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Ecological Society of America Announces New Appointments to Governing Board

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce its recent election results for three Governing Board positions and two positions for its Board of Professional Certification.

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ESA Policy News: December 5, 2022

In this issue: ESA to Hold Informational US National Nature Assessment Webinar Dec. 6 Webinar will be Dec. 6 at 12 noon EDT. ESA Holds National Climate Assessment 5 Webinar Webinar recording is available. Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. McArthur Graduate Student Policy Award Applications are due January 1, 2023. Congress Senate passes bill authorizing research in saline lake…

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ESA Selects 2022 EEE Scholars

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 cohort of the ESA Excellence in Ecology Scholars.. The scholarship program seeks to support and elevate diverse scientists in the ecological community.

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Ecological experts available during COP27 for comment on climate change and biodiversity

(November 4, 2022) – Ahead of the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, ESA has compiled a list of ecologists and biologists to provide technical expertise to the media about climate change and biodiversity.

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A small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) feeding on a cushion pink (Silene acaulis) on the slope of Hochkalter in Germany. Mountain areas are facing a twice as strong temperature increase by climate change as other areas, demanding species to adapt quickly. In their article published in the January issue of Ecology, Kerner et al. studied butterfly communities in 2009 and 2019, observing that many butterfly species, especially alpine species, moved their center of occurrence considerably upward, although their associated host plants did not move as much. In contrast, a few species like the generalist small tortoiseshell remained widespread and did not move their center of occurrence upward.

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