Posts Tagged: Ian Pearse
Do Forests Play a Role in Bumble Bee Life History?
Do forests play a role in bumble bee life history? Yes, says UC Davis alumnus and research ecologist John Mola and his colleagues in...
The cover image of BioScience by Diego Delso shows a Bombus terrestris, a buff-tailed bumble bee that is one of the most numerous bumble bee species in Europe.
Bring on the Tourists!
It's a case of a sticky situation benefitting a plant. Or more precisely, dead fruit flies or carrion on a tarweed plant can benefit the plant in...
Assassin bug. Pselliopus spinicollis, feeding on dead Drosophila. (Photo by Sam Beck)
Caterpillar, Heliothodes diminutiva, feeding on tarweed flower. (Photo by Sam Beck)
A Lot of Gall
Those oak trees (Quercus lobata) in California’s Central Valley have a lot of gall. Ian Pearse, Maxwell Joseph and Melanie Gentles of the UC Davis...
Ian Pearse examines oak apple galls. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
When Does Personality Matter?
When does personality matter? Jonathan Pruitt, a postdoctoral fellow with the Center for Population Biology, UC Davis Department of Evolution and...
Jonathan Pruitt
Why Some and Not Others
When you visit the Peter J. Shields Oak Grove in the UC Davis Arboretum, you'll see one of the most diverse mature oak collections in the United...
Ian Pearse
Insect Damage