italy) and applications must be sent by 25th May, 2013 !
The field activities will be carried out at the Castelvetrano olive groove Eddy Covariance site. The School is open to young researchers from across Europe, and it will be focused on (1) field spectroscopy with lectures, practical demos and optical/biophysical field measurements; (2) upscaling mass and energy fluxes; (3) biogeochemical modeling A field spectroscopy workshop will be carried out by Dr. Alasdair Mac Arthur (NERC-University of Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM). The upscaling and modeling lectures will be given by various other lecturers and coordinated by Dr. Enrico Tomelleri (Max Planck Insitute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, GERMANY).
You can find further information on the Action website.
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TRAINING COURSES: SAMPLING PROTOCOLS FOR ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH
The 3rd ExpeER training week "SAmpling Protocols for Ecosystem Research” (SAPER), will occured in August 26-30, 2013 at the VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
This training course is intended to develop and disseminate protocols for ecosystem measurements in the field, to help develop improved integration in data collection and use. This course is aimed at people working with ecosystem observatories, LTER sites and experimental facilities. It is being organized and funded through the ExpeER project, an FP7 project aimed at integrating ecosystem research infrastructure around Europe Participants will learn about how to undertake a range of field-scale ecological measurements in both lab and in forests, and how to ensure that the data will be of value to the wider ecological community. The costs of attendance, local transport and food will be met by ExpeER; however, participants will have to fund their own accommodation and travel to and from the training course. Registration will close when the maximum number of 20 participants has been reached.
For more information : http://www.expeeronline.eu/images/pdf/Leaflet_ExpeER_Amsterdam_course.pdf
To apply : http://expeer.digitalezaken.nl/

AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE
The Chapman Conference, organised by the AGU (American Geophysical Union) will run from October 21-24, 2013, with an optional field trip to the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson on Friday, October 25. More information and a preliminary agenda is presented here and on the website.

INTERNATIONAL COURSES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
The Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC) (Sevilla, Spain) invites applications for its fourth international course on climate change entitled ‘Ecological Consequences of Climate Change: Integrating Research Approaches’ taking place from 30 September to 11 October 2013 in the heart of Doñana National Park.
The course is open to students at the early postdoc, PhD and Master/advanced Diploma levels who are involved in global-change research.
Its aim is to provide a synthetic overview upon different research perspectives ranging from paleoecology to population genetics, ecophysiology and bioclimatic modeling. The course will include lectures and practical exercises provided by an international panel of high-profile researchers, as well as field trips within the National Park.
Invited teachers: Isabelle Chuine, CEFE (CNRS), Montpellier, France ; Solomon Dobrowski, University of Montana, USA ; Mary Edwards, University of Southampton, UK ; Arndt Hampe, UMR1202 BIOGECO (INRA), Cestas, France ; Ingolf Kühn, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Germany ; Jorge Lobo, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain ; Fernando Valladares, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Organizers: Juan José Negro, director of Estación Biológica de Doñana ; Arndt Hampe.
Application deadline is 7 July. Please send applications in a single pdf file and any related questions to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The course language will be English. Support from the Gas Natural Chair ‘Biodiversity Conservation under Climate Change’ and 7FP project ECOGENES, enables us to limit registration fees to 100 Euros and to cover all costs for transportation between Sevilla and Doñana National Park, accommodation and meals during the 2-weeks course. Applicants should provide a brief CV (max. two pages) as well as a statement (max. 500 words) about their research interests/current projects and why they would like to attend to the course.