I was reading a scientific article on how Bison are a keystone species in the Konza prairie (located in northeastern Kansas) and the various effects they have on the ecosystem there from eating dominant grasses and thereby increasing biodiversity, to a direct effect on the nitrogen cycle with physical landscape changes (wallows) in there for [...]
In intro level classes, you don’t expect to hear about Pisaster ochraceous more than once in a day in more than one class. After all, how many classes can discuss a specific sea star without being off topic?
I must excuse my ecology class. The experiment by Robert Paine determining the role of Pisaster in shaping [...]
Many people have heard of the term “ecological footprint”. The dictionary gives the definition as “the sum of an individual’s, or entity’s, impact on the environment, based on consumption and pollution.
The ecology discussion session I attended today was discussing this term and someone succinctly suggested that the United States had an ecological footprint that was [...]
Kallen is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Biology and Journalism at the University of Oregon and, of course, writing a blog.