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The National Academies recently released a report identifying how best to understand important themes and theory for research across the very small to sweeping exploration at a continental scale. Two Michigan State University scholars were part of the report.

New research appearing in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals that half of the mammal species in tropical forests adjust their behaviors in response to the moon's phases and corresponding variations in light. Michigan State University ecologist Lydia Beaudrot, who studies tropical ecology and conservation, was among the international cohort of researchers who contributed to the study.

In a new paper appearing in the journal Ecology, Michigan State University ecologists explore the impacts of warming temperatures and insect herbivory on plants’ biological cycles.

A team of Michigan State University researchers found that lakes in communities of color were three times less likely to be sampled at least once than lakes in white communities. The disparity was even larger when taking into account lakes that have been monitored for 15 years or more

Scientists knew that red-backed salamanders were abundant in eastern North America, but a recent study found their densities and biomass, or their total quantity across the region, were much higher than expected. 

Soranno, an ecologist, will lead a chapter for this first-ever report to examine impacts of lost land, waters and wildlife.

A team led by MSU researchers has revealed the leading cause of butterfly loss in the Midwest

Researchers from the Zipkin lab look back at a century of change in statistical ecology.