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 

Phylogenetic Relatedness and Plant Invader Success Across Two Spatial Scales Marc W. Cadotte et al.
Diversity and Distributions Early View 2/2009

Resource Dynamics Influence the Strength of Non-consumptive Predator Effects on Prey
Evan L. Preisser et al.
Ecology Letters Early View 2/2009
Collaborations and Synthesis in Ecology Presented by Carlos Melián and Margaret Connors at ESA SEEDS Leadership Meeting
 KCLU-FM Features NCEAS Research
Global Change Biology Early View, 1/2009
Litter Decomposition in Grasslands of Central North America (US Great Plains)
Eliana E. Bontti et al. and

Controls on Long-term Root and Leaf Litter Decomposition in Neotropical Forests
Daniela F. Cusack et al.

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
Carlos Melián

Dataset includes plant-mutualistic and plant-herbivore communities with a total of 390 species (170 plants, 180 pollinators, 26 seed dispersers and 14 herbivores) from the Doñana Biological Reserve in Southern Spain. The reserve is in a sandy coastal area where Mediterranean scrub constitutes the dominant vegetation.
KCLU-FM Features NCEAS Research

Emergence and Maintenance of Nutrient Limitation over Multiple Timescales in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Duncan Menge et al.
American Naturalist 173(2) 164-175
Abstract

Spatial Species-richness Gradients Across Scales: a Meta-analysis
Richard Field et al.
Journal of Biogeography 36(1) 132-147
Abstract

Spatial Autocorrelation and Dispersal Limitation in Freshwater Organisms 
Jonathan B. Shurin et al.
Oecologia 159(1)  151-159



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

Landscape fires affect biodiversity, human health, the global radiation budget, carbon balance and hyrdrological cycles. Bowman and Balch are synthesizing knowledge about biomass burning across fields to develop an integrative paradigm of 'pyrogeography'. 

Erica Fleishman appointed Editor-in-Chief of Conservation Biology
Fleishman is Director of Conservation & Resource Management at NCEAS.

Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability
Postdoctoral Associate Carlos Melián to present "Collaborative Research and the Place of Synthesis" at 2009 SEEDS Leadership Meeting
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. 
Press Release  
Santa Barbara Independent


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. 
Press Release  
Santa Barbara Independent

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.

Biodiversity Loss in Latin American Coffee Landscapes: Review of the Evidence on Ants, Birds, and Trees
Stacy M. Philpott et al.  
Conservation Biology 22(5) 1093-1105