Featured Research Underway at NCEAS

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Genetic Monitoring: Development of Tools for Conservation and Management
Principal Investigators: Fred Allendorf and Michael Schwartz
 Reverse Engineering of Ecological Networks
Principal Investigator: Stefano Allesina
 Advancing "Ecology's Big Hot Idea"  
Principal Investigator: David Atkinson
Coral
The Potential for Coral Reefs to Respond to Future Climate Change
Principal Investigator: Marissa Baskett

 

MapWhere Will Wildlife Move in Changing Environments?
Principal Investigators: Lauren Buckley, Michael Angilletta, Robert Holt, Joshua Tewksbury
Evaluating Publication Bias in Ecology
Principal Investigator: Amber E. Budden
Diversity Patterns, Species Coexistence, and Evolutionary History
Prinicipal Investigator: Marc W. Cadotte
FireLinking Evolutionary History, Plant Traits, and Ecological Processes at Multiple Scales
Principal Investigator: Jeannine M. Cavender-Bares


Roles of Plant Traits and Nutrient Availability in Predicting Species Invasion

Principal Investigator: Elsa Cleland

Revisiting Nutrient Limitation in Tropical Forests
Principal Investigators: Cory C. Cleveland and Alan R. Townsend
 
mapHow Species Coexist in a Competitive World
Principal Investigator: T. Jonathan Davies
fishFinding Common Ground in Marine Conservation and Management
Principal Investigators: Ray Hilborn and Boris Worm
birdWhere the Birds Are: Mapping Biodiversity in North America
Principal Investigator: Allen Hurlbert
 
Data Management and Analysis Tools Supporting Adaptive Management in South African Parks
Principal Investigators: Matthew B. Jones, Mark Schildhauer, Judith Kruger, O.J. Reichman, Kevin L. S. Drury

 

parasite

Parasites and Food Webs
Principal Investigator: Kevin Lafferty

Is Rarity Linked to Extinction in the Fossil Record?
Principal Investigator: Rowan Lockwood

Using Circuit Theory to Design Connected Landscapes
Principal investigator: Brad McRae
food webPredicting Food Webs and Species Abundance Using Mating and Foraging Behavior
Principal Investigator: Carlos J. Melián
 Feedbacks Between Invasive Pests, Forests and Climate 
Principal Investigator: Thomas O’Halloran

 The Role of Marine Protected Areas in Ecosystem-Based Management: Examining the Science and Politics of an Ocean Conservation Strategy
Principal Investigators: Robert Pavia and James Lindholm
 
Investigating Responses of Pacific Salmon to Climate Change

Principal Investigator: Christine Petersen

 

 Terrestrial Ecosystems and Climate Policy
Principal Investigators: Jim Randerson, Josep Canadell, and Robert B. Jackson 
 Including Nutritional Composition in Aquatic Food Web Studies  
Principal Investigator: Kim Schulz
coral gardenCoral Reef Loss: Determining the Importance of Overfishing and Nutrient Pollution in the Global Decline of Coral Reefs
Principal Investigator: Jennifer E. Smith
turtleExploring the Effects of Evolutionary History on Global Patterns of Diversity
Principal Investigator: Patrick R. Stephens
Does Increased Bird Diversity Protect Humans Against West Nile Virus?
Principal Investigator: John Swaddle
arctic pondInteraction Traits and Metacommunity Gene Flow
Principal Investigator: Mark Urban
Efficient Wildlife Disease Control: From Social Network Self-organization to Optimal Vaccination 
Principal Investigator: Peter Walsh
Plant Size and Reproduction  
Principal Investigator: Jacob Weiner 

 

  See also Featured Research Archive