Since its inception in September 2008, more than 1,200 different participants have attended NIMBioS-sponsored events, including 35 Working Group meetings, 10 Investigative Workshops, 8 Tutorials and approximately 75 Outreach and Education activities. Participants came from 36 countries, including 49 different states in the U.S., as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. A total of 464 different institutions were represented, primarily colleges or universities (88%). Research efforts supported by NIMBioS have led to more than 60 publications on research ranging across many areas of applied mathematics, epidemiology, evolution, ecology and conservation biology. Find these details and more in our 2011 Annual Report to the National Science Foundation.

Species pairs that disappear through hybridization after human-induced changes to the environment can reemerge if the disturbance is removed, according to a new mathematical model that shows the conditions under which reemergence might happen. The findings, published in the journal Evolution, are important for conservationists and ecosystem managers interested in preserving, or even restoring, systems that have been disturbed by human activity. By simulating environmental disturbances that reduce the ability of individuals to identify and select mates from their own species, the model explores the mechanisms that cause hybridization between closely-related species. Click here for the rest of the story. Citation: Gilman RT, Behm JE. 2011. Hybridization, species collapse, and species reemergence after disturbance to premating mechanisms of reproductive isolation. Evolution. Article first published online: 29 APR 2011. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01320.x