Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Says one founder: "European men had very different notions of who should be doing science and what science is. It is a human institution not built with equity in mind.”
- Five outstanding colleagues have been named employees of the year by the College of Arts and Sciences at the ϳԹ.
- Colorful cup-shaped flowers likely to bloom in force after wet winter.
- The Boulder Chickadee Study is a collaborative, long term effort between Kathryn Grabenstein, a PhD candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology at the ϳԹ, and her thesis advisor, Scott Taylor, to examine hybridization.
- Colorado is home to 92 species of metallic wood boring beetles that share the wood boring habit and glittering iridescence.
- I looked around to see what was in bloom and found a native wildflower with the strange name of ballhead waterleaf, Hydrophyllum capitatum.
- Pinedrops parasitizes the mycorrhizal fungus directly, stealing water, minerals, carbohydrates and nutrients, but supplying nothing in return. In effect, it parasitizes a mutualism after germinating in the grasp of a fungus.
- As beautiful as they are, Rocky Mountain bee plants are known to be malodorous, inspiring other common names, including skunk weed and stink weed.
- The rubyspot's mating system is classified as territorial defense polygyny, in which males defend a site to attract mates.
- A wildfire causes blight on the land, but it is surprising how quickly plants and animals that depend on them colonize the burned area.