Posts Tagged: Rick Karban
Christian Nansen Lab: Groundbreaking Research on Plant-to-Plant Communication
Professor Rick Karban of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, author of the...
An illustration of plant-plant communication by the Christian Nansen lab, in the Plant Methods journal
Rick Karban, UC Davis Expert on Plant Communication, Named ESA Fellow
Congrats, Rick Karban! We just received word that noted ecologist Richard “Rick”...
Karban has researched plant communication in sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) on the east side of the Sierra since 1995.
UC Davis Researchers: Woolly Bear Caterpillars Pick Winner of U.S. Presidential Campaign
Score another win for those woolly bear caterpillars. For the past three decades, woolly bear...
UC Davis researchers Rick Karban (left) and his graduate student Eric LoPresti with their chart linking woolly bear caterpillars to U.S. Presidential elections. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of U.S. Presidential election predictions (red designates Republicans and blue, Democrats).
A woolly bear caterpillar on Bodega Head in 2011. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Woolly bear caterpillars eating lupine in 2008 on Bodega Head, Sonoma County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why a Population of 'Bears' May Predict White House Occupancy
Forget the polls that claim to know who will win the U.S. Presidency. Let's hear it from the...
A hungry woolly bear caterpillar, the immature form of the Ranchman's Tiger Moth, Platyprepia virginalis. This photo was taken in April 2011 in the Bodega Marine Reserve. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Plants Can Eavesdrop, Sense Danger
Plants can eavesdrop. They can sense danger. So says ecologist Richard 'Rick' Karban,...
Ecologist Rick Karban has researched plant communication in sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) on the east side of the Sierra since 1995.