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Conservation Biology
Abby Swann quoted in The New York Times: "What's the Best Thing I Can Do for the Planet?"
Dee Boersma featured in National Geographic article on Galapagos penguin research
Leaders from Biology Endowed Lecture: Habitat-forming species as the mediating link between disasters (predator loss, heatwaves) and biodiversity
The mechanisms that maintain biodiversity have long been a central focus of ecology, and this area of research has taken on increased urgency as the pace of global change accelerates. I will discuss the importance of habitat-forming foundation species as key mediators of biodiversity patterns in space and time using one classical ecological concept and one recent extreme event. In classic work conducted on rocky shores, UW's own Bob Paine famously demonstrated that a keystone predator, Pisaster, promoted diversity by preventing a competitively dominant mussel from monopolizing space.
Confronting a biome crisis: global disparities of habitat loss and protection
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Katie Holt Dissertation Defense
Osmoregulation in aquatic insects: A review
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Dee Boersma in The New York Times on penguin's 2,000-mile trip
Research by Center for Ecosystem Sentinels quantifies the risk for whale-ship collisions worldwide for first time
Research led by Jennifer Tennessen finds that Salish Sea waters are too noisy for resident orcas to hunt successfully
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