In-the-field
Polyploidy - whole genome duplication - is common among flowering plants, but its role in driving patterns of biodiversity, structuring plant communities, and influencing plant-animal interactions remains poorly known. Will Weaver, a recent
EBIO Graduate Student - Lauren Shoemaker, recalls her time spent in Namibia investigating the formation of the famed Namibian Fairy Circles. Lauren, Nichole Barger and Holly Barnard spent half a month in the NamibRand Nature Reserve. Fairy
Amanda Hund.I am a PhD student in EBIO working with Dr. Rebecca Safran. My research focuses on understanding how parasites may play an important role in how new species form. Specifically, I am interested in how parasites influence the evolution of
[video:https://vimeo.com/64823649]Spending 10 hours a day in 100 degree heat trudging through the Australian bush may sound like most people鈥檚 worst nightmare, but for students Kika Tarsi and Erin Polka it鈥檚 all in a day鈥檚 work. Kika and Erin are
Soil microbes that thrive in the deserts, rainforests, prairies and forests of the world can also be found living beneath New York City鈥檚 Central Park, according to a surprising new study led by Colorado State University and the University of- If you were a shrew snuffling around a North American forest, you would be 27 times less likely to respond to climate change than if you were a moose grazing nearby.That is just one of the findings of a new University of Colorado Boulder assessment