Is biodiversity important? Considering other drivers of global change (Part…
[Continued from Part 2] Two weeks ago, I reviewed some of the experimental evidence for the importance of diversity. In . . . (No Comments)
Category: ecosystem function & ecosystem services
Diverse Introspectives: A Conversation with Peter Kareiva
On May 7th, fellow UW grad student Halley Froelich and I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Peter Kareiva, . . . (15 Comments)
Is biodiversity important? What theory tells us (Part 2)
[Continued from Part 1] On Wednesday, I reviewed some of the synthetic work by Brad Cardinale and others showing the . . . (8 Comments)
Is biodiversity important? What experiments tell us (Part 1)
If anything, we can be absolutely certain about one thing regarding biodiversity: we are losing it. In 2005, the Millennium . . . (8 Comments)
Virtual Biodiversity
Was anyone else first introduced to the idea of biodiversity by a man-made collection? The notion of the diversity of . . . (1 Comment)
Bees in the ‘hood: the scale of services by native…
In the context of declining diversity, scientists are attempting to quantify the consequences in terms that have a direct impact . . . (No Comments)
Long-term Monitoring of Tree Growth in Relation to Climatic Variability
It is uncertain how global climate change will affect tropical forests, and models vary on how precipitation and temperature regimes will . . . (No Comments)
A new approach to the diversity-invasibility problem.
The relationship between the richness of a community and its risk of being invaded (invasibility) goes back to Darwin. He . . . (No Comments)
Hemiparasitic plants and their effects on the community
Among the parasites of the world, parasitic angiosperms are relatively understudied. Past research tends to focus on the study of . . . (No Comments)
Is blogging effective at communicating biodiversity research?
My original intent in writing this post was to compare the 5 most-cited papers on biodiversity to the 5 most . . . (16 Comments)