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Congratulations to Dr Gabriel Dansereau!
lab news
PhD defence
congratulations
Huge congratulations to Gabriel Dansereau on successfully defending his PhD dissertation!
Ceres Barros
Jun 1, 2026

Taxonomy of response diversity concepts, definitions and metrics.

First paper from Response Diversity Network is out
publications
response diversity
survey
concepts and definitions
The Response Diversity Network’s (RDN) first publication was published earlier this year.
Ceres Barros
Mar 6, 2026

Conceptual overview of species interaction networks and biodiversity conservation.

New paper: overcoming the disconnect between species interaction networks and biodiversity conservation
publications
ecological networks
species interactions
biodiversity indicators
conservation
Congratulations to Gabriel Dansereau for spearheading a collaborative paper, Dansereau et al. (2025), in Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Ceres Barros
Sep 1, 2025

Spatially explicit food web predictions across regions.

New paper: spatially explicit predictions of food web structure from regional-level data
publications
ecological networks
food webs
biogeography
Congratulations to Gabriel Dansereau on the publication of his latest paper, Dansereau, Barros and Poisot (2024), in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B…
Ceres Barros
Jul 22, 2024

Infographic: Stewart and Micheletti et al. 2023

Two new papers on wildlife forecasts for caribou in Northwest Territories, Canada
publications
wildlife
forecasting
SpaDES
In a great collaboration with Dr Frances Stewart and Dr Tati Micheletti (lead authors; but there were many others involved!), we have recently published new forecasts of…
Ceres Barros
Apr 1, 2023
 
FOR-CAST is hiring
job opportunity
SpaDES
FOR-CAST
Our very own Alex Chubaty is hiring a geospatial programmer at FOR-CAST Research & Analytics. If you like coding and being deeply involved with landscape and forest model…
Ceres Barros
Jun 16, 2022
 
Long due: our findings from the Landscapes In Motion Project
Landscapes in Motion
results
fire ecology
Alberta SW Foothills
The Landscapes in Motion project came to its end and we wrapped up our (the Modelling Team’s) findings in this nice post. If you are curious about the Fire Regime and Visual…
Ceres Barros
Sep 1, 2020
 
Landscapes in Motion goes to the Ecological Society of America meeting in New Orleans!
Landscapes in Motion
conferences
Another blog post I wrote for the LIM webpage that you can find below. If you are lazy, like me, here’s a shortcut.
Ceres Barros
Sep 17, 2018
 
Modeller puts her field boots on - lessons learned from fieldwork in the Alberta Foothills
Landscapes in Motion
field work
fire ecology
Alberta SW Foothills
When Dr Cameron Naficy invited me to participate on his field season this last summer I immediately said ‘yes’. “What a great opportunity to breathe fresh air and do some…
Ceres Barros
Sep 17, 2018
 
SpaDES goes to ULaval, Quebec City
workshops
SpaDES
conferences
That’s right, we’re giving two SpaDES workshops at the University of Laval, Quebec City, this coming May 2nd.
Ceres Barros
Mar 27, 2018

Let’s talk about models: what are they, why do we need them?
modelling
ecology
Landscapes in Motion
Here’s another blog post I’ve written for the Landscapes in Motion project blog. If you haven’t already, check the Landscapes in Motion website - and keep an eye on it for…
Ceres Barros
Mar 21, 2018
 
New country, new city, new project and new ways of thinking
jobs
life
learnings
moving
Landscapes in Motion
Settling in a new country, city and workplace isn’t always easy, but I always find it exciting. Installing yourself and sorting out the personal and professional admin stuff…
Ceres Barros
Oct 23, 2017

French Alps

A ‘meet me’ post for Landscapes in Motion
Landscapes in Motion
I have recently written a blog post about myself for the Landscapes in Motion blog (here’s the link) which I am also sharing here. If you haven’t already, check the…
Ceres Barros
Oct 23, 2017
 
Just ‘PhDed’ - what have I learnt?
studying
life
learnings
It’s done. Thesis submitted, revised, publicly defended and re-submitted! I now officially hold the Ph.D. title.
Ceres Barros
Aug 21, 2017

Barros et al. 2016, ELE

Why should the study of ecosystem stability be multidimensional?
publications
resilience
stability
Because ecosystems ARE multidimensional. They are composed of multiples species, that represent multiple functional roles and interact in multiple ways. So why shouldn’t it…
Ceres Barros
Jun 28, 2016
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