Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity at Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience

the research of the ecoinformatics & biodiversity group is focused on two broadly overlapping lines of research: - ecoinformatics , i.e., informatics-based research on ecology and environmental science. - biodiversity studies , spanning and integrating ecoinformatics, molecular phylogenetics, systematics and taxonomy, classical ecology, and conservation biology and ethno-ecology to further our understanding of species diversity, its determinants, and the ecosystem services it provides to society. we take advantage of the recent exponential gains in computing power and data storage capacity, advances in statistics and mathematics, and dramatic increases in availability of environmental, ecological, and biological data to tackle complex, often large-scale problems in ecology and environmental science. our ecoinformatics research is part of a broader change from an experimental paradigm to a computing paradigm that is happening across science (see nature’s 2006 “ 2020 computing ” and 2008