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November 2026
Living On the Edge: The Ecology of Mountain Goats and Avalanches in Alaska
Kevin White· University of Alaska Southeast
Mountain goats use steep terrain to avoid predators, but this exposes them to snow avalanches. Kevin White presents long-term research on the natural history and population ecology of mountain goats in coastal Alaska, focusing on how avalanches alter landscapes and wildlife populations. These extreme events can cause declines that take more than a generation to reverse, linking mountain-wildlife persistence to climate-related hazards. The interdisciplinary studies involve snow scientists and collaborators in Alaska, Canada and Switzerland.
Thu, Nov 5 · 20:00 UTC · Online
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1 recorded talkEEFI’s First Forecasting Challenge: Doñana National Park
Sanne Evers· Doñana Biological Station, Sevilla, Spain
Sanne Evers introduces the first forecasting challenge organized by the European Ecological Forecasting Initiative. The challenge uses long-running observations from Doñana National Park in southern Spain to support short-term predictions of vegetation indices and the abundance of multiple shrub species. Forecasting these changes can inform habitat management, productivity assessments and conservation decisions under climatic and hydrological pressures. The seminar explains why Doñana’s range of habitats and monitoring infrastructure offer a useful setting for comparing predictions before new observations become available. It also discusses lessons from developing the challenge and planned next steps, with participation encouraged across ecological disciplines and levels of forecasting experience.
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