SIB News
In Memoriam - Dr. Sharon Gray (1985-2016)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.Sc. Integrative Biology, 2006 Ph.D. Plant Biology, 2013
Publication Date: 07 October 2016
Future drought will offset benefits of higher CO2 on soybean yields
Plant biology professor Andrew Leakey and colleagues report that soybeans will suffer yield losses sooner than previously predicted under future conditions that combine elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels with drought.
Publication Date: 08 September 2016
Scientists watch as water fleas take over new territory
University of Illinois animal biology professor Carla Cáceres and graduate student Christopher Holmes led a study of Daphnia pulex, an aquatic crustacean, to gain insight into the ecology of ponds.
Publication Date: 20 July 2016
Current diversity pattern of North American mammals a ‘recent’ trend
In a study of fossils spanning 63 million years, University of Illinois animal biology professor Jonathan Marcot and his colleagues found that current patterns of mammal biodiversity in North America are a relatively recent phenomenon.
Publication Date: 13 June 2016
Researcher studies how animals puncture things
Illinois animal biology professor Philip Anderson and his colleagues found that increasing the speed of a projectile enhances its ability to puncture an object more effectively than increasing its mass.
Publication Date: 23 April 2016
Study suggests commercial bumble bee industry amplified a fungal pathogen
Scientists hoping to explain widespread declines in wild bumble bee populations have conducted the first long-term genetic study of Nosema bombi, a key fungal pathogen of honey bees and bumble bees.
Publication Date: 05 April 2016
Fixing a Broken Theory of Nature
Scientists are trying to tweak a well-known model of ecological change to account for environmental fluctuations
Publication Date: 05 April 2016
Fungi are at the root of tropical forest diversity–or lack thereof, study finds
University of Illinois plant biology professor James Dalling, graduate student Adriana Corrales and their colleagues found that fungi that associate with tree roots can profoundly influence plant diversity in a tropical forest.
Publication Date: 24 February 2016
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Publication Date: 12 February 2016
Forget butterflies and bees, box like an ant
Study measures speed of trap-jaw ant boxing
Publication Date: 12 February 2016