Current Themes in Ecology
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2024
Long-term ecological research: scientific insights, challenges and opportunities
Symposium series "Current Themes in Ecology"
Background
Conference Centre De Werelt, Lunteren
Ecology has been referred to as the science of the new millennium. Many of the current environmental issues in our society, such as climate change, environmental pollution, and land use, require ecologists to analyse and solve them. However, as a scientific discipline, ecology is under pressure, partly caused by the increasing attention for novel developments in biotechnological and biomedical research. Yet, ecology is a thriving scientific discipline making enormous progress in many fields, producing exciting results and is ready for the major task to cope with current issues in the world. The symposium series Current Themes in Ecology has been founded to highlight some of the exciting developments in ecological research and bring them to the attention of a wider audience of both fundamental and applied scientists. The first Current Themes in Ecology symposium was organised in 2001. Because in the first few years, the symposium was organised twice a year, we had our 20th anniversary in 2014.
The theme of each of the Current Themes in Ecology symposia is broad, interdisciplinary, and highly contemporary. Each year, an international company of outstanding scientists are invited to focus on theory, empiricism, applications, and controversies of the topic in a coherent programme. Our aim is that those who attend will be inspired, or simply be fascinated by the latest sparkling results. The Current Themes in Ecology symposium series is supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
Previous editions of the Current Themes in Ecology Meetings (CT)
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17 November 2023 | CT26:Optimizing ecological structures in agricultural landscapes to enhance biodiversity | Download |
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28 October 2021 | CT25: Nitrogen: Past, Present and Future | Download |
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13 November 2019 | CT24: Biodiversity in Crisis - Perspectives on how to bend the curve | Download |
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29 November 2017 | CT23: Innovation in Conservation - Fundamental science as a basis for sustainable conservation | Download |
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24 November 2016 | CT22: Ecological Networks - Networks in Ecology | Download |
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19 November 2015 | CT21: Microbial Power - Impact of microbial communities: from gut to globe | Download |
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20 November 2014 | CT20: Biodiversity research at the crossroads - Understanding the long-term dynamics of ecosystems | Download |
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30 October 2013 | CT19: The future of ecosystems, Ecosystems for the future | Download |
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20 November 2012 | CT18: Soil, Biodiversity and Life - The contribution of soil to sustainability of life | Download |
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8 December 2011 | CT17: Eco-informatics - The silver bullet for ecology? | Download |
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24 November 2010 | CT16: Biodiversiteit - Van fascinatie tot innovatie | Download |
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18 September 2009 | CT15: Revolution in Evolution? Epigenetics in Ecology and Evolution | Download |
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7 November 2008 | CT14: Plants - insects - microbes: An ecological dance for three | Download |
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2 November 2007 | CT13: Polar Biodiversity, Past Present and Future | Download |
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13 April 2007 | CT12: Darwinian agriculture; the evolutionary ecology of agricultural symbiosis | Download |
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3 November 2006 | CT11: Ecological implications of adaptive behaviour | Download |
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19 April 2006 | CT10: Influenza Ecology and Pandemics | Download |
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23 November 2005 | CT9: Hot Issue - The Ecology of Temperature | Download |
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29 April 2005 | CT8: Ecological and Evolutionairy Genomics | Download |
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19 November 2004 | CT7: Biological invasions | Download |
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2 April 2004 | CT6: Experimental Evolution, fundamental and applied | Download |
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21 November 2003 | CT5: Ecology in Freshwater Management | Download |
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17 April 2003 | CT4: Global Ecology | Download |
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22 November 2002 | CT3: Spatial Ecology | Download |
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15 March 2002 | CT2: Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes | Download |
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5 November 2001 | CT1: Environmental genomics | Download |