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  1. Image credit:  Rural Sociological Society

    Research to be presented at upcoming annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society

    Jul 27, 2016

    Income inequality, rural food insecurity and demographic change are just a few of the topics that will be presented at the upcoming Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada (August 7-10). Understanding rural social class in an era of global challenge is the theme of this year’s annual meeting.  The conference brings together rural sociologists, social scientists, historians, economists and others to learn, network and become engaged in rural research.  Ohio State is well represented at this year’s meeting with several presentations scheduled. 
  2. The grizzly, or brown, bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is posed to lose protections under the Endangered Species Act. Photo credit:  Jim Peaco, Yellowstone National Park

    Role of bias investigated in listing decisions of grizzly bears

    Jun 23, 2016

    School of Environment and Natural Resources faculty members Jeremy T. Bruskotter and Robyn S. Wilson are co-authors with Professor John A. Vucetich, Michigan Technology University, on an article recently published in The Conversation. The article focuses on grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) and seeks to gain insight into the role bias may play in listing decisions of species under the Endangered Species Act.

     

     

  3. Professor Richard Dick with farmers in Niger beside Guiera senegalensis, an indigenous shrub his research has shown enhances soils, reduces drought stress, and increases crop productivity in the Sahel. (Photo credit: Dr. Tougiani ABASSE)

    Professor participates in global gathering

    Mar 22, 2016

    Professor Richard Dick, was an invited participant at the first Next Einstein Forum (NEF) Global Gathering, held March 8-10, 2016 in Dakar, Senegal.  For the past 15 years, Dick, funded mainly by the National Science Foundation, has led a team of scientists conducting research on rhizosphere hydrology and microbiology of shrub-intercropping systems in Senegal, West Africa.  He was asked to attend the invitation-only forum in recognition of his long-term research of semi-arid agroecosystems and engagement with West African scientists and universities, Dick said.

  4. River ecosystems show ‘incredible’ initial recovery after dam removal

    Jan 4, 2016

    A songbird species that flourishes on the salmon-rich side of dams in the western United States struggles when it tries to nest on the side closed off from the fish and the nutrients they leave behind.  But the songbird and the rest of the divided ecosystem rebounds, faster than some experts expected, when dams come down and rivers are allowed to resume their natural flow.  Two new studies led by Christopher Tonra, assistant professor of avian wildlife ecology at The Ohio State University, illustrate the stress dams impose on species that rely on salmon and the impact of dam removal on the well-being of that wildlife.
  5. Faculty to study sources and fates of nutrients in Ohio River basin watersheds

    Nov 26, 2015

    Mažeika Sullivan, Kris Jaeger, Lauren Pintor, and Kaiguang Zhao, faculty in the School of Environment and Natural Resources, have been awarded a grant to study the sources and fates of nutrients in watersheds of the Ohio River basin. The project addresses the arising need to further quantify, spatially and temporally, phosphorus and nitrogen dynamics and their influences on aquatic life and harmful algal blooms

  6. Connection between diet and coyote-human conflict focus of article

    Nov 3, 2015

    Associate Professor Stan Gehrt's research on the diets of coyotes in the Cape Breton area involved in killing Canadian folk singer, Taylor Mitchell in 2009, is the focus of a recent article for The Wildlife Society.  At the 22nd Annual Wildlife Society Conference held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Gehrt shared findings from a study he and other researchers conducted to examine the diets of coyotes in the area to see if there is a relationship between the use of human food and coyote-human conflict.

  7. Funding Awarded to Quantify and Predict Ecological Weed Management Strategies among Organic Farmers

    Oct 21, 2015

    School of Environment and Natural Resources Associate Professor Robyn S. Wilson’s new three-year $498,658 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) funded grant, "Quantifying and predicting the effects of ecological weed management strategies on organic agroecosystems to inform farmer decision making," will produce a decision support framework for organic farmers that employs science-informed and values based criteria to accurately predict the impact of ecological weed management strategies on soil health, resource competition, management costs and farmer quality of life.

  8. Invasive species as junk food for predators

    Oct 20, 2015

    A new analysis of scientific studies spanning more than two decades, co-authored by Assistant Professor Lauren Pintor, and published in the journal Ecology Letters has revealed that predators benefit most from eating invasive prey only if their traditional food sources remain intact—that is, if they are able to maintain their usual diet and eat invaders only as an occasional snack.  Read the full news release here.
  9. Ohio State Working to Update Tri-State Fertility Recommendations for Soybeans, Corn and Wheat

    Oct 18, 2015

    Soil Fertility Specialist Steve Culman is looking to recruit growers interested in helping researchers update the soybean, corn and wheat fertility recommendations for Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.  He is seeking growers to participate in a project to look at nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in soybeans, corn and wheat as part of an overall effort to update the tri-state fertility recommendations. 
  10. SENR faculty member co-authors article on moving beyond single season research

    Sep 3, 2015

    In a recent opinion piece published in Biology Letters, School of Environment and Natural Resources faculty member Christopher Tonra and collaborating scientists from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center call for “a full annual cycle perspective” to better understand the ecology and evolution of vertebrates.

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