Bruno E. Soares, Karen Bailey, Danielle Ignace, Fred Abbott, Teresa Mourad, Carmen R. Cid
{"title":"Lessons from the Diversity Forum at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America","authors":"Bruno E. Soares, Karen Bailey, Danielle Ignace, Fred Abbott, Teresa Mourad, Carmen R. Cid","doi":"10.1002/bes2.70012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a non-profit scientific organization founded in 1915 that has been promoting ecological science through various activities, fostering interactions among scientists and stakeholders inside and outside academia. It has supported research, practice, and the professional development of ecologists for generations, becoming a central hub for ecological science through mentoring programs, annual conferences, scientific publishing, and political engagement. Despite its leadership role in ecological sciences, the ESA, like any other academic society, reflects broader socioeconomic inequalities.</p><p>Human societies are characterized by unequal access to resources and opportunities, where systemic barriers restrict access to education and better job prospects for some groups, perpetuating the status quo. In regions like the United States, where higher education can be prohibitively expensive, entire communities may lack the resources (financial or otherwise) to pursue advanced degrees. This disparity contributes to the underrepresentation of minorities and people with disabilities in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields (NCSES <span>2020</span>). For instance, Black, Hispanic, and Native American individuals constitute a small percentage of STEM professionals relative to their representation in the U.S. population. In the 2010 Census, Black and Hispanic Americans comprised 12 % and 16% of the U.S. population, respectively, but composed only 0.3 % and 3% of the faculty in Biology (Li and Koedel <span>2017</span>). Native Americans comprised 1.2% of the U.S. population in the 2012 Census, but they comprised 0.7% of the faculty at the top 50 Biology departments in the U.S. (Nelson and Madsen <span>2018</span>). Similarly, individuals with disabilities encounter systemic barriers to pursuing or maintaining STEM careers, including limited accessibility in academia and industry (Hawley et al. <span>2013</span>, Chun et al. <span>2024</span>).</p><p>Academia has begun addressing these disparities by recognizing the systemic inequalities that have shaped it and promoting initiatives to improve Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in academia (DEIJ). While significant progress has been made in increasing the representation of white women and other groups in STEM fields (NCSES <span>2020</span>), ethnic diversity is still severely underrepresented in them, especially in fields such as ecology and evolutionary biology (O'Brien et al. <span>2020</span>). For example, ethnic diversity within ESA membership has increased from <5% in 1992 to 9% in 2015, and to 21% in 2024 (Lawrence et al. <span>1993<i>a</i></span>, Beck et al. <span>2014</span>). However, these numbers still fall short of reflecting the ethnic diversity of the U.S. population (U.S. Census Bureau <span>2021</span>). Other strides in inclusivity include fostering accessibility for individuals with disabilities and creatin","PeriodicalId":93418,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America","volume":"106 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bes2.70012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144525212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Niwu Te, Robert J. Griffin-Nolan, Ingrid J. Slette, Yuan Shi, Lin Song, Jiaqi Chen, Hongqiang Wang, Jianqiang Qian, Qiang Yu, Zhengwen Wang, Xiaotao Lü, Xingguo Han, Jitka Klimešová, Scott L. Collins, Wentao Luo
{"title":"Responses of Grassland Bud Traits to Single and Recurrent Droughts Across an Aridity Gradient","authors":"Niwu Te, Robert J. Griffin-Nolan, Ingrid J. Slette, Yuan Shi, Lin Song, Jiaqi Chen, Hongqiang Wang, Jianqiang Qian, Qiang Yu, Zhengwen Wang, Xiaotao Lü, Xingguo Han, Jitka Klimešová, Scott L. Collins, Wentao Luo","doi":"10.1002/bes2.70011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>These photographs illustrate the article “Grassland bud and shoot demographic responses to single and recurrent droughts vary across an aridity gradient” by Niwu Te, Robert J. Griffin-Nolan, Ingrid J. Slette, Yuan Shi, Lin Song, Jiaqi Chen, Hongqiang Wang, Jianqiang Qian, Qiang Yu, Zhengwen Wang, Xiaotao Lü, Xingguo Han, Jitka Klimešová, Scott L. Collins, and Wentao Luo published in <i>Ecology</i>. http://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70002</p>","PeriodicalId":93418,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America","volume":"106 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bes2.70011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144524541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhanced Soil Microbial Cross-Trophic Interactions Under Long-Term Nitrogen Enrichment","authors":"Yang Liu, Yuanhe Yang, Ye Deng, Yunfeng Peng","doi":"10.1002/bes2.70010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70010","url":null,"abstract":"<p>These photographs illustrate the article “Long-term ammonium nitrate addition strengthens soil microbial cross-trophic interactions in a Tibetan alpine steppe” by Yang Liu, Yuanhe Yang, Ye Deng, and Yunfeng Peng published in <i>Ecology</i>. