ESA Webinars

Upcoming Webinars

ESA is pleased to present opportunities to learn more about key concepts in ecology, scientific careers, leadership, engagement skills, and more. Check back often, as we add content regularly! Are there any sessions that you’d like to see? Let us know!

Exploring Career Opportunities in Ecology, June 9, 2026

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Past Webinars

These webinar sessions were held with Society members and shared with others in the ecological community.

TEK Series

These were organized by the ESA Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section.

Indigenous Science: A Non-Western Epistemology of Knowledge, May 20, 2022
Lessons Learned and Considerations for Conducting Research with Tribes and Indigenous Peoples, April 8, 2022
The Biden-Harris Administration’s Initiative to Elevate Indigenous TEK in Federal Decisionmaking, March 11, 2022
Protecting TEK: The Role of Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, February 18, 2022
Biocultural Restoration of Whitebark Pine on the Flathead Indian Reservation, January 28, 2022
Indigenous Ethics, Protocols and Self-determination in Science and Research, December 3, 2021
The Role of TEK in Building Circular Economies and Influencing Federal Land Tenure Policy Changes on Reservations, November 19, 2021
Indigenous Values and the Preservation of Western Democracy, October 15, 2021
Ethical Space, Science, Indigenous Knowledge: Conflict and Reconciliation in Ecological Management, September 24, 2021
Integrating Western Science into Indigenous Knowledge Processes, August 20, 2021
Guidelines for the Use of Traditional Knowledges, July 23, 2021
Kiʔlawnaʔ (grizzly bear) – Alternative ways of knowing – Indigenous Knowledge systems, complexity sciences and forestry in the Okanagan, BC, Canada, June 18, 2021
TEK: Learning from Our Mother, the Earth, May 21, 2021

Ecological Applications

Integrating Climate Adaptation Research and Practice — A Case Study With Invasive Species, April 13, 2026
Biodiversity Credit Market Overview, February 27, 2025

Inclusive Ecology Spotlight Series

Inclusive Ecology Spotlight Series: The Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Fieldwork Alliance, October 30, 2023
The BioGraphI Faculty Mentoring Network, September 25, 2023

The Science of Ecology

Differential Nutrient Strategies of AM and EcM Plants and Their Role in Soil Carbon Dynamics, December 4, 2024 (organized by ESA’s Asian Ecology Section)
Evaluation of Terrestrial Ecosystem GHG Budget with a Process-based Model: 25 Years of VISIT Study, September 11, 2024 (organized by ESA’s Asian Ecology Section)
Earth Observation — Coastal Urban Green Space and Blue Carbon, May 20, 2024 (organized by ESA’s Asian Ecology Section)
Wavelet Approaches to Studies of Synchrony in Ecology, May 6, 2024 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
SpaDES for Developing and Running Spatial Discrete Event Simulation Models, April 15, 2024 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
A Scoping Study for a NASA Tropical Forest Terrestrial Ecology Campaign, March 18, 2024
Thermal Optimality of Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes, February 15, 2024 (organized by ESA’s Asian Ecology Section)
antiMotum to Fit Latent Variable Movement Models to Animal Tracking Data, February 5, 2024 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
Hierarchical Modeling of Species Communities, December 4, 2023 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
Soil Microbes as a Driver of Global Carbon Cycle, November 21, 2023 (organized by ESA’s Asian Ecology Section)
Ecological Forecasting with Dynamic Generalized Additive Models, November 6, 2023 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
Integrated Species Distribution Models, May 1, 2023 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
Bayesian Stable Isotope Mixing Models and the MixSIAR R package, April 3, 2023 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
State-space Models and the Template Model Builder (TMB) R package, March 6, 2023 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
Spatial Modeling in Ecology, February 6, 2023 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
Zero-Inflated GLM and GLMM, January 9, 2023 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
Structural Equation Models and the piecewise SEM R package, December 5, 2022 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
Spatial Occupancy Models and the spOccupancy R Package, October 3, 2022 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
Hidden Markov Models in Ecology, May 2, 2022 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
NIMBLE, April 18, 2022 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
Multi-species (Species Interactions) Occupancy Modeling, April 4, 2022 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
Access NEON: Data Portal and Tools for Accessing and Understanding NEON Data, March 21, 2022 (presented by NEON)
Integrated Step-selection Analysis, March 7, 2022 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
Movement Ecology, February 7, 2022 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative) (R code and slides)
Generalized Joint Attribute Modeling (GJAM), January 24, 2022 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative)
Species Archetype Models and Regions of Common Profile Models, December 6, 2021 (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative) (resources and R code)
Mixed Models (organized by ESA’s Statistical Ecology Section and the Ecological Forecasting Initiative), November 1, 2021 (resources and R code)
Putting LANDFIRE Data (and Models) to Work in the Scientific Community, September 16, 2021
Determining the role of ruminant livestock in sustainable food systems – A global farm platform approach, March 24, 2021
Eavesdropping on Animals: Autonomous Acoustic Wildlife Surveys, July 10, 2020
Issues in Ecology #22: Innovative Finance for Conservation, Jan. 14, 2021
Harnessing Private Foundation Funding for Your Research Project, April 9, 2020
Futureproofing Natural History Collections, Jan. 22, 2020
Wind Energy and Wildlife in the U.S.: State-of-the-Science and Recommendations for Future Research, Oct. 30, 2019
Collecting, Mapping, Analyzing, and Communicating Location-based Data and Story Maps, Sept. 26, 2019
Forecasting Ecology in a Changing World, May 23, 2019
Using Concepts and Products of the USNVC to Address Agency-wide Business Needs, May 3, 2019
Introduction to the U.S. National Vegetation Classification (USNVC), April 18, 2019

Upcoming Webinars

Past Webinars

TEK Series

Ecological Applications

Inclusive Ecology Spotlight Series

The Science of Ecology

Careers in Ecology

Diversity in Ecology

Communication and Engagement

Science Policy

Other ESA Business

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