UGA.Today: Ecology http://news.uga.edu/archive/category/Ecology UGA.Today release category feed en jbeckley@uga.edu Copyright 2013 2013-06-18T13:19:+00:00 2013-06-18T13:19:+00:00 Social networks could help prevent disease outbreaks in endangered chimpanzees http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/social-networks-could-help-prevent-disease-outbreaks-endangered-chimps Wed, 5 Jun 2013 0:00:18 GMT UGA Costa Rica wins sustainability award http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-costa-rica-wins-sustainability-award-June-2013 Tue, 4 Jun 2013 12:49:06 GMT UGA to host international conference on environmental contamination http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-to-host-international-conference-on-environmental-contamination-20 Fri, 31 May 2013 18:19:31 GMT UGA entomologists ask Georgians to send in their cicadas http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-entomologists-ask-georgians-to-send-in-their-cicadas Fri, 31 May 2013 16:46:28 GMT Discover Life launches moth observatory at Sandy Creek Nature Center in Athens http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/discover-life-launches-moth-observatory-at-sandy-creek-nature-center-in-ath Wed, 8 May 2013 21:12:51 GMT UGA’s Salty Dawg to retrieve data from under the sea http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-Salty-Dawg-retrieve-data-from-under-the-sea Mon, 6 May 2013 13:26:11 GMT UGA ecologist receives $1.39 million to study longleaf pine ecosystem recovery http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-ecologist-receives-139-million-study-longleaf-pine-ecosystem-recovery Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:01:45 GMT UGA students, faculty and staff receive sustainability awards http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-students-faculty-and-staff-receive-sustainability-awards-2013 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:42:19 GMT Location changed for UGA’s international systems ecology symposium http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/location-changed-international-systems-ecology-symposium Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:48:12 GMT From scrap to soil amendment: Compost 101 offered at UGA http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/from-scrap-to-soil-amendment-compost-101-offered-at-uga Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:04:42 GMT Short film by UGA ecology student to screen at Savannah film festival http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/short-film-ecology-student-screen-savannah-film-festival-031513 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:54:03 GMT National Invasive Species Awareness Week runs through March 8 http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/national-invasive-species-awareness-week-runs-through-march-8 Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:39:38 GMT 2013 EcoFocus Film Festival set for March 20-24 in Athens http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/2013-ecofocus-film-festival-march-20-24-athens Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:52:00 GMT State Botanical Garden to host nature writer for talk, writing workshop http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/state-botanical-garden-to-host-nature-writer-for-talk-writing-workshop Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:47:33 GMT River food web ecologist Mary Power to give 2013 Odum Lecture at UGA http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/river-food-web-ecologist-mary-power-2013-odum-lecture-022213 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:13:05 GMT UGA awards sustainability grants to seven student projects http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-sustainability-grants-seven-student-projects-011613 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:37:39 GMT UGA scientific divers discover 36,000-year-old Atlantic gray whale fossil http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-scientific-divers-discover-36000-year-old-atlantic-gray-whale-foss Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:07:11 GMT Geographic complexity explains patterns of spread of white-nose syndrome in bats http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/geographic-complexity-explains-patterns-of-spread-of-white-nose-syndro Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:10:18 GMT UGA selects two student ambassadors for inaugural SEC Symposium on Renewable Energy http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/student-ambassadors-inaugural-sec-symposium-121312 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:13:10 GMT Fish have enormous nutrient impacts on marine ecosystems, study finds http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/fish-enormous-nutrient-impacts-121112 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:00:04 GMT NSF renews $5.8 million grant for Georgia coastal research http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/nsf-renews-58-million-grant-for-georgia-coastal-research Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:10:36 GMT New guidebook helps Georgia’s tax assessors value conservation easement properties http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/new-guidebook-conservation-easement-properties-113012 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:25:04 GMT Ecologists at UGA link evolution to the speed of rabies virus emergence in new bat species http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/evolution-linked-to-the-speed-of-rabies-virus-in-new-bat-species-112012 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:05:33 GMT UGA faculty, alumni named Fellows of the Ecological Society of America http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/fellows-ESA-111312 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:52:19 GMT Researchers help ‘extinct in the wild’ toad return home http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/researchers-help-extinct-in-the-wild-toad-return-home-103112 