This is the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, held in Long Beach, CA, Aug 4 - 9. "This year’s meeting will emphasize the society’s mission of supporting ecologists throughout their careers. The emphasis recognizes the need for us to continually invest in all the people who advance the science and practice of ecology. Among many aspects of professional development, we are planning programming and invite contributions that consider the transformational potential of effective mentorship." - ESA website Several NEON staff will be in attendance, and there will be a NEON booth in...
Attending the ESA 2024 Meeting this August in Long Beach? Join us for a workshop on working with biodiversity data! This course will introduce tools to work with biodiversity data holdings from NEON, the LTER network, and EDI that can be accessed in a standardized format using the ecocomDP package for R. Instruction will include an overview of the breadth of NEON, LTER, and EDI organismal datasets before an introduction to data discovery and visualization tools available in the ecocomDP package. Participants will learn how to access and work with NEON and LTER datasets in the ecocomDP data...