University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: research

Seed dispersal gets a test in carved-out ‘habitat corridors’

Field ecologists go to great lengths to get data: radio collars and automatic video cameras are only two of their creative techniques for documenting the natural world. So when a group of ecologists set out to see how wind moves seeds through isolated patches of habitat carved into a longleaf pine plantation in South Carolina, they twisted colored yarn to create mock seeds that would drift with the wind much like native seeds.

Experienced executive LaBelle to lead Office of Corporate Relations

Susan LaBelle, a veteran private sector executive and economic development leader who has taught in the UW-Madison master’s in biotechnology program, has been selected to head the university’s Office of Corporate Relations (OCR).