Featured Research Archive

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	How will increasing climate variability change plant species diversity? Principal Investigator(s): Peter Adler
	Unifying Biodiversity Theories Principal Investigator(s): Andrew Allen
	The Role of Temperature in the Origin and Maintenance of Biodiversity Principal Investigator(s): Andrew Allen
	Genetic Monitoring: Development of Tools for Conservation and Management Principal Investigator(s): Fred Allendorf and Michael Schwartz
	Reverse Engineering of Ecological Networks Principal Investigator(s): Stefano Allesina
	Advancing “Ecology’s Big Hot Idea” Principal Investigator(s): David Atkinson
	The Potential for Coral Reefs to Respond to Future Climate Change Principal Investigator(s): Marissa Baskett
	Does Biology Matter When Predicting How Animals Will Respond to Climate Change? Principal Investigator(s): Lauren Buckley
	Where Will Wildlife Move in Changing Environments? Principal Investigator(s): Lauren Buckley, Michael Angilletta, Robert Holt, Joshua Tewksbury
	Diversity Patterns, Species Coexistence and Evolutionary History Principal Investigator(s): Marc W. Cadotte
	Making Good Use of Your Data Principal Investigator(s): Huiping Cao
	Roles of Plant Traits and Nutrient Availability in Predicting Species Invasion Principal Investigator(s): Elsa Cleland
	How Species Coexist in a Competitive World Principal Investigator(s): T. Jonathan Davies
	When Small Fish Grow Big: How Does It Affect the Growth and Decline of Their Population? Principal Investigator(s): André M. de Roos
	Risk Analysis for Alien Species and Emerging Infectious Diseases Principal Investigator(s): John M. Drake
	Exploring How the Branching Geometry of River Systems Influences Biodiversity Patterns Principal Investigator(s): William Fagan
	Integrating Behavior and Demography in Vertebrate Conservation Principal Investigator(s): Leah Gerber
	Where the Birds Are: Mapping Biodiversity in North America Principal Investigator(s): Allen Hurlbert
	Parasites and Food Webs Principal Investigator(s): Kevin Lafferty
	Is Rarity Linked to Extinction in the Fossil Record? Principal Investigator(s): Rowan Lockwood
	Quantifying Prey Stocks Needed to Support Top Predators Principal Investigator(s): James R. Lovvorn
	Climate Warming and Fire in a Naïve Biome: Using Insights from Boreal Forests to Understand Causes and Consequences of Fire Intensification in Arctic Tundra Principal Investigator(s): Michelle Mack
	Counting the Uncountable: Evaluating Monitoring Programs for Endangered and Harvested Species Principal Investigator(s): David Marsh
	Synthesizing and Analyzing Complex Ecological Networks with Ecoinformatics Principal Investigator(s): Neo Martinez
	Mountains: Understanding the Causes of Biodiversity Principal Investigator(s): Christy M. McCain
	Using Circuit Theory to Design Connected Landscapes Principal Investigator(s): Brad McRae
	Predicting Food Webs and Species Abundance Using Mating and Foraging Behavior Principal Investigator(s): Carlos J. Melián
	Unifying Niche-neutral Theories of Molecular, Community and Network Evolution Principal Investigator(s): Carlos Melián
	Using Mathematical Models to Figure Out Which Nutrient Limits Plant Growth and Carbon Storage Principal Investigator(s): Duncan Menge
	Will Climate Change Increase or Decrease the Number of Fish in the Sea? Principal Investigator(s): Mary O'Connor
	Feedbacks Between Invasive Pests, Forests and Climate Principal Investigator(s): Thomas O’Halloran
	The Home-team Dis-advantage: Determining Whether Native Animals Promote Biological Invasion by Exotic Plants Principal Investigator(s): John Orrock
	Investigating Responses of Pacific Salmon to Climate Change Principal Investigator(s): Christine Petersen
	The Fate of Earth's Primary Production: Eaten Alive or Dead or Not Eaten at All Principal Investigator(s): Mark Ritchie
	Effect of Dams and Flows on Fish Principal Investigator(s): John Sabo
	Including Nutritional Composition in Aquatic Food Web Studies Principal Investigator(s): Kim Schulz
	Feedbacks from Permafrost Carbon to Climate in a Warmer World Principal Investigator(s): Ted Schuur
	Lake Baikal: 60 Years of Monitoring Human Influence on the World's Largest Lake Principal Investigator(s): Eugene Zilov, Marianne Moore, Stephanie Hampton
	Coral Reef Loss: Determining the Importance of Overfishing and Nutrient Pollution in the Global Decline of Coral Reefs Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer E. Smith
	Exploring the Effects of Evolutionary History on Global Patterns of Diversity Principal Investigator(s): Patrick R. Stephens
	Does Increased Bird Diversity Protect Humans Against West Nile Virus? Principal Investigator(s): John Swaddle
	Why the World Has So Many Species, and What Can Be Done to Prevent Their Extinction Principal Investigator(s): David Tilman
	Interaction Traits and Metacommunity Gene Flow Principal Investigator(s): Mark Urban
	Forest Plants in Fragmented and Dynamic Landscapes Principal Investigator(s): Mark Vellend
	Plant Size and Reproduction Principal Investigator(s): Jacob Weiner
	Why Don't We Understand Old-growth Forests (and Other Slow Systems) Very Well? Principal Investigator(s): Kerry Woods
	Methane: Toward a Multiscale approach to Reducing Uncertainties in its Emissions Principal Investigator(s): Qianlai Zhuang, Jerry Melillo, Ronald Prinn, David A. McGuire