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Our program is loaded with scientific, social and FUN events! Register today Profound Change This new blog post by ESA President Kathie Weathers discusses major new initiatives passed and endorsed by the Governing Board, including significant changes to ESA's governance. Members: Please submit your thoughts! Read more Lead Your Society Make an important, lasting contribution to ESA and the field of ecology! We seek nominations and self-nominations for several committees that work to support the Society's strategic priorities. Read more Happy Birthday, SEEDS! Our flagship undergraduate diversity program turns 25 this year, and we're looking ahead for much more great work to come. Can you donate $25 to support SEEDS today? Read more Journals & Publications Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Predators like the gray wolf ( Canis lupus ) provide humans with ecosystem services and disservices. These can be both direct, such as wolf-related tourism and livestock losses, as well as indirect, including the regulation of elk ( Cervus canadensis ) populations and reduced opportunities for elk hunting. In the June issue of Frontiers , Gilbert et al . discuss how conservation outcomes can be improved when resource managers and other decision makers account for such indirect “predation” services in models that aim to assign economic value to carnivores. Read more Ecology In their study published in the May issue of Ecology , Davies et al. investigated how African wild dogs, which are competitively inferior to lions and frequently killed by them, coexist with lions in a landscape where both carnivores are present at exceptionally high densities. They found wild dogs are able to exploit the heterogeneous landscape of the study region to avoid detection by lions, providing evidence for spatial heterogeneity being a mechanism for carnivore coexistence. Read more Ecosphere Two ecosystem engineering beachgrass species dominate the coastal sand dunes of the United States Pacific Northwest. European beachgrass ( Ammophila arenaria ) and American beachgrass ( Ammophila breviligulata ) were intentionally introduced to stabilize a naturally shifting sand environment and have had differential effects on coastal protection and biodiversity conservation. A novel hybrid between these two species is described by Mostow et al. in the April issue of Ecosphere on the basis of morphological, cytological, and genetic analyses. The Ammophila hybrid has been found at 12 coastal sites in Washington and Oregon, including the dune pictured here in Pacific City, Oregon. Understanding the ecological and population genetic consequences of this novel hybridization event is of the utmost importance in a system in which any change in dominant beachgrass species can have large effects on both biodiversity management and coastal protection. Read more Ecological Applications Gregarious nymphs of the desert locust ( Schistocerca gregaria ) diurnally march on the hot ground of extreme thermal environments. In the June issue of Ecological Applications , Maeno et al. show that locusts could successfully maintain high but tolerable temperatures for efficient digestion through behavioral thermoregulation. A general biophysical model of thermoregulatory behavior allows forecasting activities of this most destructive locust species. The cover image shows stilting locusts which remain on the ground and lift their bodies to be distant from the hot ground surface of the Sahara Desert as a cool-down behavior. Read more Ecological Monographs With ongoing global change, landscape structure changes are expected to be a driver of extinction rates of temperate zone ectotherms. In a study by Rozen-Rechels et al. in the May issue of Ecological Monographs , the authors conclude that changes in water availability, coupled with rising temperatures, might have a drastic impact on the population dynamics of some ectotherm species. Read more Bulletin Not all field stations are remote! Temple University's new Ambler Field Station supports ongoing studies of forest recovery, stormwater management, and invasive species control, as well as hosting educational and citizen science programming, all less than an hour from Philadelphia. Read more in the April issue of the Bulletin . Read more Careers in Ecology (Open Positions) Join the nation’s largest organization of professional ecologists Learn more about ESA and the benefits of membership , free section or chapter membership , access to our networking directory of professional ecologists and options for professional certification . ESA is the nation's largest organization of professional ecologists. 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