Featured Research Underway at NCEAS

 See also Featured Reseach Archive
Genetic Monitoring: Development of Tools for Conservation and Management
Principal Investigators: Fred Allendorf and Michael Schwartz
 Reverse Engineering of Ecological Networks
Principal Investigator: Stefano Allesina
Pyrogeography: Fire's Place in Earth System Science
Principal Investigators: David Bowman and Jennifer Balch
Does Biology Matter When Predicting How Animals Will Respond to Climate Change?
Principal Investigator: Lauren Buckley
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Where Will Wildlife Move in Changing Environments?
Principal Investigators: Lauren Buckley, Michael Angilletta, Robert Holt, Joshua Tewksbury
Evaluating Publication Bias in Ecology
Principal Investigator: Amber E. Budden
Diversity Patterns, Species Coexistence, and Evolutionary History
Prinicipal Investigator: Marc W. Cadotte
FireLinking Evolutionary History, Plant Traits, and Ecological Processes at Multiple Scales
Principal Investigator: Jeannine M. Cavender-Bares


Roles of Plant Traits and Nutrient Availability in Predicting Species Invasion

Principal Investigator: Elsa Cleland

Revisiting Nutrient Limitation in Tropical Forests
Principal Investigators: Cory C. Cleveland and Alan R. Townsend
 

The Role of Niche Conservatism in Producing Biodiversity Gradients
Principal Investigators: Howard Cornell, Susan Harrison, and Christy McCain

 Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (IHOPE): Building a Community Database and Testing the Resilience-sustainability Hypothesis Across Scales 
Principal Investigators: Robert Costanza, Lisa Graumlich, and Sander van der Leeuw
 When Are Matrix Models Useful for Management? An Empirical Test Across Plant Populations
Principal Investigators: Elizabeth Crone, Eric S. Menges and Martha Ellis
 Envisioning a Sustainable Global Seafood Market and Restored Marine Ecosystems
Principal Investigators: Larry Crowder and Martin Smith
 
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How Species Coexist in a Competitive World
Principal Investigator: T. Jonathan Davies
 

 The Botanical Information and Ecology Network (BIEN): An Informatics Baseline to Understand the Impact of Climate Change on Plant Diversity
Principlal Investigators: Brian J. Enquist, Richard Condit, Robert K. Peet, Brad Boyle and Steven Dolins/Postdoctoral Associate: Nathan G. Swenson
 Exploring How the Branching Geometry of River Systems Influences Biodiversity Patterns
Principal Investigator: William Fagan
fishFinding Common Ground in Marine Conservation and Management
Principal Investigators: Ray Hilborn and Boris Worm
 
Data Management and Analysis Tools Supporting Adaptive Management in South African Parks
Principal Investigators: Matthew B. Jones, Mark Schildhauer, Judith Kruger, O.J. Reichman, Kevin L. S. Drury

 

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Parasites and Food Webs
Principal Investigator: Kevin Lafferty

 

 

Investigating Responses of Riverine Habitats and Pacific Salmon to Climate Change
Principal Investigator:Luis Francisco Madriñán

 

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Predicting Food Webs and Species Abundance Using Mating and Foraging Behavior
Principal Investigator: Carlos J. Melián


Using Mathematical Models to Figure Out Which Nutrient Limits Plant Growth and Carbon Storage

Principal Investigator: Duncan Menge
 

 Evaluating Ecosystem Response Models with Experimental Data from Long-term Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Enrichment Experiments 
Principal Investigator: Richard Norby

Collaborations Among Ecologists and Social Scientists
Principal Investigator: John Parker

 The Role of Marine Protected Areas in Ecosystem-Based Management: Examining the Science and Politics of an Ocean Conservation Strategy
Principal Investigators: Robert Pavia and James Lindholm
 
Investigating Responses of Pacific Salmon to Climate Change

Principal Investigator: Christine Petersen

 

 Terrestrial Ecosystems and Climate Policy
Principal Investigators: Jim Randerson, Josep Canadell, and Robert B. Jackson 
turtleExploring the Effects of Evolutionary History on Global Patterns of Diversity
Principal Investigator: Patrick R. Stephens
Landscape Genetics: Developing Best Practices for Testing Landscape Effects on Gene Flow
Principal Investigators: Helene Wagner and Lisette Waits
Efficient Wildlife Disease Control: From Social Network Self-organization to Optimal Vaccination 
Principal Investigator: Peter Walsh
Why Don't We Understand Old-growth Forests (and Other Slow Systems) Very Well?
Principal Investigator: Kerry Woods
Methane: Toward a Multiscale approach to Reducing Uncertainties in its Emissions
Principal Investigators: Qianlai Zhuang, Ed Dlugokencky, Merrit R. Turetsky, Patrick Crill

  See also Featured Research Archive