Sentences with phrase «in ecology»

About Site - An interest in the ecology of birds will probably lead you to this site, which features full - color images and information about birds.

I have broad research interests in the ecology, conservation and management of mammals.

She had long assumed she would finish her Ph.D. in ecology, do a postdoc, and then get a tenure - track position at a top - tier research university.

Nearly all of the graduate students in ecology assumed that they would have careers in academia.

The bird conservation community includes people with Ph.D.'s and other graduate degrees in ecology, conservation biology, and every other relevant field.

We are driving massive long - term changes in the ecology of our planet, one ecosystem, one community, one species at a time.

One reason that «ecological» functions so prominently in the discussion of the crises in the natural environment is that many of those who first warned us were biologists specializing in ecology.

With a background in ecology and environmental management, I made the move into agriculture for my PhD in which I am investigating the role of soil ecology in plant phosphorus acquisition.

For those fresh to the cause, it is a must — a launch pad for any research career in ecology.

Now, by borrowing methods used in ecology to track endangered species, researchers have identified the primary threat to linguistic diversity: economic development.

The work I do is grounded in ecology and evolutionary genetics but takes in a wide range of other disciplines.

A novel feature of this work is the inclusion of predictions from more than two dozen experts working in ecology, political science, industry, and economics.

Why some species of plants and animals vary more in number than others is a central issue in ecology.

Scientists are also exploring assisted migration, a controversial topic in ecology where species are moved from a place they currently thrive in to places they might survive as the globe warms.

What factors in the ecology of rodents, fleas and plague bacteria drive the plague cycle?

He has published extensively in ecology and spirituality from a process perspective and has built a network of connections that are invaluable in getting things done.

But forest fires play an important part in the ecology of northern forests.

Her recent work explores the impact of publication bias on progress in ecology and the composition of the ecological community with respect to gender and international representation.

He is currently working towards his bachelor in ecology.

I will always maintain that part of all education for all ages in today's world should include classes in ecology.

Many of the radical players in the ecology and sustainability movements who have made their voices heard have done so through protest.

The dominant paradigm in ecology sees evolution as a process that creates perfected ecosystems where every species serves a particular function.

The team also took soil samples and analyzed their carbon content in the ecology lab.

She is an internationally recognized expert in the ecology of infectious diseases.

I have a Ph.D. in ecology and I am very well - versed in all the biology subjects, as well as climate change.

While my own career path has led me to academia, this is by no means the only job for someone with a degree in ecology.

Moreover, she is interested in ecology and environmental issues, currently researching artificial light as a phenomenon, through the relationship between writer's block and the global energy crisis.

He has a PhD in ecology from Rutgers University.

- Evelyn Valdez - Ward, doctoral student in ecology at the University of California, Irvine

Though the champions of «environmental justice» may not realize the Pandora's Box that they have opened, the shift in the ecology movement from a focus on science to radical egalitarianism should come as no surprise.

While doing my PhD in ecology in 1971 I joined a group of activists who had begun to meet in the basement of the Unitarian Church, to plan a protest voyage against US hydrogen bomb testing in Alaska.

Now, in a Nature paper, they present evidence that the microbe causing it, Bacillus cereus, plays a huge role in the ecology of the rainforest, apparently causing a large proportion of all mammalian deaths.

«It was very good — and it also made me realize that we needed to know more about taxonomy before we could answer the greater questions in ecology,» she says.

St. Augustine Eco Tours combines over fifty years of experience in the ecology based tourism industry and understands that, now more than ever, important measures must be taken to maintain ethical observation standards.

He was trained in ecology at Stanford and served as an Infantry officer in the US Army.

For Alexander Mikheyev, assistant professor in the ecology and evolution unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Okinawa, Japan, it's a familiar problem.

Graceful, inscrutable, cute as all get - out, they teach breathless lessons in ecology and natural history.

Because our knowledge of the many delicate balances in the ecology of the planet is still in its infancy, and because what is known is not widely understood, the consequences of what the human race is (in its ignorance) doing to the earth may turn out to be even more serious than global warming.

Large numbers of concerned Americans have been taking cram courses in ecology, but there are still millions who ask questions like what good is the spider and what good is the grizzly.

Dennis and Kemp point out that a beehive is a severe example of an «Allee effect,» a concept in ecology named after animal ecologist Warder Allee.

Dr. Gallagher has strong interest in furthering opportunities in ecology for students and educators from diverse backgrounds and also in promoting a public understanding and interest in science.

A tsunami that followed the quake also wreaked havoc, killed a researcher involved in an ecology expedition to Robinson Crusoe Island off Chile's coast.

She graduated with a bachelor's in biology from Yale University and received a doctorate in ecology and evolutionary biology and a master's in ocean sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she examined the effects of ocean climate change on seabird populations.

A core problem in ecology is to understand which processes shape species distributions.

The delicate balance between wolves and moose in Michigan's Isle Royale National Park has been a case study in ecology textbooks for years.

The CoalSwarm wiki was launched in early 2008 and later that year was accepted as a project of Earth Island Institute, an incubator for innovative projects in ecology and social justice.

In 1988 they organized a national congress, drafted a fisheries code that has been submitted to the Philippine Congress, and have been invited to various parts of the nation to train others in ecology.