New research reveals the organizing principles behind stream communities
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Discovering how species share parasites provides ecological insights and practical information -
Ecologist in the geography department receives award for her work modeling how forests respond to change -
Scientists will investigate how elephants shape their environment even after death -
Researchers investigate how herbivore activity around water affects plant communities -
UC Santa Barbara professor guides researchers as they replicate his fieldwork 50 years later -
Remote sensing of trees offers an effective way to monitor groundwater along river corridors in the Southwest -
Ecological theory provides insights on pesticide use in agriculture -
Protecting snowy plovers at Coal Oil Point Reserve while they nest is an ever-changing exercise in creative conservation -
During a stroll through Sedgwick Reserve, disease ecologist Andy MacDonald discusses ticks and Lyme disease -
Ecologist Douglas McCauley finds that marine animals are more vulnerable to global warming than those on land -
Ant scientists are busier than ever, as climate change raises new questions about controlling the pesky insects -
Translocating frogs to lakes where disease wiped out previous populations may be key to recovery for endangered species -
UC Santa Barbara-led team proves mine-damaged stream restoration possible -
First public trail to open at North Campus Open Space, providing safer routes to schools and other destinations -
By studying deep and shallow water zones of streams and their resident invertebrates, researcher reveals mysteries of fresh water life -
Researchers study the vital role of marine predators in supplying nutrients to coral reef ecology -
Students augment their learning with fieldwork, an increasingly rare practice among universities -
Peter Alagona’s Natural Reserve System History & Archive Project is preserving historical materials from UC reserves statewide -
NCEAS sees global progress with ongoing research collaboration, Science for Nature and People Partnership -
A gift from Linda Duttenhaver and Morton La Kretz will further research and teaching at Sedgwick Reserve -
UCSB biologist Roland Knapp and colleagues detail the remarkable recovery of an endangered frog species in Yosemite -
Ecologist Douglas McCauley and colleagues examine ecologically responsible de-extinction -
Researchers contributed chapters to “Ecosystems of California,” an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem in the state -
A team that includes UCSB biologists partners to rescue endangered frogs and put them on road to recovery -
Food webs are incredibly complex networks of interactions between organisms and the things they eat.
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David Tilman, professor at UC Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, has received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Ecology and Conservation Biology category in recognition of his long-term...
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Sometimes in order to plan for the future, you have to look to the past -
New research examines how wildlife decline can lead to increased crime and political instability -
Endowment launched by Vernon Cheadle's family will safeguard his legacy by supporting operations that holds his botanic collections -
Rising temperatures and protracted drought portend trouble for ecosystems, industries, people -
Thought to be the world's largest bony fish, the oarfish is an elusive sea creature. When an 18-foot specimen was found on October 13 by a snorkeler off Catalina, UCSB parasitologists jumped on the chance to examine its tissues. Their findings... -
Institute of Museum and Library Services grant enables scholars at the Cheadle Center to digitize more than 70,000 specimens -
The relationship between land simplification — the conversion of natural habitat to cropland — and insecticide use is important in determining land use policy. New findings show that the correlation between the two varies from year to year, making... -
Studying invasive plants through an NCEAS distributed seminar helped to fill a hole in collective ecology knowledge -
Two types of small beach critters –– both cousins of the beloved, backyard roly-poly –– are suffering localized extinctions in Southern California at an alarming rate, says a new study by UC Santa Barbara scientists.
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The study used a new globally gridded satellite dataset to examine how changes in temperature, clouds and rainfall affect the number of -
Human-driven environmental disturbances have multiple effects, including changes in biodiversity and species composition. -
What do stormwater management, whale migration, and inner peace have in common? They're the subjects of a few of the newest interpretive signs around the UC Santa Barbara campus.
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When UC Santa Barbara doctoral student Seeta Sistla and her adviser, environmental studies professor Josh Schimel, went north not long ago to study how long-term warming in the Arctic affects carbon storage, they had made certain assumptions.
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Global warming is clearly impacting plants and animals, but we should not try to tease apart the specific contribution of greenhouse gas-driven climate change to declines or extinctions of species at local scales, according to biologists working...
