O Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais (cE3c-FCUL) associa-se às celebrações do Dia da Ecologia, que se assinala a 14 de setembro a nível Europeu, organizando o Workshop e Visita Guiada "Alterações nos padrões de distribuição de briófitos epifíticos em ambientes urbanos e seu significado ecológico e climático", na Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL).

Por Cristina Antunes (Environmental Stress & Functional Ecology group (ESFE), Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes).

Por Anne Magurran (Researcher and Professor of Ecology and Evolution at Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK).

Phylogenetics is one of the scientific areas of Biology that has grown fast and evolved in methodological terms in the last years. Its applications go from the studies of the evolution of species and populations to the least expected, as the study of the origin of the AIDS virus or seasonal cycles of the flu. The course is aimed at students and professionals that intend to get started in phylogenetic analysis as well as researchers already with some experience wanting to deepen or update their knowledge in the field.

Symbiosis is a key strategy for life on Earth. Nevertheless, although many research groups have long been committed to the study of symbiosis, its definition and functioning are not fully understood, and its ecological role and relevance are still underestimated.