9Jan 20239 Jan 2023

Help us design Technology for Nature

Are you a maker? A genius at computer algorithms? Can you whip up a mobile app before breakfast? Instead of…

6Sep 20169 Jan 2023

What is Structural Ecology?

Structural Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with the 2- and 3-dimensional structure of their environment. In practice,…

Who we are

10 Aug 20199 Jan 2023

Current PI: Gareth Russell Gareth Russell is an Associate Professor of Ecology in the Federated Department of Biological Sciences at NJIT. He started at NJIT in 2005 as an Assistant…

BIOL 375: Conservation Biology…

Biodiversity mapping

6 Feb 20179 Aug 2019

The comment below contains various links to online examples of biodiversity mapping, broadly defined. These form the basis for a discussion of the nature and motivation behind such mapping efforts.

BIOL 375: Conservation Biology…

Kareiva and Marvier 2012: The Aftermath

The comments below hold a series of links and short descriptions of the various responses to Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier's controversial 2012 article "What is Conservation Science?"

BIOL 375: Conservation Biology Blog

19 Jan 201710 Aug 2019

In this blog, undergraduate students in my Conservation Biology course at NJIT will be posting links to relevant news stories that come up over the course of the semester, with…

What is Structural Ecology?

6 Sep 20169 Jan 2023

Structural Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with the 2- and 3-dimensional structure of their environment. In practice, this means trying to understand how animals respond to their surroundings…

BIOL 368: Ecology and Evolution of Disease…

BIOL 368: Blog

30 Aug 20164 Sep 2019

BIOL 368 (NJIT) and 28:120:368 (Rutgers) Ecology and Evolution of Disease This is a blog associated with the course above. Students are asked to post, in the comments section below, short vignettes…