2017 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America: Linking biodiversity, material cycling and ecosystem services in a changing world 6–11 August 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, 5 July 2017 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org Ecological researchers care deeply about the health of the systems they study, but do not always know how to put into practice…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2, 2017 Contact: Alison Mize, 703-625-3628, alison@esa.org Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org By withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change, the United States is abdicating its role as the world leader in using science-based information to inform policy. Business, political, and scientific leaders the world over are condemning the decision. More than 190…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, 23 May 2017 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org In dry southern Morocco, domesticated goats climb to the precarious tippy tops of native argan trees to find fresh forage. Local herders occasionally prune the bushy, thorny trees for easier climbing and even help goat kids learn to climb. During the bare autumn season, goats…
Awards recognize students for outstanding research presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, 22 May 2017 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org The Ecological Society of America recognizes Michael J.M. McTavish and Julienne E. NeSmith for outstanding student research presentations at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Society in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in August 2016. ESA…
Linking biodiversity, material cycling and ecosystem services in a changing world 6–11 August 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, 11 May 2017 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org Environmental scientists from 50 U.S. states, U. S. territories, and countries around the world will converge on Portland, Oregon this August for the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday 3 April 2017 Contact: Julia Marsh, julia@esa.org, 202-833-8773 ext. 224 The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). This award provides graduate students with the opportunity to travel to Washington, DC for policy experience and training. Six recipients were selected for this year’s…
Ecological Society of America tipsheet for 30 March 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, 1 March 2017 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org The Ecological Society of America (ESA) will present the 2017 awards recognizing outstanding contributions to ecology in new discoveries, teaching, sustainability, diversity, and lifelong commitment to the profession during the Society’s Annual Meeting in Portland, Ore. The awards ceremony will take place during the Scientific…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday 1 March 2017 Contact: Lars Sandved Dalen, NIBIO, Lars.Dalen@nibio.no Liza Lester, ESA, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org Until the modern era, the human mark on the northernmost forests of North America, Europe, and Asia was light. Human populations in these challenging environments were too small to make a big impact through agriculture or timber…
RELEASE DATE: Monday, 6 February 2017 Contacts: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org; Julia Marsh, 202-833-8773 ext. 224, Julia@esa.org; Alison Mize, 202-833-8773 ext. 205, Alison@esa.org WASHINGTON, DC – The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce its 2017 Fellows. The Society’s fellowship program recognizes the many ways in which its members contribute to ecological research and discovery,…
Monday September 26, 2016: David Lodge, Director of the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University, became President of the ESA on August 12, 2016. Elected by the members of ESA for a one-year term, he now chairs ESA’s governing board, which establishes the Society’s vision, goals and objectives. Lodge brings a background of collaboration with economists, historians, theologians and philosophers, and he has partnered with such organizations as The Nature Conservancy to bring his scientific work into public policy.
Black-billed magpies and American crows, both members of the clever corvid family of birds, have adapted comfortably to life in urban and suburban communities. In Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the two species often nest nearby each other in backyards and parks. Nesting near their much larger crow cousins affords magpies a margin of extra safety from a common enemy—ravens, an even larger corvid species. Do magpies pay a food penalty for nesting near larger rivals? To find out which of the two corvids were more intrepid snack scouts, Esposito presented breeding pairs with a set of Cheetos challenges. She will present her results today at ESA’s 101st Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, 4 August 2016 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org Ecological scientists are not known for elevated fashion sensibilities. Many take pride in a sartorial identity rooted in a field work chic of practical hats, cargo pants, and judicious applications of duct tape. Button-downs in botanical prints and ties in tiny repeating motifs of anatomically…
To restore the grasslands of the Great Plains, a Nebraska ecologist says, bring back high intensity fires FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, 1 August 2016 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org Ecologist Dirac Twidwell wants to change the way we think about prescribed burns. The University of Nebraska professor says he can harness extreme fire to restore grasslands on…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday 25 July 2016 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org One hundred and thirty years ago, the volcano Krakatoa erupted in what is now Indonesia, unleashing a cataclysm locally and years of cool temperatures and rain globally. On the far side of the world, a bumper crop of saguaro cacti were getting their start in…
Ecological dimensions of mosquito-borne disease are on the minds of ecologists as they head to southern Florida for the 101st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, 8 July 2016 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org The resurgence of Zika virus has raised anxieties about the spread of infectious disease by mosquitoes as…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, 7 July 2016 Contact: Alison Mize, 202-833-8773 ext. 205, alison@esa.org On Sunday, August 7, 2016, the Ecological Society of America (ESA) will present its ninth annual Regional Policy Award to Shannon Estenoz, Director of Everglades Restoration Initiatives for the US Department of Interior during the Society’s Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The ESA award recognizes…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11:00 am EDT Tuesday, 28 June 2016Media Contacts: Ginger Pinholster, AAAS, 202-326-6421, gpinhols@aaas.org Joan Buhrman, AGU, 202-777-7509, jbuhrman@agu.org Kasey S. White, GSA, 202-669-0466, kwhite@geosociety.org In a consensus letter to U.S. policymakers, a partnership of 31 leading nonpartisan scientific societies today reaffirmed the reality of human-caused climate change, noting that greenhouse gas emissions “must be substantially reduced” to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, 14 June 2016 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org The value and influence of research published by ecological scientists in the Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) journals was reflected today in Thomson Reuters 2015 Journal Citation Reports, as all five peer-reviewed publications receiving rankings made appreciable impact factor gains. ESA congratulates our editors, authors,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, 1 June 2016 Contact: Alison Mize, 202-833-8773 ext. 205, alison@esa.org The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce its 2016 fellows. The Society’s fellows program recognizes the many ways in which our members contribute to ecological research and discovery, communication, education and pedagogy, and to management and policy. ESA fellows and early career…