This year we are proud to announce a joint fundraising project with Dr. Lydia Luisa Jennings, Postdoctorial Researcher, to help support the TEK section.

Elisabeth recently graduated from the dual-degree masters program through the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine. Her research focused on the soft-shell clam industry, which is ...

Preamble: This code provides guiding principles of conduct for all members of the Ecological Society of America and all ecologists certified by the Society. It is the desire and purpose of the Society ...

What does ecology have to do with me? Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment; it seeks to understand the vital connections ...

ESA’s new president-elect for 2026, Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd, is Associate Director for Fisheries and Wildlife at the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment. In their current role ...

The George Mercer Award is given for an outstanding ecological research paper published within the past two years by a younger researcher (the lead author of the paper must be 40 years of age or ...

Get your professional development from your professional society! These scientific, technical and professional virtual events are a benefit to members and certified ecologists, and a resource for the ...

The list below covers an array of concepts critical to understanding ecology. It is based, in large part, on the material presented in introductory ecology textbooks and thus, represents an inventory ...

ESA has adopted a society-wide Open Research Policy for its publications to further support scientific exploration and preservation, allow a full assessment of published research, and streamline ...

The panel provides impartial scientific expertise to agencies and partners, and represents the expertise of professional ecologists spanning academic, agency and non-governmental sectors. The ESA ...

In my experience, most students considering graduate school have little knowledge of how to gain admission, how to choose a program, or how to find and select an advisor. Here, I try to remedy these ...

Welcome to the homepage of the ESA Early Career Ecology Section! The 2024 Annual Meeting is coming up in Long Beach, CA. If you'll be there, be sure to stop by our table to say hello, and check out ...