Category Archives: Working Groups

Networking? New Software Studies the Ecological Kind

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Catherine Crawley

The activities of the Ecological Network Dynamics Working Group, which concluded this year, have culminated in a new R software package, now available, for analyzing the properties of large-scale ecological networks. EcoNetGen constructs and samples networks with predetermined topologies including … Continue reading →

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New in Science: Working Group Takes on Transient Dynamics

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

A review paper published this week in Science by the NIMBioS Working Group on Long Transients and Ecological Forecasting is generating buzz on social media. The paper proposes a classification system for ecological dynamics that persist over ecologically relevant time scales—dozens … Continue reading →

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Team Science at NIMBioS Produces Top Paper

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

This is the story of how researchers from different corners of the scientific universe can come together to create new synthesis — it involves two former NIMBioS postdocs, a former sabbatical fellow and the special alchemy of a NIMBioS Working … Continue reading →

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Working Groups Tour SAL@NIMBioS

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

Synergy is the name of the game at NIMBioS, where visiting researchers from a variety of different backgrounds come together to learn from one another and produce great science. Hence, the combined effect is indeed greater than the sum of … Continue reading →

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Synthesis Centers Provide the ‘Special Sauce’

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

Synthesis centers like NIMBioS provide the special sauce that make the research magic happen. But you already knew that, didn’t you, dear reader? A new paper published this week in BioScience argues that synthesis centers provide the critical research infrastructure … Continue reading →

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Working Group Publishes Review in American Naturalist

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Catherine Crawley

The work of the NIMBioS Working Group on Computational Landscape Genomics has come to fruition with a synthesis review paper in The American Naturalist. “Finding the genomic basis of local adaptation: Pitfalls, practical solutions, and future directions” provides a critical … Continue reading →

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Special Collection Explores Motivation of Play

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Catherine Crawley

Research on what motivates play in mammals, both human and non-human, has been published in a special issue of the journal Behaviour. The nine papers in the special issue are products of the NIMBioS Working Group on Play, Evolution and Sociality. The … Continue reading →

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Working Group Publishes New Habitat Management Guide

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Catherine Crawley

A new management guide for selecting habitat- and patch-specific metrics in spatially-structured populations was published yesterday in Ecological Indicators. The paper is a result of efforts by the NIMBioS Working Group on Habitat for Migratory Species. The paper reviews the many … Continue reading →

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Prepare to Collaborate! Here’s How to Do It Well

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Catherine Crawley

What does it take to run a successful collaborative meeting? As a NIMBioS participant or organizer of an activity, you will meet and work with scientists from a variety of fields. Cross-disciplinary research can produce exciting results, but it also … Continue reading →

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Productive Working Group Leads to Special Issue

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Catherine Crawley

The Within-host Modeling of MAP Infection Working Group has had an extremely productive few years and its work has paid off in a dedicated special issue this month of the journal Veterinary Research. Ten of the twelve papers in the issue were … Continue reading →

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