(July 28, 2021) – Presentations at the 106th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America featuring research on the role of pollinator species in ecosystem health and human livelihoods, and how best to conserve pollinator populations in a changing world.
(July 28, 2021) – Presentations at the 106th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America featuring research on efforts to improve the resiliency of ecosystems, human communities and infrastructure to the effects of climate change.
(July 20, 2021) – Researchers from the Université de Sherbrooke found that tree swallows on agricultural landscapes are experiencing widespread exposure to pesticides, even on farms with less intensive pesticide use.
(June 10, 2021) A new study shows that mosquitoes can adjust to rapid changes in temperature, indicating that mosquitoes normally dormant during winter may become active year-round due to climate change.
(June 9, 2021) Scientists from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute recently collaborated with more than 150 scientists on the first-ever nationwide wildlife survey, called Snapshot USA. The goal of the survey is to standardize the monitoring of mammal populations at a national scale.
(July 14, 2021) – Plenaries and symposia at the ESA 2021 virtual Annual Meeting will explore the theme “Vital Connections in Ecology.” ESA invites press and institutional public information officers to attend the Annual Meeting for free.
(June 8, 2021) Researchers have found certain species of trees in the mountains of southwestern Mexico could be more vulnerable to decline as the environment becomes hotter and drier due to climate change.
(June 3, 2021) Researchers at Colorado State University and The Ohio State University have created an index depicting the mix of social values among people across all 50 states, revealing which wildlife conservation policies or initiatives people are likely to support or be opposed to.
(July 12, 2021) – Breakthrough paper reveals multiple mechanisms for wing transparency in butterflies and moths; shows that wing transparency has evolved multiple times in lepidopterans.
(June 3, 2021) – Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a computer simulation tool that allows them to predict future attacks on crops or forests by pests and diseases, as well as test management strategies to contain them.
(June 7, 2021) – Researchers from the University of North Texas, Georgia Southern University and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies present new research on the effects of particulate matter found in canopy waterways.
Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Science have identified a hybrid of two species of sand-stabilizing beachgrasses introduced to the Pacific Northwest starting in the early 1900s.
(May 20, 2021) – A new understanding of relationship between stream flows and salmon survival provides a critical tool for balancing water needs in the highly managed Sacramento River.
(May 6, 2021) – University of Delaware researchers developed a text alert system to help fishers avoid Atlantic sturgeon and to provide them with a three-day forecast highlighting where sturgeon will be in the future.
(May 18, 2021) Researchers have analyzed how environmental factors influence the growth and health of corals and found that more species of corals are living in the mangrove forests than in nearby shallow reefs.
(May 10, 2021) – Researchers conducted experiments on the North Carolina coast to determine how an invasive marine fouling species interferes with recovery in the aftermath of natural disasters.
(May 3, 2021) – A study published in Ecological Applications from the University of California, Davis, and UC Santa Cruz suggests that green energy and species conservation goals may come into conflict in California’s Mojave Desert.
Dr. Rebecca Ostertag has been elected a 2021 Fellow of ESA or her “outstanding intellectual leadership in the areas of tropical forest ecology and conservation and a deep commitment to mentoring and enhancing diversity in the next generation of ecologists.
Erik Van Vleck, professor of mathematics, along with his co-authors, was awarded the 2021 Robert P. McIntosh Award as the best nominated paper in vegetation ecology in the previous two years by the vegetation section of ESA.
Castilleja F. Olmsted, a PhD student at University of Pittsburgh, was recently awarded the ESA Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award.