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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… (1975) and a PhD from Dartmouth College in Biology and Plant Ecology (1981). Before being hired at Cary Institute, … in particular how trees, soils, and microbes interact to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, … as well. Christine Goodale It was a great delight over the years to work with Gary in his many roles, and none …
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Dr. Winslow D. Hansen
… dispersal and pollination). She received her M.Sc. in plant ecology and Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary … GIS, and high performance computing applications. In her over 20 years in the field, she has contributed to various … applications, and government-sponsored efforts to control forest pathogens in both the US and Canada. She has …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:15
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… that some people believe that Lyme disease didn’t spill over naturally. Because Burgdorfer had ties to the US … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the … intact, getting deer, tick, and rodent populations under control, scaling back the WUI lifestyle that puts so many …
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Beech Bark Disease
… the largest trees first, making trees with a diameter of over 50 cm (20 inches) hard to find. When the disease causes … by the level of nitrogen in the tree 1 . Like many plant-eating insects, the beech scale’s population growth … systemic or surface-applied insecticides can be used to control the beech scale insect. This is most useful in the …
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Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space
… ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory Soils all over the world contain different amounts of water, and these … critical support for life on Earth. Soil moisture regulates plant growth, affecting wildlife and ecosystems. It also … measuring waterflow in river basins, and disease control and prevention managers can all put soil moisture …
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
… As surveys for the two invasive species carried on over the summer, the news got worse. Both insects had been … species from entering the country, through its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). APHIS’s plant … Cue the stingless wasps. Hope for ash Biological control is a fancy term for a living creature that is a kind …
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Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… “The number of viruses in bats and rodents (that have over 2200 species) is expected to be proportionally greater … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders … in their environment, and how important they are to help control pest insects and also that they should not only be …
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Dr. Sarah Batterman
Dr. Sarah Batterman Tropical Forest Ecologist Expertise terrestrial carbon … also turning to the past to understand how the evolution of plant symbioses with fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria changed the climate over earth's long-term history. Batterman discovered …
ltumblety - 01/03/2024 - 10:11
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Squirrels could make monkeypox a forever problem
… I was like, ‘Can Monkey be in his cage when we come over?’” Slifka made it home pox-free, and the 2003 … than it sounds: Most everyone in these areas interacts with forest creatures all the time. “It’s not like, ‘Oh, it … from surging into a new animal species, Han said, “is to control the human outbreak.” Already, monkeypox’s …
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Elizabeth Buhr
… Buhr is a field manager and junior programmer in the Forest Futures Lab. She coordinates Alaskan fieldwork and … she worked as a field research assistant studying alpine plant community ecology at the University of Colorado’s … she spent two years in New Mexico collecting native plant seeds for restoration and conservation through the …
ltumblety - 12/11/2023 - 09:00