Posts Tagged: ecology
Terry McGlynn: 'Lessons about Thermal Ecology from Rainforest Ants'
"As the world is getting hotter, we are now urgently focused on understanding on how climate change...
Biology professor Terry McGlynn of California State University, Dominguez Hills, will present a seminar, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, on “Lessons about Thermal Ecology from Rainforest Ants” at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, April 5 in 122 Briggs Hall.
Beer-for-Butterfly Contest Set; Why It's of Special Interest This Year
UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro's annual Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest, in which he...
A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on catmint (Nepeta) in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Matt Forister, the Trevor J. McMinn Endowed Professor in Biology, Foundation Professor, at the University of Nevada (and a former graduate student of Aat Shapiro's) created this graph showing the first flights of Pieris rapae.
Innovative Research by RSPIB Scholar: Surprising Find About Carpenter Bees
When Professors Jay Rosenheim, Joanna Chiu and Louie Yang of the UC Davis Department of Entomology...
A female carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, also known as the Valley carpenter bee, forages on showy milkweed, Asclepias speciosa. This is one of the bees that the Rachel Vannette lab studied. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The UC Davis research includes this species, Xylocopa tabaniformis, also known as the mountain carpenter bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The UC Davis research included both genders of the two carpenter bees. This is a male Xylocopa sonorina, nicknamed "the teddy bear bee." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Congrats to All of the Rising Stars, 'Frontiers in Chemical Ecology'
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These scientists will participate in the international symposium, "The Frontiers in Chemical Ecology."
Monika Egerer: About Those Wild Bees and Natural Enemies in Urban Gardens
Urban garden management can play an important role in supporting species diversity and the...
Urban garden management can play an important role in supporting species diversity and the provision of insect-mediated services, says ecologist Monika Egerer, an assistant professor at Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany.