Goal
Paleo, Population and Community Ecology (PALEO-PCE) have a shared interest in the fundamental processes governing the distribution, abundance, and interactions of species in biological systems. The goal of this workshop is to is to facilitate networking, capacity-building, early career development, and especially the foundation of a long-term research program addressing fundamental questions in ecology across spatial and temporal scales.
Paleo, Population and Community Ecology (PALEO-PCE) have a shared interest in the fundamental processes governing the distribution, abundance, and interactions of species in biological systems. The goal of this workshop is to is to facilitate networking, capacity-building, early career development, and especially the foundation of a long-term research program addressing fundamental questions in ecology across spatial and temporal scales.
Mission
- Actively build collaborative, interdisciplinary network of Paleo and PCE scientists by facilitating formal and informal discussion
- Increase awareness of new developments, tools, and perspectives by investigators working across
disciplines and systems - Future directions- Identification of priority questions that would explicitly benefit from an integrated Paleo-PCE approach
- Seed long-term research collaboration
Paleoecology
Paleoecology is the ecology of the past, and aims to study and understand the ancient and past relationships between organisms and their environments. Paleoecologists study such relationships through the use of proxies, preserved physical characteristics of the past, such as fossil pollen, charcoal, stable isotopes and microscopic organisms. Given the revelations of the current state of our planet, paleoecology is uniquely suited to forecast future scenarios of ecological change by looking through the paleo record.
Paleoecology is the ecology of the past, and aims to study and understand the ancient and past relationships between organisms and their environments. Paleoecologists study such relationships through the use of proxies, preserved physical characteristics of the past, such as fossil pollen, charcoal, stable isotopes and microscopic organisms. Given the revelations of the current state of our planet, paleoecology is uniquely suited to forecast future scenarios of ecological change by looking through the paleo record.
Population and Community Ecology (PCE)?
While population ecology focuses on studying the organization of a single species within a localized area, community ecology is the study of patterns in diversity, abundance and composition of species and of the processes underlying these patterns. Population and community ecology are naturally intertwined as communities are made up of a number of individual populations. PCE scientists have an advantage over paleoecologists, that being the processes they study are readily observable.
While population ecology focuses on studying the organization of a single species within a localized area, community ecology is the study of patterns in diversity, abundance and composition of species and of the processes underlying these patterns. Population and community ecology are naturally intertwined as communities are made up of a number of individual populations. PCE scientists have an advantage over paleoecologists, that being the processes they study are readily observable.
Location
Paleo-PCE will be held at the wonderful Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor, ME., an environmental education center and conference venue affiliated with Acadia National Park. Schoodic offers facilities including conference and breakout rooms, site-wide wifi, lodging, dining and catering services, and doorstep access to trails to a range of ecosystems from tidal pools to forests.
Paleo-PCE will be held at the wonderful Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor, ME., an environmental education center and conference venue affiliated with Acadia National Park. Schoodic offers facilities including conference and breakout rooms, site-wide wifi, lodging, dining and catering services, and doorstep access to trails to a range of ecosystems from tidal pools to forests.