Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Leeds School of Business are teaming up to highlight ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder-led research to address climate change from 3-5 p.m. on Nov. 30 in the Olson Atrium of the Rustandy Building.
A $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder researchers to better understand how complex species interactions affect natural ecosystems.
The wind that sculpts the stones also conspires with plants to transform a valley floor to a landscape of mounds with embedded plants.
An annual experiment based out of ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder’s century-old Mountain Research Station aims to measure the effects of warming temperatures and faster snowmelt on alpine ecosystems by coating snowpack with thousands of pounds of black sand.
Surprisingly, the robbers might have little to no effect on fitweed and might even benefit the plant.
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder undergraduate’s honors thesis leads to the official recognition of the Chihuahuan Meadowlark as a distinct species.
Like the homely, warty toad transformed by a kiss to an enchanting prince, embarrassing excremental smears and lumps of who-knows-what metamorphose into delicate and lovely butterflies.
City of Boulder plans to use ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder data to study the effect of trees on urban heat for climate-mitigation planning.
Professor Deane Bowers to discuss ‘Globalization’s consequences for plant-insect interactions and the planet’s wellness’; event is the first of a series on wellness this academic year.
No doubt about it, sphinx moths are extraordinary; extinction is forever, and it would be tragic to lose such a remarkable group of moths.