The DISPLAMAZ project walked its first steps during the last year 2017,, and it is now ready to continue with the data collection and all the adventures that come along this investigation project. The research team is leaded from Spain…
I was fortunate to spend two weeks in Loja (Ecuador) lecturing on tropical ecology, as part of a course that is taught in the MSc in Conservation Biology and Tropical Ecology of the UTPL. Half of the course was spent…
He tenido la suerte de pasar dos semanas en Loja (Ecuador) impartiendo clases sobre ecología tropical, como parte de un curso que se imparte en la Maestría en Biología de la Conservación y Ecología Tropical de la UTPL. La mitad…
The project DISPLAMAZ (Multiscale analysis of distribution and dominance patterns of woody plants in terra firme forests of northwestern Amazonia) have already walked its first steps. During this past year 2017, two expeditions have been accomplished in Peru, one in…
We are looking for a candidate interested in applying for a predoctoral contract (FPU) for a PhD position in tropical forest biodiversity. The contract would be associated to the research project: "Multiscale analysis of distribution patterns and dominance of woody…
Last Thursday 30th of November and Friday 1st of December, a group of researchers and students from different institutions meet to celebrate the IV meeting of the (Spanish) Tropical Biology Group (REDTROP). The workshop was very interesting, with presentations about…
Recently, it has been published in Science a study that assess the global extent of dryland biomes, with a particular focus on their forests (The Global Dryland Assessment of Forests). This work, published by Jean-François Bastin and colleagues, shows that…
Our group is starting a new adventure in the Amazon basin, under the name of "Multiscale analysis of distribution and dominance patterns of woody plants in terra firme forests of northwestern Amazonia" (DISPLAMAZ CLG 201675414P). In this case we aim…
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“Far over the misty mountains cold”, that’s how the song sang by JRR Tolkien´s The hobbit dwarves said… and across similar mountains have travelled the researchers of the project BOTROPANDES to collect plants and data from The Andes tropical montane…