Grassroots Initiative Connects Clemson Scientists Across Ecology & Evolution

Grassroots Initiative Connects Clemson Scientists Across Ecology & Evolution

CLEMSON, S.C. — Ecology and evolution are often taught separately, but scientists say the two are closely connected, making it difficult to fully understand one without the other. “Everything an organism does is influenced by its evolutionary history and its ecological relationships,” said Michael Caterino, the John and Suzanne Morse Chair of Arthropod Biodiversity in the Clemson University plant and environmental sciences department. “Those two…