Tag Archives: Ecology
Paper published! Animal water balance drives top-down effects
Dr. McCluney recently published a paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Science that extends his previous work and tests if animal water balance can drive top-down effects in open-air food webs [download post-print here or email Dr. McCluney … Continue reading
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Tagged Drought, Ecology, Trophic Cascade, Water, Water Stress, Water Web
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Local newspaper article about summer urban water web research
http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2014/06/18/BGSU-research-team-studies-insect-damage-to-tree-leaves.html
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Tagged Climate Change, Drought, Ecology, Food Web, Urban, Water, Water Stress
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“Water as a trophic currency” paper published!
A new co-authored paper on how water availability influences riparian food webs (crickets, spiders, lizards) in open-air experimental plots has been published in the newest issue of Frontiers. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/130160 Email me if you need a copy
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Tagged Arthropod, Climate Change, Drought, Ecohydrology, Ecology, Food Web, Lizard, Riparian, Water, Water Stress
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Riverine Macrosystems Paper Published
Dr. McCluney’s paper (with co-authors) on riverine macrosystems ecology has been published in an open access special issue on macrosystems ecology. Read the paper here: http://www.esajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1890/120367 Read the special issue here: http://www.esajournals.org/toc/fron/12/1
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Tagged Ecology, Landscape, Macrosystem, Resilience, Resistance, River, Riverine, Spatial, Sustainability, Temporal
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Cover of Ecosystems
One of my photos ended up on the cover of the issue of Ecosystems containing a paper I co-authored with Julie Stromberg, Mark Dixon, and Thomas Meixner. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10021-012-9606-3?LI=true
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Tagged Arthropod, Climate Change, Drought, Ecology, Food Web, Insect, Riparian, Water, Water Stress
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Water Wings
I recently wrote a popular article for the Maricopa Audobon Society about the extension of some of my river drying research to birds See page 12: http://www.maricopaaudubon.org/Wrendition%20Winter%202013.pdf
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Tagged Avian, Bird, Climate Change, Drought, Ecology, Food Web, Isotope, Riparian, River, Water, Water Stress
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Water Webs Podcast
A podcast highlighting my water web research was recently produced: http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/media/distillations/174-water-webs.aspx
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Tagged Climate Change, Drought, Ecology, Food Web, Isotope, Water, Water Stress
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