Boosting Neotoma through the European Pollen Database to gain a better understanding of long-term whole ecosystem change

Aims

The main aim of this INQUA-funded workshop is to start the process of creating a multi-proxy European representation in the Neotoma database (www.neotomadb.org) that will harness the power of Neotoma as a tool facilitating multi proxy data analyses, populate Neotoma further and engage in collaborative research.

In view of this long-term objective, we will introduce European palaeoecologists to the Neotoma database, develop ideas for cross-continental multi-proxy data analysis, and develop a COST-application to pursue this community effort. We would be pleased if we could stimulate populating the Neotoma database with already existing palaeoecological data sets for Europe. To meet these aims, attendants will be introduced to the Neotoma data-extraction and data-handling toolboxes, and in addition will receive training to join the active Neotoma Data Stewards community.