Poplar trees (Populus) provide vital ecosystem services for humans and are a critical species within their wide range of habitats. Our research goal was to investigate whether hybridization between Populus trichocharpa ...

For early spring wildflowers in Wisconsin, global climate change may lead to warmer, drier climates with more day-to-day variability, which in turn can impact flower and pollinator phenology, plant-pollinator network ...

Global change is predicted to result in warmer and more variable temperatures, which may impact insect learning. Learning is critical to social insects, like bumble bees, where colony success relies on worker memory. We ...

Microbial species that fix atmospheric nitrogen can benefit plants by colonizing the area around the roots or internal plant tissues and increasing nutrient availability. This process can reduce the need for synthetic ...

Understanding why some individuals within populations are more prone to harbor parasites (and diseases) than others is an important biological question. Repeated measures on marked individuals over time are required to ...

We investigated how stress (low moisture and mineral nutrients) influences how functional community assembly differs from random drift assembly. Plant strategy theory suggests that stressful habitats should be dominated ...

This study explored patterns of spatial and temporal variability in the structure of coral reef fish assemblages around San Salvador Island, The Bahamas. For 25 years, students from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire ...

Introgression is the incorporation of genetic material from one species into another and can contribute to evolution. The goal of this research was to detect if introgression occurred in population of three sunflower species ...

We will evaluate the cytotoxic effects of ginger oil on cultured MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. Essential oils, commonly used through topical application or aromatherapy, have been explored for their potential to alleviate ...

Mangrove communities play a significant role in shaping coastal communities such as San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Communities consisting of red, black, white, and buttonwood trees are commonly divided into specific regions ...