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"Aims: To develop a consistent ecological indicator value system for Europe for five of the main plant niche dimensions: soil moisture (M), soil nitrogen (N), soil reaction (R), light (L) and temperature (T). Study area: Europe (and closely adjacent regions). Methods: We identified 31 ind...

The next Science School is coming up in summer 2023. Do you want to be there? Then find out about the requirements here https://paleosynthesis.cms.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/.../science-schools/ Deadline is the 26th of February, 2023.

Today the second part of the BioDeepTime workshop begins. After a very successful workshop at the beginning of last year, the members of the team have travelled to Erlangen again and will work on further progress and let their heads smoke until Friday. Those who were not able to attend in perso...

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"Conservation paleobiology has coalesced over the last two decades since its formal coining, united by the goal of applying geohistorical records to inform the conservation, management, and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Yet, the field is still attempting to form an identity di...

"The fascination with ancient flora and fauna is a centuries-old phenomenon and is one of the main drivers of fossil crimes. Fossils have been sought by the rich and famous since the advent of colonialism, propelling development in the field of palaeontology but also in how fossils make their way t...

Winter is coming and our new workshops – BITE and IRAL – have held their first meetings. In the kick-offs, held online, the first cornerstones were set and more precise timetables were created. After an intensive exchange among the members, we are now moving into the active phase in ...

Congratulations to Nussaibah from the DDCP Speaker Series workshop. Her article on colonialism and today's biodiversity was recently published in Nature ecology & evolution. "The effects of the redistribution of flora and fauna by European empires are still visible in global biodiversity tod...

Two exciting days lie ahead of us! Today, Thursday, and tomorrow, we will participate in the virtual workshop of the Volkswagen Foundation, present our project, and then have an intensive exchange with the other grantees. It will be exciting to see how the other projects dealt with the pandemic but ...

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kiessling: The project „Paleosynthesis: The German Seed for Global Collaboration“ in which he wants to discuss „the big questions“ in palaeontology. Could that be a great thing to have a good basis for public outreach activities? ! Big Questions are central to every scientific di...