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The answer to tomorrow's question may lie in the past: the value of long-term records as illustrated by research at Wytham Woods
Seminar followed by Q&A and drinks – attend in person or join online – all welcome
Landscapes are not static but changing. However, these changes may be on time-scales greater than that of the average research grant, of a researcher’s life span, even of an institution’s existence. We often need to put observations we make now into their longer-term perspective, if we are to understand their causes and hence, make projections into the future. Wytham Woods is famous for some of its long-term studies both of the animals and the plants. Keith will use examples from these studies to show why conclusions from what we see now may need to be re-thought when viewed over a longer period.
Date:
6 February 2026, 16:15
Venue:
Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details:
Main lecture theatre, 1st floor (lift available)
Speaker:
Dr Keith Kirby (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Environmental Change Institute
Organisers:
Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford),
Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Organiser contact email address:
biodiversity@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiversitynetwork
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Jane Applegarth
