NCEAS

Modeling Multiple Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity Conservation, Commodity Production, and Tradeoffs at Landscape Scales

Erik Nelson et al.
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7(1) 4-11
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Non-linearity in Ecosystem Services: Temporal and Spatial Variability in Coastal Protection

Non-linearity in Ecosystem Services: Temporal and Spatial Variability in Coastal Protection
Evamaria W Koch et al.
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7 (1) 29-37

KCLU-FM Features NCEAS Research

KCLU-FM Features NCEAS Research

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Litter Decomposition in Grasslands of Central North America (US Great Plains)

Eliana E. Bontti et al.
Global Change Biology Early View, 1/2009
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Collaborations Among Ecologists and Social Scientists

Collaborations Among Ecologists and Social Scientists
Principal Investigator: John Parker

Parker is exploring interdisciplinary collaborations among ecologists and social scientists, attempting to understand what happens when these types of scientists meet, and how best to organize this type of interdisciplinary research.

Ecological Network with Mutualistic-Antagonistic Interactions

Ecological Network with Mutualistic-Antagonistic Interactions

Emergence and Maintenance of Nutrient Limitation over Multiple Timescales in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Emergence and Maintenance of Nutrient Limitation over Multiple Timescales in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Duncan Menge et al.
American Naturalist 173(2) 164-175
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Pyrogeography: Fire's Place in Earth System Science

Pyrogeography: Fire's Place in Earth System Science
Principal Investigators: David Bowman and Jennifer Balch

Erica Fleishman appointed Editor-in-Chief of Conservation Biology

Fleishman is Director of Conservation & Resource Management at NCEAS.

AD Model Builder Software (ADMB) Available for Free

AD Model Builder (ADMB) Software Available for Free

The most widely used software package for the development of state-of-the-art fisheries stock assessment methods is now available free of charge. NCEAS is a partner in this project funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

New Interactive-Mapping Website

New Interactive-Mapping Website
Recent research at NCEAS produced the first-ever maps of the cumulative impact of humans on the world's oceans. Results from this work and all of the data layers that produced these maps can now be queried online.

ScienceWatch.com Interviews Jim Elser About His Emerging Research Front Paper

ScienceWatch.com Interviews Jim Elser About His Emerging Research Front Paper
Global Analysis of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Limitation of Primary Producers in Freshwater, Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems
JJ Elser et al. Abstract

The Ecological Dynamics of Clade Diversification and Community Assembly

The Ecological Dynamics of Clade Diversification and Community Assembly
Mark A. McPeek
American Naturalist
Vol. 172, pp. E270-E284

Diversity in a Complex Ecological Network with Two Interaction Types

Diversity in a Complex Ecological Network with Two Interaction Types
Carlos J. Melián, Jordi Bascompte, Pedro Jordano, Vlastimil Krivan
Oikos Online: Nov 6 2008 Abstract

Sustaining Biodiversity in Ancient Tropical Countryside

Sustaining Biodiversity in Ancient Tropical Countryside
Jai Ranganathan, R. J. Ranjit Daniels, M. D. Subash Chandran, Paul R. Ehrlich, and Gretchen C. Daily
PNAS November 3, 2008
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Fred Wagner Receives Wildlife Society’s 2008 Outstanding Book Award

Fred Wagner Receives Wildlife Society's 2008 Outstanding Book Award for Yellowstone's Destabilized Ecosystem: Elk Effects, Science, and Policy Conflict

Evolutionary History and the Effect of Biodiversity on Plant Productivity

Evolutionary History and the Effect of Biodiversity on Plant Productivity
Mark W. Cadotte, Bradley J. Cardinale, and Todd H. Oakley
PNAS Early Edition, October 29, 2008
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