"EEBies" study a wide variety of taxa, from the archaea to fungi, from algae to insects, from grasses to mammals.  We ask questions at a variety of levels from physiological ecology to phylogenetic reconstruction. We use tools as varied as quadrats and computer models, molecules and satellites, to get at the answers.  We work in ecosystems throughout Oklahoma, from high prairie to the ozark forests, from rivers to reservoirs, and from the polar seas to tropical rainforests.

 Our program offers guidance, tools, facilities, and financial support to students of ecology and evolutionary biology. 

Ecomunch
Wednesdays, 1:30 Richards 304

November 18
Luc DeMeester, Katholieke Universitaat Leuven""Evolution, priority effects and community assembly""

ZOO seminar
Wednesdays, 4:30 GLCH auditorium

Coming up:

December 2
Todd Palmer, Univ. Florida, "Ants, plants, and elephants: long-term dynamics of a multi-species mutualism"y

New NSF grant: “A cyberCommons for Ecological Forecasting”

Forecasting future states of ecosystems and their services is one of the grand challenges in ecology. Four universities in Kansas and Oklahoma are collaborating to integrate two frameworks – science framework of data, models, analytics and narratives, and cyberinfrastructure framework of hardware, software, collaboration and integration environment – to develop cyber-enabled ecological forecasting. The project is focused on forecasting future dynamics of biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity in response to changes in land-use and climate. The project involves many ecologists and computer scientists.