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70057</p>","PeriodicalId":93418,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America","volume":"106 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bes2.70010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143749731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mother Bees Balance Juvenile Predation Risk Against Thermal Stress When Choosing Sunny Nest Sites","authors":"Miriam H. Richards, Jessie L. deHaan","doi":"10.1002/bes2.70005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70005","url":null,"abstract":"<p>These photographs illustrate the article “Trade-offs between brood survival and thermal stress in bees” by Jessie L. deHaan, Jesse Maretzki, Adonis Skandalis, Glenn J. Tattersall, and Miriam H. Richards published in <i>Ecology</i>. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4525</p>","PeriodicalId":93418,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America","volume":"106 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bes2.70005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143749879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Auke-Florian Hiemstra, Barbara Gravendeel, Menno Schilthuizen
{"title":"Avian Archives of the Anthropocene: Plastic Layers in Urban Bird Nests","authors":"Auke-Florian Hiemstra, Barbara Gravendeel, Menno Schilthuizen","doi":"10.1002/bes2.70008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>These photographs illustrate the article “Birds documenting the Anthropocene: stratigraphy of plastic in urban bird nests” by Auke-Florian Hiemstra, Barbara Gravendeel, and Menno Schilthuizen published in <i>Ecology</i>. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70010</p>","PeriodicalId":93418,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America","volume":"106 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bes2.70008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143749707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ESA Fall 2024 Governing Board Meeting Minutes Ecological Society of America Morrison House Hotel Alexandria, VA And Zoom Meeting November 14, 2024","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/bes2.70004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p>President Hampton presiding, meeting called to order at 9:00 AM EST.</p><p>A. Adopt Agenda</p><p>\u0000 <b>Motion to Adopt Meeting Agenda:</b>\u0000 </p><p>Move to adopt meeting agenda</p><p>Motion moved by Kelly Ramirez and seconded by James Rattling Leaf. All Aye</p><p>B. Conflicts/Dualities of Interest</p><p>Executive Director provided an overview for new GB members of the GB Member Duties and COI Policy. Liz Biggs will be retiring in December and has been honored with Lifetime Membership by the Board.</p><p>A. Report from the Secretary (Bruna)</p><p>The Secretary has reviewed the election report and validated the results. He met with the Executive Director, Director of Membership, and the electronic election vendor (Survey and Ballots) on November 4 to review the procedure and plan for changes for next year.</p><p>Results of the 2024 ESA Election:</p><p>\u0000 <b>Motion to Accept 2024 ESA Election Results:</b>\u0000 </p><p>Move to accept results of the 2024 ESA election</p><p>\u0000 <b>Motion to Accept Proposed Nominations Procedures:</b>\u0000 </p><p>Move to accept proposed new nominations procedures following the changes to the Bylaws in August 2024</p><p>Motion moved by Kelly Ramirez and motion seconded by Shahid Naeem. All ayes</p><p>\u0000 <b>Motion to Accept Nominations Committee Members:</b>\u0000 </p><p>Move to accept 2024–2025 Nominations Committee Members</p><p>Motion moved by Kelly Ramirez and motion seconded by Stephanie Hampton. All aye</p><p>B. Report of the President (Hampton)</p><p>President Hampton ended with an overview of ESA Participation in the COP meeting in Cali (16 members were badged as delegates; these ESA delegates paid their own travel). These delegates were engaged and excited, and there were some very interesting discussions among this diverse group. Of particular interest was the Carbon Markets and Biodiversity Accounting; a number of representatives from other groups encouraged the ESA to become involved in the accounting procedures as an independent scientific body engaged in the validation of approaches and procedures.