Experts in ecosystem resilience, ground-penetrating radar and social systems receive KU research achievement awards
Recognizing outstanding staff and postdoctoral researchers
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Recognizing outstanding staff and postdoctoral researchers
Wed, 01/27/2021 LAWRENCE — For at least a century, ecologists have wondered at the tendency for populations of different species to cycle up and down in steady, rhythmic patterns. “These cycles can be really exaggerated — really huge booms and huge busts — and quite regular,” said Daniel Reuman, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas and senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey. “It attracted people’s attention because it was kind of mysterious. Why would such a big thing be happening?” A second observation in animal populations might b...