[Info] NCEAS News - Importance of natural history in science and society

[LeeAnne French]

      New in /BioScience/ - Importance of natural history in science and
      society
      <https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/new-bioscience-importance-natural-history-science-and-society>

March 26, 2014

Pollen-bearing stamens. Photo Credit Jon Sullivan

In developed countries there has been a steep decline for the support of 
natural history however, the importance of the essential knowledge 
gained through studying the fundamental nature of organisms has not 
waned. Josh Tewksbury, NCEAS sabbatical fellow from the University of 
Washington, convened a group of 17 researchers including former NCEAS 
deputy director, Stephanie Hampton, which resulted in an important new 
manuscript in the April issue of /BioScience/ highlighting numerous 
examples of the essential knowledge natural history has provided for 
fields as varied as human health, food security, conservation, land 
management, and recreation. More> 
<https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/new-bioscience-importance-natural-history-science-and-society>

		*Natural History's Place in Science and Society*  <http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/03/23/biosci.biu032.full>  
		/BioScience/  April 2014

-- 
LeeAnne French
Associate Director Communication and Outreach
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
french at nceas.ucsb.edu
805-892-2529

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.nceas.ucsb.edu/pipermail/info/attachments/20140326/06835e4f/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Pollen_on_flower_stamens_PC_JonSullivan800w_0.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 7271 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.nceas.ucsb.edu/pipermail/info/attachments/20140326/06835e4f/attachment.jpg>