(July 14, 2021) – Plenaries and symposia at the ESA 2021 virtual Annual Meeting will explore the theme “Vital Connections in Ecology.” ESA invites press and institutional public information officers to attend the Annual Meeting for free.
(June 8, 2021) Researchers have found certain species of trees in the mountains of southwestern Mexico could be more vulnerable to decline as the environment becomes hotter and drier due to climate change.
(June 3, 2021) Researchers at Colorado State University and The Ohio State University have created an index depicting the mix of social values among people across all 50 states, revealing which wildlife conservation policies or initiatives people are likely to support or be opposed to.
(July 12, 2021) – Breakthrough paper reveals multiple mechanisms for wing transparency in butterflies and moths; shows that wing transparency has evolved multiple times in lepidopterans.
(June 3, 2021) – Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a computer simulation tool that allows them to predict future attacks on crops or forests by pests and diseases, as well as test management strategies to contain them.
(July 8, 2021) – New paper by federal, state and academic researchers from across the United States offers guiding principles for deciding whether to resist, accept or direct ecosystem changes like sea-level rise, desertification and lake warming.
(July 6, 2021) – The impact factors for the Ecological Society of America’s five journals have increased by 18% on average, according to the 2021 Edition of the Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics.
(June 29, 2021) – A Diversity Forum published in Ecological Applications addresses the crisis of chronic underrepresentation of minorities in the ecological and environmental sciences.
(June 22, 2021) – A new report on the ecology of rural roads describes how low-volume roads provide critical services, but require extensive planning to prevent detrimental effects on air, water and wildlife.
(June 7, 2021) – Researchers from the University of North Texas, Georgia Southern University and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies present new research on the effects of particulate matter found in canopy waterways.
Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Science have identified a hybrid of two species of sand-stabilizing beachgrasses introduced to the Pacific Northwest starting in the early 1900s.
(May 20, 2021) – A new understanding of relationship between stream flows and salmon survival provides a critical tool for balancing water needs in the highly managed Sacramento River.
(May 6, 2021) – University of Delaware researchers developed a text alert system to help fishers avoid Atlantic sturgeon and to provide them with a three-day forecast highlighting where sturgeon will be in the future.
(May 18, 2021) Researchers have analyzed how environmental factors influence the growth and health of corals and found that more species of corals are living in the mangrove forests than in nearby shallow reefs.
(May 17, 2021) – A new open-access research collection published in Ecosphere reveals unexpected lessons drawn from decades of rich data from the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network.
(May 10, 2021) – Researchers conducted experiments on the North Carolina coast to determine how an invasive marine fouling species interferes with recovery in the aftermath of natural disasters.
(May 6, 2021) –A Japanese student’s backyard observations and email correspondence with an insect ecologist have led to a new understanding of the activity patterns of rhinoceros beetles.
(May 3, 2021) – A study published in Ecological Applications from the University of California, Davis, and UC Santa Cruz suggests that green energy and species conservation goals may come into conflict in California’s Mojave Desert.
Dr. Rebecca Ostertag has been elected a 2021 Fellow of ESA or her “outstanding intellectual leadership in the areas of tropical forest ecology and conservation and a deep commitment to mentoring and enhancing diversity in the next generation of ecologists.
Erik Van Vleck, professor of mathematics, along with his co-authors, was awarded the 2021 Robert P. McIntosh Award as the best nominated paper in vegetation ecology in the previous two years by the vegetation section of ESA.