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ESC members lead highly productive research programs that cover a wide breadth of topics within the realm of ecosystem science. Below, you will find a sample listing of some of our publicly funded ...
The Ecosystem Science Center (ESC) solicits student research grant proposals twice per year. This call is open to undergraduate and graduate students working with an ESC member on research related to ...
RIT is one of 14 universities from around the globe that have collectively been awarded $12.5 million from the National Science Foundation to launch a new Biology Integration Institute. It will focus ...
Students in the Forest Ecosystem Science program are drawn to natural and managed forest environments with a blend of curiosity and sense of responsibility. They seek both to understand forest ...
The focus of forest science is increasingly shifting to the management of forests as complex systems rather than as simple agricultural landscapes—with a much greater appreciation for the interactive ...
A new dataset bridging molecular information about the poplar tree microbiome to ecosystem-level processes has been released. The project aims to inform research regarding how natural systems ...
Colorado Mountain College will hold its annual, free and virtual Sustainability Studies and Ecosystem Science & Stewardship Conference on April 18. The conference, in addition to providing a forum for ...
Caren B. Cooper ¹, Janis Dickinson ¹, Tina Phillips ¹, Rick Bonney ¹, Citizen Science as a Tool for Conservation in Residential Ecosystems, Ecology and Society, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Dec 2007) ...
"Ecosystem engineers are basically any species of animal that disproportionately impacts the ecosystem through their physical actions," Thomas Gable, lead author on the study and project lead for ...
Undergraduate Programs Welcome to the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management's Undergraduate Programs! We offer a variety of opportunities for undergraduate students, ranging from multiple ...
About one-quarter of the United States’ land cover, excluding Alaska, is farmed–some 430 million to 500 million acres. A massive new project has just assessed this and other food-producing ...
A UK-funded expedition maps the hidden reefs of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, revealing fragile ecosystems already bearing the marks ...