How do habitat loss and fragmentation affect species and ecosystems? Spatial ecology investigates the immense variety of spatial patterns in nature and their ecological consequences. If you take a ...

I joined the rangeland ecology faculty in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management in summer 2007. My research interests lie in wildlife habitat ecology and restoration ecology with a focus ...

New study argues that the greatest defining feature of our species is not 'symbolism' or dramatic cognitive change but rather its unique ecological position as a global 'general specialist' It has ...

The reclamation/restoration ecology (RRE) graduate certificate equips students with the know-how to apply ecological concepts in disturbed ecosystems. Coursework ...

What defines the habitat -- the ecological niche -- of a microorganism? It is a combination of environmental factors such as temperature, moisture, and nutrient content. But the exact contribution of ...

A group of ecologists has started creating a periodic table of ecological niches similar to chemistry's periodic table. And just as chemists have used their periodic table as a point of reference to ...

The shy, elusive Nilgiri tahr once occurred over a large area in the Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot in India, but its distribution has shrunk considerably since the 1950s. Currently, about ...