Results for "ecology"

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Plant biodiversity - ecosystem functioning field experiment

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Please reach out in Fall 2022 if you are interested to be a part of this project!

 

In a collaboration with the Wolf and Farrior labs of UT Austin EEB, we are working on the second run…

Do-it-yourself environmental sensing

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We have had an excellent year with many undergraduates working the lab on this project. We are now seeking students to start in fall 2022. We have several related activities. Students can work on assembling and…

Lemur Behavioral Ecology

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Verreaux's sifaka are lemurs living in western Madagascar. They eat mainly leaves and some fruit, flowers, seeds, and vines. They live in small, cohesive, mixed-sex social groups. This project examines all aspects of…

Kinematics of Quadrupedal Locomotion in Free-Ranging Primates

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The majority of primate species are partially or completely tree-dwelling (arboreal), and they often captivate observers with their ability to walk, run, and leap with ease along narrow, steep, and bending branches.…

Cool Texas fishes in need of further research

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Texas has three species of catfishes restricted to deep underground aquifers. They are fascinating creatures, potentially endangered, and hugely in need of diverse research. Though we currently have only limited…

Community Ecology Experiments Using Protist Microcosms

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Performing ecosystem-scale, highly-replicated experiments is tough to do in natural systems. Protist microcosms, small containers with nutrient medium inoculated with a mix of bacteria, protists, algae, and other…

Fishes of Texas

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The Fishes of Texas Project (http://www.fishesoftexas.org) has compiled, and continues to expand and refine, a large database of museum specimen-based records of the the…

Faculty

Nichole Bennett

Affiliated Departments:
School of Biological Sciences, Integrative Biology
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Impact of climate change on species' interactions.

Edward J Buskey

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Marine Science
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Professor Buskey's research interests in marine science have focused on studies of the behavioral ecology of marine zooplankton, and how sensory perception mediates behavioral adaptations for locating food resources…

Kelley Crews

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Geography / Environment
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Dr. Crews-Meyer's interests include geographic information science, remote sensing, land use / land cover change, human-environment interactions, environmental policy, global tropics especially Thailand, Andean…

Tom Devitt

Affiliated Departments:
College of Natural Sciences, Integrative Biology
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I study patterns of geographic variation among populations to understand evolutionary processes such as local adaptation, population divergence, and speciation. My research combines aspects of ecology, evolution,…

Robin Doughty

Affiliated Departments:
Geography / Environment
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Environmental Resource Management, Landscape Ecology, Cultural Geography, Historical Ecology, Biogeography, Endangered Species

David J Eaton

Affiliated Departments:
Asian Studies, Center for East Asian Studies, Center for European Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Geography / Environment, Middle Eastern Studies, Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, Slavic and Eurasian Studies, South Asia Institute, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, College of Natural Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, LBJ School of Public Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs
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Systems analysis, environmental and energy policy, nonprofit management, sustainable development in international river basins, evaluation of energy and water conservation programs, prevention of pollution
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Peter English

Affiliated Departments:
School of Biological Sciences
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Avian ecology and behavior
International conservation
Science education

Caroline Farrior

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Integrative Biology
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Dr.Farrior's research is motivated by a desire to understand the interacting mechanisms that drive variation in plant communities across environmental gradients. She works to scale across individual-level, community-…