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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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Nature Paper Sheds Light on Human Brain Evolution

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

Why did the human brain evolved to its unusually large size? Former NIMBioS GRA Mauricio González-Forero has some answers in a new Nature publication that develops a mechanistic model showing brain expansion was likely driven by ecological, not social, processes. … Continue reading →

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A Predator-Prey Model of Poverty Traps, New Paper from Ngonghala

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

Former NIMBioS postdoc Calistus Ngonghala has published a new paper that draws on economic, ecological and epidemiological models to examine the underlying drivers of rural poverty. “General ecological models for human subsistence, heath and poverty,” published this month in Nature … 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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Grizzlies Feel the Heat

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

A short term visit to NIMBioS two years ago has resulted in a study showing the effect of climate change on the diets of grizzly bears in Yellowstone. Lead author Jack Hopkins, an assistant professor of wildlife biology at Unity … Continue reading →

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Major Accomplishments: The 9th Annual Report, NIMBioS Edition

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS’ 9th annual reporting period to the National Science Foundation, which largely funds the institute, recently concluded, and the 220-page report has been submitted to NSF.  NSF requires its funded institutes to dig into the details as to the number of … Continue reading →

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Science Pub for Postdoc Martin

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

Research on adaptation and climate change by Ryan Martin while a postdoc at NIMBioS appears this month in Science. “Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection” quantifies how climate variation influences selection. With plant and animal data from multiple terrestrial biomes, temperature explained … Continue reading →

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Discover Birds En Español

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

The popular Discover Birds Activity Book for kids in which NIMBioS contributed some math content has now been translated into Spanish and has even reached Cuban shores. In the book, Campeones de Aves, “Bird Champions,” is a simple math puzzle … 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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