</p><p>The GB discussed the outcome of the interactions with other groups and the importance of strategizing based on the experience for future involvement, and the carbon costs of attendance at these meetings vis-a-vis the present and future benefits and outcomes.</p><p>C. Report of the Executive Director and Staff (O'Riordan, et al.)</p><p>\u0000 <b>Motion to Use Opportunity Fund:</b>\u0000 </p><p>Move to approve use of the Opportunity Fund to support dependent care grants</p><p>\u0000 <b>Motion to Reappoint Bulletin EiC:</b>\u0000 </p><p>Move to accept the recommendation to reappoint Madhusudan Katti to a second 3-year term as EiC of <i>The Bulletin</i></p><p>Motion moved by Kelly Ramirez and motion seconded by Stephanie ","PeriodicalId":93418,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America","volume":"106 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bes2.70004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143749706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-Term Monitoring of Plant Reproduction and General Flowering at Lambir Hills National Park, Borneo","authors":"Shoko Sakai","doi":"10.1002/bes2.70009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70009","url":null,"abstract":"<p>These photographs illustrate the article “18-year plant reproductive phenology dataset from Lambir, Borneo, including four large general flowering events” by Shoko Sakai, Teruyoshi Nagamitsu, Rhett D. Harrison, Tomoaki Ichie, Masahiro Nomura, Takakazu Yumoto, Hidetoshi Nagamasu, Pungga, Runi anak Sylvester, Takao Itioka, Tohru Nakashizuka. published in Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70053.</p>","PeriodicalId":93418,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America","volume":"106 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bes2.70009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143749708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Review of “Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing and Touching Plants is Good for Your Health”","authors":"Edward A. Johnson","doi":"10.1002/bes2.70007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70007","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rarely does the book have a title that not only tells you the subject but also invites you to discover its contents. The book is “<i>Good Nature: why seeing, smelling, hearing and touching plants is good for your health</i>” by Pegasus Books New York. The author is not just another nature enthusiast who believes that plants are important to our well-being. Kathy Willis CBE is a paleoecologist Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology, University of Oxford. She was for 5 years the Director of Science at the Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, United Kingdom. Her goal in <i>Good Nature</i> is to bring together the scientific literature that has an empirical basis for plants affecting our health. Of course, all of us know that eating plants, that is, vegetables, is important to our well-being.</p><p><i>Good Nature</i> assembles the empirical and medical basis for some of the effects on our almost metaphysical senses, like seeing, hearing, touching, and smelling. This is not an approach like taking an herbal pill or hanging some crystal around your neck. It is about finding whether there is consistent empirical evidence of the natural environment affecting our well-being and then what exactly the interaction is between us and the environment. The goal is to find the physical basis of our reactions, for example, brain activity, blood pressure, fMRI, heart rate, level of stress hormones, lymphocyte levels, microbiota. <i>Good Nature</i> says we need to take seriously these effects of nature on our well-being and then encourage research so we can understand exactly how nature affects our health. If we can have a firm understanding of this connection, there are many medical activities we might do besides just walking in the woods or fields and that we can create a better natural environment. This is a book that is not simply about ecosystem services but how our environment reaches into us for health and wellness.</p>","PeriodicalId":93418,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America","volume":"106 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bes2.70007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143749709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fabricio Francisco Santos da Silva, Edjane Silva Damasceno, Ramon Athayde de Souza Cavalcante, Francinete Alves do Nascimento, Mateus Brandão Prates, Luís Francisco Mello Coelho, Daniel Salgado Pifano, Renato Garcia Rodrigues
