School of Integrative Biology

Scientists are trying to tweak a well-known model of ecological change to account for environmental fluctuations

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.

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.

Study measures speed of trap-jaw ant boxing

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Biologists and mathematicians at the University of Illinois work together to examine the developmental sources of variation within and between species

Plant biology professor Evan DeLucia and co-authors found that the renewable fuel standard’s greater emphasis on second-generation biofuel can reduce emissions greatly despite economic considerations.

Seven University of Illinois researchers have been named to the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers list for 2015. Among them are two faculty members of the School of Integrative Biology.

U. of I. professor Feng Sheng Hu led a study of carbon cycling and forest fires in the boreal forests of the Yukon Flats in Alaska.