Posts Tagged: Richard Karban
UC Davis Researchers Link Vehicle Pollution to Elevated Insect Damage to Street Trees
Trees planted near streets and highways are subject to elevated insect damage due to the adverse...
Vehicle pollution is associated with elevated insect damage to street trees, UC Davis researchers said in their paper published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. They studied insect damage to native oak trees.
UC Davis lab experiments showed that caterpillars preferred the native oak leaves from the nearby streets and highways.
ENT Seminar Features International Leader in Plant-Insect Interactions
Senior researcher Xoaquín Moreira of the Biological Mission of...
Rick Karban Research: Do Plants Have Personalities?
Do plants have personalities? Yes, if you use the term “personality” to refer to...
UC Davis ecologist Rick Karban, an international authority on plant communication, says that plants have personalities, that individual plants respond differently to alarm calls, just as individual animals do. This is sagebrush that Karban studies.(Photo by Rick Karban)
UC Davis Research Shows That Yeast Can Benefit Bumble Bee Survival and Reproduction
Bumble bees prefer foraging on flowers that contain yeast, but does yeast benefit bumble bee...
This image shows the experimental microcolonies of Bombus impatiens in the UC Davis lab. The developing brood is in the center. (Photo courtesy of Danielle Rutkowski)
Doctoral candidate Danielle Rutkowski working in the field.
Behind the Scenes: Danielle Rutkowski Coordinating Picnic Day Activities at Briggs Hall
Run, roaches run! Squirm, maggots, squirm! If you look behind the scenes of the entomological...
The making of a Maggot Art masterpiece: art is created by dipping maggots into non-toxic, water-based paint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors enjoy creating Maggot Art, suitable for framing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Run, roaches, run! Enthusiasm reigns supreme at the Roach Races. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)