Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Fall Webinar Series
The Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA is holding a Weekly Wednesday Webinar from October 9th through November 13, 2024. Each week, we will share what we've...
USGS announces new consortia for North Central and Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Centers
The two CASCs, which continue to be hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Arizona, respectively, welcomed seven returning and five new...
Fall 2024 Highlights from EESC’s Disease Decision Analysis and Research Group
Our ability to forecast epidemics far into the future is constrained by the many complexities of disease systems. Realistic longer-term projections may, however, be possible...
New publication estimates the effects of streamflow withdrawals on the Yampa river and its surrounding habitat
The National Park Service (NPS) is charged with maintaining natural riverine resources and processes in its parks along the Yampa River and downstream along the...
USGS mapping of western mule deer migration featured in new global atlas
Migration of ungulates (hooved mammals) is a fundamental ecological process that promotes abundant herds, whose effects cascade up and down terrestrial food webs. Migratory ungulates...
Leveraging local habitat suitability models to enhance restoration benefits for species of conservation concern
Researchers then simulated changes in habitat conditions to explore the potential for management action at varying spatial scales affecting habitat suitability. Examples of potential management...
A new study predicts grizzly bear habitat use in the Bitterroot Ecosystem of Montana and Idaho
In the study, “Predicting future grizzly bear habitat use in the Bitterroot Ecosystem under recolonization and reintroduction scenarios,” the researchers predicted that grizzly bears would...
A Global Study Reveals a Surprise: The Driest Places House the Highest Diversity of Plant Traits
Breadcrumb News A Global Study Reveals a Surprise: The Driest Places House the Highest Diversity of Plant Traits Common ecological knowledge holds that areas with...