The Baltimore Ecosystem Study has been a National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site since 1998. Visit other LTER sites.
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The Baltimore Ecosystem Study has been a National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site since 1998. Visit other LTER sites.
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Where did Urban Ecology Come From? Zev Naveh and the Total Human Ecosystem
Encountering Zev Naveh – A force of nature One answer to the question of where urban ecology came from has to point to Zev Naveh. When I first heard Zev […]
Urban Ecology Takes a Long Time
We are extraordinarily fortunate in Baltimore to have long-term support for our urban social-ecological research and engagement. BES is funded in 6 year increments, subject to review and approval by […]
A New School of Urban Ecology: Contributions from Baltimore
Modern American urban ecology can be said to have come to fruition to a large extent in Baltimore. Of course there are other cities where parallel, reinforcing, or complementary research […]
Shifting Urban Realities and Nature Beyond Parks
Traditionally, cities have been thought of as distinct from nature. In fact, they have often been considered to be the antithesis of nature. Ecological science in the past seemed to […]
October is BES Annual Meeting Season
In America we seem to follow a regular rhythm of holidays signaled by changing displays to encourage seasonally linked consumption. So as Halloween decorations begin to appear in stores, […]
A Change in the BES Community: A New Position for Peter Groffman
One of the founding members of BES, who has been at the Cary Institute since the project was in its formative phase, is pursuing a new career direction. Peter helped […]
American Urban Ecology Comes of Age
The 100th Anniversary meeting of the Ecological Society of America was held in Baltimore this year. Some 4,600 members of the society gathered to share scientific insights, hold workshops on […]
BES at the 100th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, in Baltimore
The Ecological Society of America is the world’s largest organization of professional ecologists. Its members include not only research scientists at various career stages, from students, through postdoctoral associates, academic […]
A Background Reading for the June 2015 Quarterly Project Meeting
Several of us have been working on an essay to describe more fully than an earlier post here, a theory of urban heterogeneity. That essay is not complete yet, but […]
The Science of Connection in a Disconnected Place
The news from Baltimore has been sad and disturbing over the past few weeks. Urban ecologists, like all ecologists, I think, love the places where they work. So I must […]