Research

Comparing the importance of biodiversity to ecosystem function between experiments and larger-scale, real-world systems.

The Hutcheson Memorial Forest Center supports a diverse array of research, including forest ecosystem function, plant/forest community dynamics, and the impacts of land use change and biological invasion on ecosystem function.

For scores of wild bee species, females and males visit very different flowers for food – a discovery that could be important for conservation efforts, according to Rutgers-led research.