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:54:02 GMT UGA student a finalist in National Science Foundation research video contest http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-student-a-finalist-in-nsf-research-video-contest-102512 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:18:07 GMT Searching for a silver bullet: Measuring biodiversity to inform species conservation http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/measuring-biodiversity-to-inform-species-conservation-10-16-12 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:02:42 GMT New studies reveal connections between animals’ microbial communities and behavior http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/connections-between-animals-microbial-communities-and-behavior-101112 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:56:13 GMT Ecologists to study freshwater sustainability across the Sun Belt http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/ecologists-to-study-freshwater-sustainability-across-the-sun-belt-0927 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:47:46 GMT Workshop at UGA to examine ‘The Future of Food’ http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/workshop-at-uga-to-examine-the-future-of-food-092412 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:36:13 GMT New model combines ecological, immunological data to explain puzzling Lyme disease patterns http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/puzzling-lyme-disease-patterns-091112 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:38:13 GMT CED Circle Gallery to exhibit photographs of the Altamaha River by James Holland http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/ced-circle-gallery-to-exhibit-photographs-of-the-altamaha-river-by-james-ho Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:38:15 GMT State Botanical Garden offers classes for Certificate in Coastal Native Plants Program http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/sbg-offers-classes-for-certificate-in-coastal-native-plants Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:35:30 GMT Researchers combine remote sensing technologies for highly detailed look at coastal change http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/highly-detailed-look-at-coastal-change-080912 Thu, 9 Aug 2012 16:53:04 GMT Insect Olympians: Students ask what makes horned passalus beetles so strong http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/insect-olympians-horned-passalus-beetles-strong-080612 Mon, 6 Aug 2012 19:07:43 GMT UGA sends 38 faculty, student presenters to Ecological Society of America meeting http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-sends-38-faculty-student-presenters-to-ESA-080312 Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:55:49 GMT UGA Marine Extension Service and Georgia Sea Grant educate children on marine debris http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/marine-extension-service-and-georgia-sea-grant-educate-children-on-mar Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:45:25 GMT Study provides first evidence of coevolution between invasive, native species http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/coevolution-between-invasive-native-species-062812 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:27:27 GMT Screening horticultural imports: New models assess plant risk through better analysis http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/screening-horticultural-imports-062812 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:47:39 GMT UGA to celebrate National Pollinator Week with Brunswick event http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/national-pollinator-week-brunswick-061512 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:24:44 GMT UGA study may lead to more effective rabies control strategies http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-study-may-lead-to-more-effective-rabies-control-strategies Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:25:10 GMT Hitting snooze on the molecular clock: Rabies evolves slower in hibernating bats http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/rabies-evolves-slower-in-hibernating-bats-051812 Fri, 18 May 2012 14:16:43 GMT UGA graduate student wins fellowship to study invasive seaweed, nutrient pollution http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/fellowship-invasive-seaweed-nutrient-pollution-051412 Mon, 14 May 2012 13:55:17 GMT UGA ecology undergraduate wins NOAA Hollings Scholarship http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/noaa-hollings-scholarship-051112 Fri, 11 May 2012 19:51:35 GMT UGA students use crowd funding as they compete in SciFund Challenge http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/crowd-funding-scifund-challenge-050812 Tue, 8 May 2012 14:37:58 GMT Marine scientists urge government to reassess oil spill response http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/Deepwater-oil-spill-response-042012 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:11:40 GMT Mohan receives National Science Foundation grant to study ‘forests of the future’ http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/mohan-NSF-grant-to-study-forests-of-the-future-041312 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:18:42 GMT Black flies may have a purpose after all http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/black-flies-may-have-a-purpose-after-all Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:35:38 GMT UGA receives grant to clean local streams http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-receives-grant-to-clean-local-streams Wed, 4 Apr 2012 17:19:55 GMT Trace element plays major role in tropical forest nitrogen cycle http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/trace-element-plays-major-role-in-tropical-forest-nitrogen-cycle032212 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:50:17 GMT