Posts Tagged: Rachel Vannette
Congrats to Our Star-Studded UC Davis Entomology Faculty
They say good news comes in threes. Sometimes it comes in fives! Congrats to the five UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty...
UC Davis distinguished professor Richard "Rick" Karban has researched plant communication in sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) on the east side of the Sierra since 1995.
Congrats to the Two 'Jakes' from the Rachel Vannette Lab
Congrats to the two "Jakes" from the laboratory of community ecologist Rachel Vannette, UC Davis Department of Entomology...
In this image, Jacob “Jake” Francis and Sage Kruleski, an undergraduate researcher from the University of Nevada, Reno, are sampling nectar and pollen rewards from phlox on Peavine Mountain, northwest of Reno.
Scores of projects in the laboratory of UC Davis community ecologist Rachel Vannette (far left) are in full force. This image appears on the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology home page.
Digging the Digger Bees at Bodega Head
If you vacation at Bodega Bay--sometimes called "Blow-dega" due to whipping winds--you've probably driven to Bodega Head to watch for...
Close-up of a digger bee, Anthophora bomboides stanfordiana, on a sand cliff at Bodega Head, Sonoma County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A digger bee nectaring on a wild radish at Bodega Head. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The female digger bee, Anthophora bomboides stanfordiana, makes these turrets on the sand cliffs at Bodega Head. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A digger bee, Anthophora bomboides stanfordiana, nectaring on a wild radish. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Community Ecologist Involved in Tribute to Two Female Botanists
Botanists Beverly Rathcke (1945-2011) and Jeanne Baret would have been proud. In their lifetimes, they didn't receive...
This is the California fuchsia, Epilobium canum, from the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. UC Davis community ecologist Rachel Vannette isolated a new species of bacteria from this plant. (Photo by Rachel Vannette)
This is the California figwort or California bee plant, Scrophularia californica, from the Stebbens Cold Canyon Reserve. UC Davis community ecologist isolated a new bacteria from this plant. (Photo by Rachel Vannette)
Great Recognition for Their Innovative Research
It's good to see the innovative research of two UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty members, community ecologists Richard...
Research highlights in the impact statement include the work of UC Davis Entomology and Nematology faculty members Rick Karban and Rachel Vannette.