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News Release 11-201

Over the Hump: Ecologists Use Power of Network Science to Challenge Long-Held Theory

Global sampling of 48 sites on five continents yields unprecedented data set

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Bugle lily.

Bugle lily at the Mt. Gilboa study site in South Africa.

Credit: Peter Wragg


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Biologist Peter Adler at a field research site.

Biologist Peter Adler at a field research site in eastern Idaho.

Credit: Peter Adler


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Scientist Elizabeth Borer sampling species at a wildlife reserve.

Scientist Elizabeth Borer sampling species at the William L. Finley NWR in Oregon.

Credit: Elizabeth Borer


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Oak trees and plants at the Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve study site.

The Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve study site in British Columbia, Canada.

Credit: Andrew MacDougall


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A person looking at Billy Buttons in bloom.

Billy Buttons in bloom at Falls Creek, Bogong Joslin Moore High Plains, Australia.

Credit: Joslin Moore


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Grasslands in China.

The alpine grassland study site in Gansu Province, China.

Credit: Chengjin Chu


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Cover of the September 23, 2011 issue of the journal Science.

The researchers' work is described in the September 23, 2011 issue of the journal Science.

Credit: Copyright AAAS 2011


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