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Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… suggest that they all have their ecological origin in bat populations.” “The big problem is that since it was … 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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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… fractured by intensive human development. Ballooning deer populations, second-growth forests, suburban and exurban … 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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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… what effect West Nile virus might be having on wild bird populations. While the virus’s effects were readily … And if so, which ones?” LaDeau’s model helped to control for factors like missing data and the variable … urban landscape, paving the way for more effective mosquito control.
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Environmental justice
… measuring the area of lands or wetlands, and increasingly marine habitats, that are under preservation. We can even estimate trends in the populations of endangered species by field surveys. …
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Dr. David L. Strayer
… change. Water clarity, water chemistry, food webs, and populations of native species, including fish, in the Hudson … of species and ecosystems. In addition to his scientific publications, Strayer has written several dozen essays for …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:40
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… in particular how trees, soils, and microbes interact to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, …
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Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise
… the potential for the pathogen to transmit back to human populations. As the virus jumps across species barriers, … is a situation where, when things seem like they’re under control, we have a new variant that spreads fast, looks … public health measures but animal-focused surveillance and control measures as well. Those measures are now more …
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Beech Bark Disease
… they do exist. Healthy beech can still be found in disjunct populations, including lowland and coastal plain forests … systemic or surface-applied insecticides can be used to control the beech scale insect. This is most useful in the … tree but the fungi have not yet established. No biological control organisms (i.e., predators or parasites of the beech …
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The threat nobody is talking about? Covid spillback
… and tuberculosis, diseases that were once brought under control before spilling back into animals which enabled them … According to the European Centre for Disease Protection and Control (ECDC), in November 2020, the animals transmitted a … work is important, she believes that monitoring wild animal populations is far more important in terms of preventing …
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Team Cary: Chelsey Nieman
… was her true passion. Chelsey earned a master’s in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps Institution … This got me excited about the relationship between how fish populations function and how people interact with and impact … undergrad. They didn’t offer classes in fish biology or marine biology, so I decided to double-major in …
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