Sentences with phrase «questions about ecology»

Many leading researchers, such as ant expert Andrew Suarez of the University of Illinois, have hailed the importance of natural history collections in addressing broader questions about ecology and evolution.

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But they believed they could work with the kinds of tools employed in evolutionary ecology to answer important questions about language prehistory.

They're putting these tools to use to ask questions not just about ocean ecology, but about the carbon cycle as well.

«This work adds a significant piece to our understanding of the role of microbes in shaping animal ecology and behavior, and raises new questions about these relationships and how to exploit them for managing pests — hallmarks of excellent research,» said John Ruberson, head of the entomology department.

For example, we are continuing to generate the base of evidence needed to empower science based control of the spread of rabies within vampire bats in Latin America, but also exploring fundamental questions about cross-species transmission and the role of host and pathogen genomics in studying disease ecology».

Through her research, Dr. Gallagher addresses questions about the mechanisms governing how global climate change affects plant - pollinator interactions and the extent to which changes in the levels of pollination influence the ecology and evolution of plant populations.

«While this paper is an important contribution, we still face several open questions about other drivers of change on fire regimes,» said Max Moritz, a fire ecology and management scientist at the University of California, Berkeley.

Beyond talk of the game's aesthetics, my inbox was chock - full of questions from paleontologists about the ecology of Horizon Zero Dawn's dinosaurs.

Urban wildlife is a new kind of aesthetics which aims to raise questions about urban ecology and sustainability.»

To open feedback channels, the participating artists will host a series of workshops that will raise critical questions about politics, biology, microbial agency, the currency of time, circuit bending, audio ecologies and the energy that powers it all.

In turn, he might ask me a question if an issue about ecology comes up.

But that's just one set of «second - order» effects to be concerned about: from a purely anthropogenic perspective, one should arguably be a lot more concerned about the «second - order» impacts upon estuarine, coastal marine, and freshwater ecologies that are without question unfolding now pretty much everywhere.

And unlike the previous questions raised about Con Ed's engineering studies or its calculations demonstrating the plant was necessary, it rested squarely within a field, ecology, where the company and the FPC had no expertise and were clearly uncomfortable.

Surfrider also recognizes that there are many questions and concerns about ocean energy, including potential impacts to ocean recreation, nearshore ecology, coastal processes, public safety, aesthetics, and fishing access.