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Our 2024 GSPA Winners

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award. Awardees will travel to DC for policy, communication & career training followed by meetings on Capitol Hill.

Our 2024 GSPA Winners

Trait-based Restoration Webinar

When used in restoration, trait-based approaches help track the mechanisms underlying community assembly and ecosystem function to inform species and site selection. This webinar will feature a panel discussion and breakout discussions.

Trait-based Restoration Webinar

Duke Herbarium: Sign the Petition

ESA strongly encourages Duke University to reconsider the decision to close its Herbarium. Read more in our full letter to the university administration, signed by ESA President Shahid Naeem.

Duke Herbarium: Sign the Petition

Journals & Publications

  • ESA's Journals & Publications

    This image represents the journal cover logo for each journal in the ESA portfolio.

    The Ecological Society of America has over 100 years of journal publishing history and offers some of the most widely read and cited journals in the field of ecology. The seven journals in our portfolio encompass a wide array of aims and scope of study, making them an important and accessible outlet for scientists, researchers, practitioners, professionals, citizen scientists, and others seeking to publish their work. The ESA staff provides editorial support with our publishing partner, John Wiley & Sons. Several discounts towards publication in the ESA journals are available from ESA and our publisher. We welcome your submissions.

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  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

    Wildlife–vehicle interactions depicted by a vehicle in the background and animal in the foreground

    Road mortality is a major contributor to biodiversity loss worldwide. In the March issue of Frontiers, Silva and Calabrese describe how autonomous driving technology has the potential to deliver not only more accessible and efficient transportation options but also improved safety for humans and wildlife. However, ensuring future reductions in collisions between wildlife and driverless vehicles will require integrating technological advancements and new regulations with a more thorough understanding of where such interactions occur, which taxa are affected, and how animals behave in relation to both roads and vehicles.

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  • Ecosphere

    Wandering albatross parent and chick

    The Kerguelen Archipelago hosts 14% of the world’s population of wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) and several thousand cats that have established a feral population since the 1950s. Recently, cats have been reported to prey on albatross chicks in such proportions that a decline of the albatross population is expected. Blanchard et al. examined this new predator–prey system at Cap Cotter, a colony experimentally divided into zones with and without cat control. Cats contributed 24% of the overall chick mortality and selected chicks less than 50 days old. This study published in the February issue of Ecosphere highlights the need for future studies to investigate inter-individual variability in cat diet.

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  • Ecology

    Dead snail shells arranged non-randomly on the ground

    The photo on the cover of the March issue of Ecology depicts dead snail shells (Satsuma mercatoria) arranged non-randomly on the ground. The nest of a snail-eating predator is in the ground, and the left snail has just been dragged by its soft body part into the burrow and preyed upon. Sato et al. document this case in their paper in The Scientific Naturalist section within the March issue. The authors found that this predator is Anthracalaus sakaguchii, a click beetle whose larval stage was unknown for all species in the genus. These larvae have a novel predatory strategy, using self-dug burrows to ambush land snails. This is an interesting case for advancing the study of predator–prey interactions between predators and land snails.

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  • Ecological Monographs

    A radio-marked female Eurasian lynx

    Large carnivores, including the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), are expanding in Europe. In their study published in the February issue of Ecological Monographs, Andrén and Liberg have used that unusual situation of recolonization to study the interaction between lynx and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). The authors found that a Lotka–Volterra type predator–prey model could explain the dynamic relationship between lynx and roe deer. The cover image shows a radio-marked female Eurasian lynx that was photographed 27 June 2000 in the study area near Grimsö Wildlife Research Station in Sweden.

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  • Ecological Applications

    A mixed conifer forest in California, USA

    A mixed conifer forest in California, USA, photographed in March 2021, is pictured on the cover of the March 2024 issue of Ecological Applications. In their contribution to the Long-term ecological effects of forest fuel and restoration treatments Special Feature, Stephens et al. quantified forest structure, fire behavior, intertree competition, and economics from a 20-year study. All three active treatments—Fire, Mechanical (cover photo), Mechanical followed by Fire—produced conditions much more resistant to wildfire, demonstrating multiple pathways for success; long-term forest conservation will require continued treatments to maintain these conditions. The authors suggest the use of information from 20+ years of forest research and the much longer tradition of Indigenous cultural practices and knowledge to prepare frequent-fire forests for the future.

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  • The Bulletin

    Mangrove whiprays swim along the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

    Ensuring the well-being of Earth's ecosystems requires public support and participation from all human demographics. Underrepresented groups are key stakeholders and are disproportionately impacted by climate change and loss of ecosystem services. In the January issue of the ESA Bulletin, Lafferty et al. call on administrators and faculty to implement SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely) strategies, and to support the JEDI mission to facilitate improvement and advancement of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) across institutes of higher education in the United States. The authors propose interventions at different academic and career stages for recruitment and retention strategies to encourage advancement potential among underrepresented groups.

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  • Earth Stewardship

    This journal cover has two circles one representing the earth and the other science at the research level.

    We are delighted to announce a call for submissions for the inaugural issue of Earth Stewardship. This exciting new Open Access journal, launched with our publishing partner, John Wiley & Sons, calls for a broad spectrum of scientifically and technologically innovative and groundbreaking contributions including cross-cultural perspectives from leading researchers, policymakers, traditional custodians of land and sea and indigenous communities. Earth Stewardship publishes applied and theoretical articles to promote a broad, intercultural, and participatory foundation for earth stewardship.

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Professional Certification

Employers in all sectors value a credential that validates your skill as a professional. Learn more about ongoing changes to ESA certification and start your application today!

Professional Certification

Opportunity Fund Donations

Make a difference and fund programs which empower, educate and embolden both the current and next generation of scientists in the vast field of ecology.

Opportunity Fund Donations

This Year's Meeting

The 2024 Annual Meeting will be held in Long Beach California. Select the following link and check out the theme, preliminary schedule, exhibitor opportunities and upcoming deadlines for proposals.

This Year's Meeting

Career Opportunities Around the Nation

Our Career Center has an array of tools for candidates and employers targeted specifically to the various fields in ecology.

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Join Us for 2024

Only ESA members enjoy full access to our portfolio of leading journals, big discounts on professional programs and events, and opportunities to network in our international community of thousands.

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Generalized Linear Models in R

In this 3-day course from Physalia & ESA, dive into a thorough intro to GLM using R. Ideal for anyone interested in advanced statistical modeling! Just 2 spots remaining!

Generalized Linear Models in R

Improve Your Abstract

Before you submit your abstract for #ESA2024, make it the best it can be! We again present Bruce Kirchoff with tips to optimize your work, get it accepted and draw attention to your presentation.

Improve Your Abstract

Join the nation’s largest organization of professional ecologists

Learn more about ESA and the benefits of membership, free section or chapter membership, access to our networking directory of professional ecologists and options for professional certification.
ESA is the nation's largest organization of professional ecologists. ESA membership is the best opportunity to network with scientists in all aspects of ecology. Membership is on a sliding scale based on income and country to help promote inclusion.

ESA's Mission

The Ecological Society of America advances the science and practice of ecology and supports ecologists throughout their careers.

ESA's Vision

The Ecological Society of America envisions a future where people embrace science to understand and foster a thriving planet.

ESA's Values

Integrity
ESA is a trusted source of scientific knowledge that serves as a foundation for understanding and action.
Inclusion
ESA provides the community of ecologists of diverse backgrounds, heritage, and career paths with a supportive home that advances their aspirations.
Adaptability
ESA responds creatively to continuous change in our natural and social environments.