Welcome to NCEAS

Scientists at NCEAS use existing information to address important questions in ecology and allied disciplines. Hundreds of scholars, including Postdoctoral Associates, Sabbatical Fellows, and visitors in Working Groups and Distributed Graduate Seminars collaborate each year at the Center on scores of projects.

Research

Research Highlights

Featured Research Underway

Exploring the Effects of Evolutionary History on Global Patterns of Diversity
Principal Investigator: Patrick R. Stephens
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This research uses results of advances in molecular biology and computational techniques to explore the origins of large-scale patterns of species richness.

Scientific Products

Featured Dataset

Data on Nonconsumptive Predator Effects
Evan Preisser

Data were gathered from 300 published studies that measured the non-lethal effect of predators on their prey. Includes taxonomic information for both predator and prey, the variable(s) being measured, and means and measures of variation for prey in both a non-lethal treatment and a control treatment.

Projects Funded 2008

Announcements

NCEAS Research in the News

  • Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change: Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle
    Edward A.G. Schuur et al.
    Bioscience 58(8) 701-714

    Abstract

    NCEAS Working Group Results Published in Ecology Special Feature 
    Ecology     89(9)
    When Predators Don’t Eat Their Prey: Nonconsumptive Predator Effects on Prey Dynamics
    PI’s Evan Preisser and Daniel Bolnick, Guest Editors

    Press Release