Biology Professor, Miles Silman is the Director of the Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. The WFU News Center recently posted a faculty profile on his exciting work and ongoing involvement in studying climate change, sustainability, tropical conservation, and the environment.
As a conservation biologist, Miles Silman has been a leader Read more »
Just how many plant species are threatened by land development in the Amazon? Biology Professor Miles Silman and research Ken Feeley published a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the degree to which plant species are threatened is highly location dependent. The article in Read more »
Missing Pieces
David Malakoff | January 27, 2011 | Conservation Magazine
Sparse tropical plant collections complicate efforts to predict climate impacts
Want to know if that Amazonian orchid you love so much is likely to survive a warming climate? Don’t hold your breath. Efforts to create models that predict how distributions of tropical species Read more »