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Happy Holidays from the Ecosystem Conservation lab!

PhD position in Global Change and Savanna Ecology at the University of Wyoming. Reminder: Applications due this Friday for full consideration, see link for full details. Please RT. kevinwilcox.weebly.com/lab-opportunit…

Interested in eco-evolutionary dynamics? – We're looking for postdoctoral and graduate students from diverse backgrounds to participate in a fully funded working group! See jennifercocciardi.com/_files/ugd/7d7… for information on the opportunity and how to apply!

Check out these strong and smart women scientists in action, installing exclosures Konza Prairie LTER to test the effects of patch burn grazing on landscape biodiversity. Happy #InternationalWomensDay! I'm grateful for my amazing women colleagues and friends. (photo credit: Joshua Ajowele)

#DYK that the Chesapeake Bay region is home to over 2700 plant species? #SpringBloomsHere on working landscapes as Dr. Amy Hruska surveys forests in Maryland and Virginia!

Congratulations to our graduate fellow Alyssa Young for publishing her work on understory dynamics in North Carolina longleaf pine savannas! You can check out her work here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jv…

Throughout my master’s program, I have been on the lookout for other people articulating experiences about being gay 🏳️‍🌈in science. Now, at the end of my program, I realize- I actually don’t know any (out) lesbian grad students in my department, other than myself. 🧵

Check out this feature on postdoc @ecologist_amy's amazing work to track past and present songbird responses to forest fragmentation! Happy #EarthDay!

#drought x #grazing project is in its 5 yr! Starting to estimate forage biomass, digestibility, and energy post-drought and post-grazing treatments! #DroughtOnTheRange #DealingWithDrought

Grasses tend to be undervalued but have influenced the trajectory of human history through their domestication as food staples, as well as natural ecosystems worldwide. A new special issue of Science explores the unrecognized value of grass: fcld.ly/bo80dpr

I'm excited to share that I am joining UNCG as an Associate Professor in UNCG Biology starting this fall. I'm looking forward to new research and teaching avenues and collaborations, while still maintaining research ties with colleagues at SmithsonianEnv.