A walk in the woods – 17 years later
Check out BES graduate student Ian Yesilonis’ post in the Short Stories About Long-Term Research blog. He writes about the ups and downs of urban field research over time. “In […]
Entries by Maribeth Rubenstein
BES Synthesis and Integration Publication Timeline Available
BES has been a major source of integration among disciplines as it explores the structure, processes, and dynamics of Baltimore as a social-ecological system. Some key integrative and synthetic papers […]
2019 Annual Research Conference
Please check back soon for abstracts and photographs from the 21st Annual BES Research Conference.
A New Book from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study
BES has been underway for more than 20 years. Over that time, the many researchers, educators, and practitioners in the project have made significant contributions to understanding a metropolitan area as […]
In Baltimore, lower income neighborhoods have bigger mosquitoes
As part of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, Cary Institute scientists have been investigating how environmental and social conditions regulate mosquito numbers. Tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) were the focus of this […]
BES featured in national Parks & Recreation magazine
The Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) is a groundbreaking urban ecology research project that launched in 1997 and, 22 years later, is still…producing novel and important research. As one of the […]
BES Breakdowns – Take a dive into a recent scientific paper
‘Towards an urban marine ecology: characterizing the drivers, patterns and processes of marine ecosystems in coastal cities’ by Peter A. Todd, Eliza C. Heery, Lynette H. L. Loke, Ruth H. […]
Back to the wild: how ‘ungardening’ took root in America
Our co-PI Dr. Christopher Swan talks about his rewilding efforts in Baltimore. Could greening vacant lots and ‘ungardening’ yards can lead to more ecosystem services and better public health? Read […]
Watershed Studies
Brief description The watershed approach, i.e. monitoring inputs and hydrologic outputs of nutrients, has long been fundamental in ecosystem ecology, and is an important component of many sites in the […]
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