by Alexis K. Heinz, 2017 ecology & evolutionary biology, woody plants graduate student instructor; 2019 master of science, conservation ecology & master of landscape architecture Resilience Ecology and Diversity, Consilience Ecology. INTRODUCTION DISCLOSURE: Master of Science in Conservation Ecology, University of Michigan; Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Michigan; Bachelor of Science in Plant…
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Vandermeer and Perfecto Labs hold annual educational day with local schoolchildren in Mexico
SEAS Professor Ivette Perfecto (with arms raised) and EEB Professor John Vandermeer play an ecological game with the children during Ecodia. Image credit this page: Jonno Morris EcoDía is an educational outreach event developed each year since 2017 for the primary school students at the Finca Irlanda school (the coffee farm where the labs of…
8th Annual BioBlitz
by Naim Edwards, director, Michigan State University-Detroit Partnership for Food, Learning and Innovation and University of Michigan EEB alumnus (MS 2014) On May 11, University of Michigan students and faculty partnered, with Michigan State University Extension, the Great Lakes Regional Center of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), and members of the Detroit Black Community Food…
Invasive species: Trouble-makers or emergency responders…
by Alexis Heinz, former EEB GSI studying conservation ecology and landscape architecture Invasive. Exotic. Non-native. Aggressive. Out of balance. These terms could all be used to describe species that many people currently consider trouble-makers. Mother nature responds to disturbance by sending her most efficient and adventitious species. Many invasive species are able to…
Challenging the extractive paradigm in field work: suggestions from a case study in community engagement
View of the St Elias Mountains from the Kluane Red Squirrel Project field site. Image: Jack Robertson From Rapid Ecology, a science community blog by Matt Sehrsweeney, a 2017 University of Michigan alumnus (ecology and history) and Jack Robertson, an MSc candidate at University of Guelph Though we generally fail to acknowledge it, ecological research…