Long-term ecological research (LTER) is carried out through a worldwide network of biological field stations and related monitoring programs. Information gathered by these programs helps scientists ...

Ecological succession, a fundamental concept in ecology, refers to more-or-less predictable and orderly changes in the composition or structure of an ecological community. Succession may be initiated ...

Ecology is not only a science; it is also a worldview. Plants and animals are internally related. Manipulating them can have unintended and often unwelcome consequences. Human nature has been ...

Kerstin Wasson (right), UCSC adjunct professor and research coordinator of ESNERR, conducts long-term monitoring for salt marsh health and resilience with assistance from a student volunteer. Trained ...

Details of the first ecology experiment have been revealed by researchers who tracked down the manuscript from references in the works of Charles Darwin. The trials, first reported in 1824, helped to ...

The United States is one of the world’s biggest consumers, and U.S. policies can have global environmental effects. As of 2013, the world’s population would need 1.7 Earths to support its demands on ...