My themes at INTECOL2013: data management, citizen science & urban ecology, habitat dynamics & succession, and more

Like several other members of the GCC Team at the University of Helsinki, I took part of the 11th International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL) in London, 18-23 August in 2013. Amid an overwhelming set of talks, workshops and symposia, I spent a noticeable fraction of my time learning about a few particular themes. Continue reading

Reflection on INTECOL13 – Where are we heading?

The vibrant INTECOL13 conference has ended and it is time to reflect on the outstanding week of posters, plenary talks and presentations. Real difficult choices had to be made which talks to attend. Hundreds of great ideas from the conference will remain undocumented in this post. In this post, I will present only a tiny fraction of all the incredible ideas, discussions and future direction we as ecologist need to take. Continue reading