These presentations, available on-demand to registered attendees of the Ecological Society of America’s upcoming virtual meeting, August 3-6, 2020, describe efforts to apply ecological theory and tools to the fight against zoonotic diseases.
A presentation at ESA’s 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting will explain how an artificial neural network can “listen” to audio recordings and identify the calls of African forest elephants.
A new study published in Ecology sheds light on king crabs’ natural history and implies that they may be poised to colonize naïve ecosystems.
These presentations feature ecological research that harnesses high-tech advances in new and exciting ways. All will be presented at the Ecological Society of America’s upcoming virtual annual meeting, August 3–6, 2020.
A new study published in the Ecological Society of America’s journal Ecological Applications examines how invasive mammalian predators both habituate to and generalize avian prey cues.
By U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station 7/7/2020 In parts of the southeastern U.S., one unlikely forest type has great potential for extreme fire behavior: hardwood-cypress swamps. These shallow wetlands can work with their more frequently burned neighbors, pine flatwoods, to wreak havoc by easily igniting and sustaining tremendous wildfires, thus depleting carbon storage in these forests. Hardwood-cypress swamps and…
By Oregon State University 7/13/2020 CORVALLIS, Ore. – Caspian terns feeding on young fish have a significant impact on runs of steelhead in the Columbia River, according to a new paper from scientists at Oregon State University. Through detailed analysis of steelhead survival and Caspian tern predation rates, the researchers found that the birds are not only preying on fish…
by the University of Georgia 7/13/2020 Athens, Ga. – The ringtail, a relative of the raccoon, is a nocturnal creature that lives in arid regions of western North America. Despite their solitary nature, they have long been known to inhabit national park buildings in southern Utah, where they scavenge food from trash cans. This makes them an excellent subject for…
These presentations feature research that attempts to forecast ecosystems of the future. All will be presented at the Ecological Society of America’s upcoming virtual annual meeting, August 3–6, 2020.
by the University of Montana 7/1/2020 FLATHEAD LAKE – In a new study published in the scientific journal Ecology, researchers from the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station may have unlocked a mystery surrounding unique aquatic insects in the Flathead watershed. “There’s a surprising adaptation of stoneflies in alluvial aquifers that allows them to use low-oxygen or oxygen-free environments,” said…
The sessions and events on this curated list delve into 2020 meeting theme: Harnessing the Ecological Data Revolution.
By Michigan State University 6/30/2020 How many elephants are in Tanzania? How many trees are in the Amazon? How many tuna are in the Atlantic? While we probably wouldn’t know the answers to these questions on an individual level, new research indicates that if we collectively consider all our wrong answers, as a group we would probably arrive at the…
By University of Wyoming 6/29/2020 A University of Wyoming researcher and her Ph.D. student have spent the last three years studying the decline of the Western bumblebee. The two have been working with a group of bumblebee experts to fill in gaps of missing information from previous data collected in the western United States. Their goal is to provide information…
By The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research 6/29/2020 Plants are sprouting earlier and earlier due to climate change, but for roe deer, the timing of fawning is advancing more slowly. This results in changes to the food supply during critical periods of the fawns’ growth. Deer populations at lower altitudes are particularly affected, according to a…
By Boston University 6/28/2020 Pamela Templer, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently co-authored an editorial arguing for a more “solutions-based” higher education experience that combines an interdisciplinary approach with a focus on human and environmental well-being. In the article, published in the journal Frontiers…
Environmental scientists, educators and policy makers will be gathering online August 3–6, 2020, for the 105th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Ecologists from around the world attend the annual conference, which is expected to host over 3,000 presentations this year.
By Woods Hole Research Center 6/10/2020 Vehicles and equipment used in winter-time seismic surveys for oil and gas drilling can leave long-lasting scars in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, raising questions about whether existing regulations are sufficient to protect the Refuge and the indigenous communities that rely on its wildlife, according to new research published in the journal Ecological Applications. Despite requirements that…
by University of Alaska Fairbanks 6/9/2020 Winter vehicle travel can cause long-lasting damage to the tundra, according to a new paper by University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers published in the journal Ecological Applications. Scars from seismic surveys for oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge remained for decades, according to the study. The findings counter assertions made…
by University of Reading 6/11/20 Around 194 million birds and 29 million mammals are thought to be killed each year on European roads, according to a new study that has ranked the most vulnerable species. An international research team used 90 roadkill surveys from 24 European countries to create a new method of estimating both the birds and mammal species…
In his new role, Corley will lead Ecological Applications in publishing research articles from across the biological and ecological sciences.
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