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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · 23d

🚀 Starting the "Meet the EcoInformatics" initiative!
Are you a member of the @iavs5.bsky.social EcoInformatics WG using advanced tools to tackle ecological questions? Showcase yourself and your research to our community!
🔗 forms.gle/kqDzhfHJzDeU...

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · 11d

Are you interested in Biodiversity data integration and management in Latin America? The Living Data congress will be held in Bogotá, from October 21st to October 24th, 2025! www.livingdata2025.com

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · 23d

If you're not part of the working group yet, IAVS members can join at www.iavs.org/page/working...

EcoInformatics - International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS)

Interested in joining our group? Please click the button below to email Marta Gaia Sperandii, Chair of the Ecoinformatics WG:

www.iavs.org

Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · 23d

🚀 Starting the "Meet the EcoInformatics" initiative!
Are you a member of the @iavs5.bsky.social EcoInformatics WG using advanced tools to tackle ecological questions? Showcase yourself and your research to our community!
🔗 forms.gle/kqDzhfHJzDeU...

forms.gle

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Charles Margossian @charlesm993.bsky.social · Jun 13

Research opportunity for a graduate student in ecology 🌳 at UBC 🇨🇦 with Lizzie Wolkovich and the Temporal Ecology lab (temporalecology.org).

📝 Apply here: temporalecology.org/joining-the-... by July 1st 2025!

The abstract sounds fascinating (see attached).

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · May 30

Our free webinar on functional biogeography and databases is starting now! Thanks to @dylancraven.bsky.social for joining us today. You can still take part at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · May 29

Our next free webinar is tomorrow! Remember to register to get your link, only 100 places are available!

Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · May 22

📢 #CuttingvEdgeTools Friday, May the 30th, at 2 PM CEST, @dylancraven.bsky.social will close our cycle of webinars on databases with "Key questions in functional biogeography", leveraging regional trait databases and with examples from Rasgos-CL. Join for free at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · May 22

📢 #CuttingvEdgeTools Friday, May the 30th, at 2 PM CEST, @dylancraven.bsky.social will close our cycle of webinars on databases with "Key questions in functional biogeography", leveraging regional trait databases and with examples from Rasgos-CL. Join for free at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · May 9

Our webinar about TRY with Jens Kattge has just started. You can still join for free at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · May 8

Our next webinar, TRY - a global trait database, is tomorrow, see you there!

Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · May 3

📣Get ready for the next Cutting vEdge Tools webinar in our series on ecological databases! On May 9 at 14 CEST, Jens Kattge will talk about the widely known TRY plant trait database. Join for free at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... only 100 places!

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · May 3

📣Get ready for the next Cutting vEdge Tools webinar in our series on ecological databases! On May 9 at 14 CEST, Jens Kattge will talk about the widely known TRY plant trait database. Join for free at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... only 100 places!

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · Apr 11

Our special, two-in-one webinar on functional diversity has just started! You can still join at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · Apr 1

📣Cutting vEdge Tools is back!
A special 3-hour long session will close our cycle on the facets of biodiversity. This time, Francesco de Bello and Lars Götzenberger will focus on functional trait diversity! Register for the free webinar at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · Mar 21

Today's webinar with Florian Jansen on species concepts in databases has just started! You can still join if you want!

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · Mar 14

📢 Are you ready for the next cycle of Cutting vEdge Tools? The first webinar is in just a week, March 21st at 14:00 CET: Florian Jansen will show how to handle species concepts when dealing with databases!
📝Join for free at forms.gle/mrjs8gpEy6ih... only 100 places so don't miss your chance!

A flyer with the next webinars: species concepts in vegetation databases March 21st 14 CET. TRY - a global trait database May 9th 14 CET. Key questions in functional biogeography May 30th 14 CET.

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · Feb 21

Our free Cutting vEdge Tools webinar "Analysis of taxonomic diversity with Python" by Mohamed Zakaria Hatim has just started! Send us a message if you still want to join.

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · Feb 12

See you at the next Cutting vEdge Tools webinar: Mohamed Z. Hatim will perform taxonomic diversity analyses with python on February 21st at 14:00 CET!📝Sign up for free at forms.gle/Hf4kycvgmqe3..., even if you attended previous ones. Only 100 places!

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · Feb 12

See you at the next Cutting vEdge Tools webinar: Mohamed Z. Hatim will perform taxonomic diversity analyses with python on February 21st at 14:00 CET!📝Sign up for free at forms.gle/Hf4kycvgmqe3..., even if you attended previous ones. Only 100 places!

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · Jan 31

Our webinar on community phylogenetics with @padulles.bsky.social has just started!

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Ecoinformática AEET @ecoinf-aeet.bsky.social · Jan 24

On Tuesday 28 January at 16:00 h we will have the seminar ‘BlueCarbon R package: get stocks and sequestration rates estimations directly from raw laboratory data’ by
@npjuncal.bsky.social
We hope to see you all there👇

Ecoinformática AEET @ecoinf-aeet.bsky.social · Jan 8

El martes 28 de enero a las 16 h tendremos el seminario "BlueCarbon R package: get stocks and sequestration rates estimations directly from raw laboratory data" impartido por
@npjuncal.bsky.social
Os esperamos😉

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · Jan 17

Cutting vEdge tools continues! We're hosting an online seminar on phylogenetic analyses with R held by Josep Padullés Cubino on January 31st at 14:00 CET! Sign up for free at bit.ly/412aabK, only 100 places! Also consider becoming member of IAVS for past and future recordings.

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · Jan 17

Cutting vEdge tools continues! We're hosting an online seminar on phylogenetic analyses with R held by Josep Padullés Cubino on January 31st at 14:00 CET! Sign up for free at bit.ly/412aabK, only 100 places! Also consider becoming member of IAVS for past and future recordings.

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · Jan 7

Want to download spatial shapefiles of protected areas for world countries using the World Database on Protected Areas API (WDPA) ?

👉 Here is the #CESAB worldpa #R pkg : frbcesab.github.io/worldpa/

👉 vignette : frbcesab.github.io/worldpa/arti...

Thx Nico Casajus for sharing this 🧙 !

🧪🌐 🌍🦤#rstat

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Jeffery Cannon, Landscape Ecology Lab @jefferybcannon.bsky.social · Jan 6

Ready to learn how to use LiDAR for research in #forestry and natural resources using #R? This week I am sharing our 7-part series on Bluesky to help you get started! Share with anyone you know who wants to get started. Part 1 covers acquiring, & viewing LiDAR data! bit.ly/lidR-module1

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · Dec 20

We regret to inform you that today's webinar has been canceled due to an unforeseen obstacle on the part of the speaker. We'll let you know when it can be rescheduled. For now, see you in January with Josep Padullés Cubino!

Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · Dec 13

❗ We remind everyone that next week you can freely join the webinar "Analysis of taxonomic diversity with python" held by Mohamed Zakaria Hatim. Only 100 places available, join with the form in the post below 👇
If you're participating, please fill this form beforehand:
forms.gle/cPWCmDKoYs31...

Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · Dec 3

📣 Our series of free practical webinars Cutting vEdge Tools is back for a festive session focusing on different facets of vegetation and biodiversity data!
Save the dates 📅 December 20th and January 31st. Be sure to register at forms.gle/rY89rZnZAWTn...