Development of land for agriculture and other purposes has turned once-vast areas of wildlife habitat into disconnected patches. Habitat corridors—strips of undeveloped land that link isolated habitats—have long been eyed as ways to boost ... Read More
New study suggests grasslands are resilient in the face of climate change – to a point
Dr. Katherine Gross, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station plant ecologist, co-authored a recently published paper that looks at how human activities are affecting grassland species. Gross and her colleagues analyzed 105 grassland experiments ... Read More
New study uncovers missing pieces in understanding rates of carbon storage in soil
Hickory Corners, Mich.—Minimizing soil disturbances and increasing additions of plant biomass to soil are well-known practices for increasing the carbon storage potential of soil, which is an important tool in stemming the rise of global ... Read More
MSU, KBS at the forefront of guiding Michigan farmers on industrial hemp
Hickory Corners, MI—The 2018 Farm Bill cleared the way for the large-scale growing of industrial hemp. While widespread production won't be possible until the 2020 growing season, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department ... Read More
New book chronicles researcher’s quest for the world’s rarest butterflies
Conservation biologist Nick Haddad didn't set out to study rare butterflies. His undergraduate studies didn't focus on butterflies at all. Yet the plight of the St. Francis' Satyr, a butterfly so scarce that it's found in artillery ranges ... Read More
Pharmaceutical pollution concentrate in stream insects, found to move up the food chain
A new collaborative study is the first to show that pharmaceutical pollution in waterways are passed within the food chain when the contaminated insects are eaten by predators. KBS Professor and Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Ecosystem ... Read More
The carbon footprint of irrigation
A paper by former KBS graduate student Bonnie McGill, along with Steve Hamilton, Neville Millar, and G. Philip (Phil) Robertson, was recently published in Global Change Biology. The study focused on how irrigation affects greenhouse ... Read More
KBS alumni and professors publish in Global Change Biology
Alumni from KBS's Klausmeier-Litchman lab recently published in Global Change Biology on the effects of temperature-nutrient interactions on phytoplankton's sensistivity to warming. The paper was authored by graduate alumni Mridul Thomas ... Read More
Boldness in bass: Personality affects juvenile survival and adult reproductive success
Nick Ballew, Kim Scribner, and Gary Mittelbach have published a new manuscript in the American Naturalist. The publication is based on a study done by Nick as part of his Doctoral Dissertation in Zoology (2014) which investigated the ... Read More
Jen Lau publishes on the effects of fertilizer
KBS Assistant Professor Dr. Jen Lau recently published research from a study she co-authored with Dr. Katy Heath and Christie Klinger of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The research was conducted at KBS's Long-Term Ecological ... Read More
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