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  1. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … have found that the presence in the landscape of a diverse community of midsize predators, including foxes, is … a reduction in the abundance of infected nymphs: More mid-level predators = fewer rodents = fewer infected nymphs. … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  2. Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?

    … roads after heavy snowfalls. Residents of the north-eastern Chinese city even reported hearing their chassis strike the … growing awareness of the harmful environmental and health effects of sodium chloride salts, their “sheer … usage on roads. In the US, Kelly said that while national-level data is available, there are gaps in data at the local …

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  3. Dr. David L. Strayer

    … whose current work focuses on measuring the long-term effects of zebra mussels on the Hudson River ecosystem, and … wrote Freshwater Mussel Ecology: A Multifactor Approach to Distribution and Abundance. Zebra mussels and pearly … of species and ecosystems. In addition to his scientific publications, Strayer has written several dozen essays for …

    ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:40

  4. Beech Bark Disease

    … tree species in the forest. Such shifts have important effects on soil development and nutrient cycling 2 . … Evidence of disease resistance There is a low level of natural resistance to beech bark disease in the … G. M. Lovett, M. A. Arthur, and K. C. Weathers. 2003. The distribution and severity of beech bark disease in the …

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  5. The more we lose biodiversity, the worse will be the spread of infectious diseases

    … effect. In a 2018 report in the Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Patil’s group attributed an outbreak … species evenness is important as it indicates the total distribution of vectors available for a pathogen to feed on, … with body size, he says. “We also found that dilution effects occurred for most frequency-transmitted pathogens …

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  6. Dr. Jazlynn Hall

    … in ecology, hydrology, and geography to identify the effects of forest disturbance from extreme events on carbon … of the Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) community assessing forest damage from Hurricane Maria. She …

    ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:34

  7. Cary Institute to offer immersive, paid research experience for teachers

    … is a field they can pursue throughout their lives,” said community ecologist Jane Lucas , who will lead Cary … fire dynamics, conduct field surveys of tick density and distribution, explore soil food webs, and identify tree …

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  8. New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison

    … humans, and land use change affected bison population and distribution across Europe. Toggling off different variables … years ago due to rapid warming of the climate and its effects on bison habitat. After that, the activities of a … Hunting caused range loss in the north and east of its distribution, while land use change was responsible for …

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  9. Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward

    … be having on wild bird populations. While the virus’s effects were readily apparent in urban areas, where birds … same advisor as LaDeau, Peter Marra  — was studying the effects of drought on the American redstart, and realized … of data related to mosquito composition, abundance, and distribution in urban areas. Since then, her work with …

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  10. Dr. Evan Gora

    … landscape and beyond. Much of this research focuses on the effects of a rarely studied phenomenon – lightning – and … environmental conditions, biogeochemistry, and decomposer community assembly influence decomposition. This work has …

    ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:10