Author: vdakos

quantifying resilience in ecology and evolution under global environmental change

Prevalence and drivers of abrupt vegetation shifts in global drylands

Drylands are home to 2.1 billion people, and harbor some of the world’s rarest biodiversity. Globally, they are also highly sensitive to ecological changes under global change. New research shows that 50% of the changes in dryland ecosystem dynamics are abrupt shifts, which are characteristic of tipping point responses in ecological states. The prevalence of…
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October 19, 2022 0

Ecological stability of lakes declining globally over time

With colleagues from Switzerland, we recently analyzed productivity dynamics of 1,015 lakes worldwide to get an impression of how lake stability changes over time and whether it is marked by the occurrence of regime shifts. Such analysis highlights how remotely-sensed datasets have began to facilitate the quantification of ecosystem resilience at large scales. Read more…
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September 7, 2022 0

First submission to Peer Community in Ecology

The master thesis of Alice Ardichvili on How to evolve an alternative stable state got a positive recommendation from the PCI Ecology. It was a first and really pleasant experience receiving two transparent and helpful reviews.


June 14, 2022 0

Funded Phd opportunity in eco-evolutionary ecosystem dynamics

We invite prospective candidates for a three-year fully funded PhD studentship to explore theoretical questions on the eco-evolutionary dynamics in ecological systems with tipping points. Global environmental change has made clear that ecosystems are at risk to unexpected and persistent shifts to undesirable states, popularly referred to as tipping points. But, although the ecological dynamics…
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May 11, 2021 0

Interacting Tipping Elements in the Natural and Social Components of the Earth System

15 Aug – 18 Aug 2021, postgraduate workshop  


April 20, 2021 0

Special issue on Earth System resilience now open for submissions

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1748-9326/page/Focus_on_earth_system_resilience_and_tipping_behavior


April 16, 2021 0

Unveiling dimensions of stability in complex ecological networks

Understanding what determines the stability of ecological communities is one of the oldest questions asked in ecology, an issue that has become even more pressing in the current context of global change. However, how can we define the stability of anything as complex as an ecological community? And how can we best measure stability? Many…
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December 6, 2019 0

The Mathematics of Climate and the Environment – Workshop – Paris

Coming week (2-6 December 2019) at the Institute Poincare in Paris, a workshop on “Coupled climate-ecology-economy modeling” will take place. Check here for the detailed workshop programme.    


November 29, 2019 0

Master Thesis / Stage M2 Feb-June 2020

There is an opportunity to do a master thesis (5 months) at the Institute of iEES in Paris on the interface of tipping points and evolution: on “Ecological consequences of rapid evolution in ecosystems with tipping points” co-supervised with Nicolas Loeuille, and on “Early warning signs of the sudden origin of species” co-supervised with Patrik…
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November 21, 2019 0

Buz Holling past away

Just back from holidays I’m sad to find out that one of the most influential thinkers on resilience passed away. I feel lucky I had the chance to meet Buzz and hear his passionate and truly inspiring words. The Resilience Center put together a short obituary where I also found a memoir that I was…
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November 21, 2019 0