{"title":"Diversity in Diaspore Morphology and Dispersal Strategies: Exploring the Ecological Richness of the Caatinga","authors":"Fabricio Francisco Santos da Silva, Edjane Silva Damasceno, Ramon Athayde de Souza Cavalcante, Francinete Alves do Nascimento, Mateus Brandão Prates, Luís Francisco Mello Coelho, Daniel Salgado Pifano, Renato Garcia Rodrigues","doi":"10.1002/bes2.70006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70006","url":null,"abstract":"<p>These photographs illustrate the article “Caatinga diaspores: a descriptive overview of dispersal units of seasonally dry tropical forests and woodlands” by Fabricio Francisco Santos da Silva, Edjane Silva Damasceno, Ramon Athayde de Souza Cavalcante, Francinete Alves do Nascimento, Mateus Brandão Prates, Luís Francisco Mello Coelho, Daniel Salgado Pifano and Renato Garcia Rodrigues. published in <i>Ecology</i>. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70024</p>","PeriodicalId":93418,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America","volume":"106 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bes2.70006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143749478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sara Hotchkiss, Stephen T. Jackson, Kendra MacLauchlan, Thompson Webb III
{"title":"Resolution of Respect: Margaret Bryan Davis (1931–2024)","authors":"Sara Hotchkiss, Stephen T. Jackson, Kendra MacLauchlan, Thompson Webb III","doi":"10.1002/bes2.70000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70000","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Margaret Bryan Davis, National Academy of Sciences member and past President of ESA, died May 22, 2024 at 92 after a long illness. She had been living in a retirement community in Boulder, Colorado, USA. Her brother, Kirk Bryan, Jr., nieces, Elizabeth Kohnstamm and Anne Hemenway, and nephew, Ben Bryan, survive her (Photo 1).</p><p>Margaret was born on October 23, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA as the youngest of four children to Mary MacArthur Bryan and Kirk Bryan, Harvard Professor of Geomorphology and Pleistocene Geology. Her interest in biology developed in high school and continued at Radcliffe where she became interested in paleobotany in a class taught by Elso Barghoorn. After graduating summa cum laude in 1953, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Copenhagen, Denmark. There she worked with Johannes Iversen, a world-renowned Quaternary palynologist, and became fascinated by the challenge of describing vegetation history since the last glacial maximum. Margaret appreciated Iversen's focus on interpreting pollen records ecologically, emphasizing the physiology and ecology of plant species (Brubaker <span>1987</span>), and she returned to Harvard in 1954 to begin graduate studies in paleoecology. Both her undergraduate and graduate studies were interdisciplinary, involving geology and biology. Ecologist Hugh Raup, the director of Harvard Forest, served as her PhD advisor. Her dissertation focused on late glacial (16,000–11,000 years ago) pollen records from three sites near Harvard Forest in central Massachusetts (Davis <span>1958</span>).</p><p>Awarded an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, she pursued research at Harvard and Cal Tech between 1957 and 1960. In 1960, Edward Deevey welcomed her into his laboratory at Yale, where she did the groundwork for estimating pollen accumulation rates, among the key innovations she introduced to pollen analysis (Davis and Deevey Jr. <span>1964</span>). At the University of Michigan from 1961 to 1966, she lived the life of a trailing spouse on soft money, first as a research associate in Botany and then with a joint appointment as an Associate Research Biologist at the Great Lakes Research Division. Although her research was on plants, her 1966 appointment as an Associate Professor was in the Zoology Department because of nepotism rules; her husband Rowland Davis's tenure-track appointment was in Botany. In 1970, she was promoted to full professor and began taking action to get her salary raised to an appropriate level. She and Rowland divorced that year. Her salary negotiations succeeded when encouraged by lawsuits, and in 1973, she became a professor of ecology in the Biology Department at Yale. On finding a lack of recognition and support for ecology there, she was pleased in 1976 to be appointed as professor and head of the department of Ecology and Behavioral Biology (EBB), which soon became the department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (EEB) at the University of Minnesota, an appointment ","PeriodicalId":93418,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America","volume":"106 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bes2.70000","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143750000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}