Duke University Program in Ecology

Duke University Program in Ecology

Providing interdisciplinary training in all aspects of ecology, including physiological and behavioral ecology; population and evolutionary ecology; community and landscape ecology; biogeochemistry; and ecosystem and global change ecology.

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  • Prospective Students
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  • Current Students
    • NSOE Doctoral Handbook
    • Degree Requirements
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    • Useful Forms
    • Data Science in the Curriculum
      • Matchmaking for Projects in Ecology & Data Science/Stats
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  • People
    • Faculty
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    • UPE Leadership
  • Events
    • UPE Seminar Series
    • UPE Research Symposia
      • 2022 People and Nature Symposium (Spring)
      • 2020 UPE Research Symposium and Retreat (Fall)
      • 2019 UPE Research Symposium and Retreat (Fall)
      • 2019 UPE Research Symposium (Spring)
      • 2018 UPE Research Symposium and Retreat (Fall)
    • Social and Outreach Activities
    • Additional Seminars
    • Henry J. Oosting Memorial Lecture
  • Research Highlights
    • Learning from History: Genetics of Adaptation
    • Data Storytelling
    • Forecasting Disease Dynamics and Distributions in Changing Environments
    • Ecological Forecasting of Forest Communities
    • Tracking Birds and Storms
    • Huge Animals, Huge Impact
    • Ecosystems in Flux: Accurately defining stream nutrient concentration and stream health
    • Measuring the Pulse of Streams
    • Nature vs Nurture… Not!

Research Highlights

Learning from History:
Genetics of Adaptation
Data Storytelling
Forecasting Disease Dynamics and Distributions in Changing Environments
Ecological Forecasting of
Forest Communities
Tracking Birds and Storms
Huge Animals, Huge Impact
Ecosystems in Flux
Measuring the Pulse of Streams
Nature versus Nurture… Not!

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