Press Releases — Page 24

Researchers at CU Boulder find that common plants and pollinators play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and may also serve as buffers against some impacts of climate change.

Piping plovers, charismatic shorebirds that nest and feed on many Atlantic Coast beaches, rely on different kinds of coastal habitats in different regions along the Atlantic Coast, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

A 2017 study from ORNL that shows the far-reaching impacts of U.S. cities’ energy consumption on regional ecosystems has received the 2021 Sustainability Science Award from ESA.

A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Florida has developed new decision-making tools to help park managers put a dent in the multibillion-dollar illegal wildlife trade while staying within their budgets.

Joshua Lawler, a University of Washington professor in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, has been named a 2021 fellow of ESA.

ESA has chosen Erika Zavaleta, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, to receive our 2021 Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award.

Ryan A. McManamay, Ph.D., assistant professor of environmental science at Baylor University, is among the recipients of the Sustainability Science Award announced today by the ESA.

University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo biology professor Rebecca Ostertag has been elected a 2021 fellow of the nation’s largest organization of professional ecologists.

In a study published in the journal Ecological Applications, a Duke-led team mined 35 years of satellite images of a 245,000-acre area in the state’s Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula.

A faculty-undergraduate research team from William & Mary documented cannibalism amongst juvenile sea stars.

(April 8, 2021) – In anticipation of the upcoming arrival of Brood X cicadas in the eastern U.S., several experts are available to discuss the ecological impacts of synchronized mass insect emergences.

A study conducted by a group of 10 environmental scientists, including Matthew Troia, assistant professor of environmental science at UTSA, was awarded ESA’s 2021 Sustainability Science Award.

ESA’s George Mercer Award has been awarded to Brit Laginhas, a first-year student at North Carolina State University’s Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. program, and her coauthors.

(April 6, 2021) – The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce its 2021 Fellows. The Society’s awards program recognizes outstanding contributions to ecology in new discoveries, teaching, sustainability, diversity, and lifelong commitment to the profession.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie coauthored a new paper titled “Trends in ecology and conservation over eight decades” published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

Ecologist Desirée L. Narango of Umass Amherst won the Early Career Award from ESA—an award given to junior researchers who “have advanced ecological knowledge” and show “promise of continuing to make outstanding contributions” in the field of ecology.

Brendan Bohannan, University of Oregon biology professor, has been named a fellow by the Ecological Society of America.

Jennifer Sunday named Early Career Fellow by ESA for her research examining how species and ecosystems respond to climate change.

A new study published this month (March 2021) in the journal Ecological Applications reveals that migratory habitat for the Whooping Crane is being gradually reduced by wind energy development.

Dr. Stefan Schnitzer, Mellon Distinguished Professor of Plant Community and Tropical Forest Ecology, and Dr. Nathan Lemoine, assistant professor of trophic and quantitative ecology, in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences have been named fellows by the Ecological Society of America.