Category Archives: research papers

Cities as a glimpse of the future

Posted on September 4, 2014 by elsa

from the Frank Lab Website August 27, 2014 This is an essay I wrote about my recent research on cities and climate change; the results were just published in Global Change Biology. About a year ago, I found myself sitting … Continue reading →

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Why Ant-garden Ants Carry Seeds

Posted on December 30, 2010 by elsa

Divergent Chemical Cues Elicit Seed Collecting by Ants in an Obligate Multi-Species Mutualism in Lowland Amazonia from PLoS ONE December 30, 2010 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015822) (OK, not exactly a clip. Still clearing old grad school research off the desk, and here’s the … Continue reading →

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