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New paper on human impacts on food plant biogeography
(Post by lab graduate Carolyn Flower, M. sc.) We just published our open access study in Global Ecology and Biogeography on how human food use can potentially influence plant geographical ranges in the Sonoran Desert. The use of plants for food is one of the most important ways in which humans can increase distributions, via…
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Research experience in ecology for K-12 teachers: summer 2021, $8000 stipend + travel costs + classroom supplies
NSF-RET, Ecology, Network Science, and Plant Ecophysiology The Macrosystems Ecology Laboratory at the University of California Berkeley is seeking a K-12 teacher to join our team in summer 2021 as part of an ecology project supported by the National Science Foundation. This Research Experience for Teachers (RET) would support lab and fieldwork based at the…
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Call to Artists – Funded Residency
Create and exhibit work at the interface of ecology, botany, and network science at UC Berkeley 6-month residency, $17,000 artist budget Applications due April 30, 2021 https://benjaminblonder.org/join/call-to-artists-2021-2022/
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A little activity
A few lab activities are now beginning to happen on campus again, with plenty of ventilation and masks and reduced personnel densities. Lab spaces that have been dusty for a year are beginning to see some use – and where possible, we have been trying to build community outdoors. Rain and remote work have been…