Our 2015 PLoS ONE paper on vegetation change in the Bay Area has been written up in the Earth Science Journal for Kids. This journal was started by several UC Berkeley PhDs, and articles in the primary literature are rewritten for a younger audience, along with some new artwork and a couple of the illustrations […]
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Article on climate change and migration in plants, animals and people by Jessica Hellmann and David Ackerly Published in The Conversation, Oct. 15, 2015 https://theconversation.com/we-are-entering-a-new-era-of-migration-and-not-just-for-people-48650
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Naia Morueta-Holme was featured as an expert on PRI’s Science Friday! She comes in at about 9 minutes 50 seconds into the show: http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment/09/18/2015/a-science-hero-lost-and-found.html For more information, check out her new PNAS paper on Alexander von Humboldt.
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We’ve just published a new multinomial model of projected impacts of climate change on Bay Area vegetation (download here). Maybe the most intriguing result of the model is the prediction that vegetation on north-facing slopes and warmer winter sites (close to the coast) are projected to exhibit more vegetation change in response to future climates. So
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Several new papers are out this spring from the lab! Congratulations to post-docs Susana, Enric, and Naia: Alcantara, S., R. Mello-Silva G. Teodoro, K. Drequeceler, D.D. Ackerly, R. Oliveira. Carbon assimilation and habitat segregation in resurrection plants: Comparison between desiccation and non-desiccation tolerant species of Neotropical Velloziaceae (Pandanales). Func. Ecol. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12462 Batllori, E., D.D.
New papers spring 2015! Read More »
In 2012, the Resources Legacy Fund in Sacramento funded an effort to develop a set of guiding principles for climate adaptation and ecosystem management in California, an effort led by Elizabeth Chornesky with a science advisory team including David Ackerly (download here). This effort has now been translated into a new Bioscience paper that provides four
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Congratulations to Patrick McIntyre for his PNAS paper published today, documenting the 20th century decline in large trees across California, based on comparison of VTM and FIA data. The paper is available at open access here. Some great press coverage as well: LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-forest-study-20150119-story.html National Geographic: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150119-california-forests-shrinking-climate-drought-science/ KTVU SF news: http://wn.ktvu.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=11049705#.VL27TvDsfWs.gmail Nice NPR interview with Patrick: http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2015/01/22/41216/california-s-forests-see-significant-change-over-l/ Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/20/california-big-tree-decline_n_6511870.html?utm_hp_ref=san-francisco
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Welcome to Rachael Olliff and Prahlad Papper, new PhD students starting in Fall 2014!
Welcome new PhD students! Read More »
The Ackerly Lab has two projects open through the Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program for Spring 2015. See project descriptions and apply at: http://research.berkeley.edu/urap/projects/detail.lasso?id_list=Int0259
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Congratulations to post-doc Blair McLaughlin who has just accepted a faculty position at Univ. of Idaho, starting this fall!
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