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Ecology and Evolution at Stanford

  The Ecology and Evolution group within the Department of Biology brings together
scholars at all stages  to solve problems at the forefront of ecology and evolutionary
biology. We cultivate flexibility in our graduate program, seek interdisciplinary
collaborations, and take seriously the need for basic research in demography, ecology
and evolutionary biology to inform social policy and conservation practice.		    
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Fiorenza Micheli was one of the principle investigators in a global assessment of human impacts on marine ecosystems, published in the February 15 issue of the journal Science. PDF
Gordon
Deborah Gordon was recently awarded an NSF grant for a study investigating the evolution of colony organization in harvester ants, using genetic tools to measure whether colonies that forage more actively produce more offspring colonies.
Dirzo
Rodolfo Dirzo is coordinating an assessment of conservation and trajectories of ecosystem change in Mexico, one component of a four part project supported by Mexico's National Commission on Biodiversity to assess the state of Mexico's ecosystems, their provision of ecosystem services and human well being.
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After years of work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr. Steve Schneider and Dr. Chris Field are among the four generations of IPCC assessment authors who received a collective Nobel Peace Prize for their joint efforts in 2007.
   
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