ESA News & Events

Managing the ESA budget

Blogpost from ESA President Laura Huenneke

ESA Welcomes Kathryn Cottingham as Editor in Chief of Ecology

In her new role, Cottingham will lead Ecology in publishing research articles from across the biological and ecological sciences.

ESA announces the recipients of the 2018 Student Awards

The Ecological Society of America recognizes Sara P. Bombaci, Jacqueline J. Peña, and Joshua Scholl for awards for outstanding student research.

The Future of Journals in the Face of Open Access

Blogpost from ESA President Laura Huenneke

ESA joins the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment

ESA has joined the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment as one of the 100 inaugural members.

Call for New ESA Rapid Response Team Members

We are expanding the Society’s Rapid Response Team (RRT), a diverse group of about 50 ecologists who are subject matter experts and help ESA address policy and media opportunities in a timely and effective manner. ESA invites any member to apply to be a member of the RRT.

Ecological Society of America announces 2019 award recipients

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) will present the 2019 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 Louisville, Ky.

ESA Member Opportunity: Attend the ESA Southwestern Chapter Communicating Science Workshop, June 7

The ESA Communicating Science workshop is designed to address the needs of ecologists to communicate scientific information in a variety of public and professional interactions. This workshop will build participants confidence and skill set for public engagement with media, Congress, and other audiences. It also provides a professional development opportunity to develop broader impact skills.

Ecological Society of America announces 2019 Fellows

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce its 2019 Fellows. The Society’s fellowship program recognizes the many ways in which its members contribute to ecological research and discovery, communication, education and pedagogy, and management and policy.

Diversity of ecological careers

Blogpost from ESA President Laura Huenneke

ESA Annual Meeting in Montreal – Program Highlights, Book Travel Now

(May 18, 2022) – Sessions focus on transforming the science of ecology – “a change is gonna come”

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Invasive Species and Climate Change Impact Coastal Estuaries

New research from the University of California, Davis shows how biological invasions interact with a changing climate in unpredictable ways.

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Shuffling the Deck

New research from UC Santa Barbara scientists explores what happens when traits jump between branches of the tree of life.

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Decades later, ʻōhiʻa repopulation results encouraging

The ʻōhiʻa tree, which is endemic to Hawaiʻi, may be easier to repopulate than previously thought, according to new research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

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Journals and Publications

Tidal cycles influence the availability of shallow-water habitat for foraging wading birds, such as the little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) pictured here on an intertidal mudflat in Florida, USA. To evaluate the transferability of a model quantifying shallow water, Martinez et al. applied the Tidal Inundation Model of Shallow-water Availability (TiMSA) under novel temporal and spatial conditions in the Florida Keys and Florida Bay. The authors found that TiMSA can assume uncertainty in spatial data to generate reliable estimates of shallow-water availability over space and time. Considerable spatiotemporal changes in shallow-water habitat for little blue herons were identified using TiMSA that were otherwise undetectable with water level data alone, suggesting that TiMSA may be a valuable tool for use in natural resource management of shallow-water habitat. Martinez et al.'s results are published in the April issue of Ecosphere.

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