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Beech Bark Disease
… Invasive Forest Pests … tree species in the forest. Such shifts have important effects on soil development and nutrient cycling 2 . … by the level of nitrogen in the tree 1 . Like many plant-eating insects, the beech scale’s population growth …
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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, … early research transformed how scientists calculate forest nitrogen budgets. He was among the first to document that … - from particles in the air - delivered as much or more nitrogen to forests than rainfall. Gary also advanced …
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In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients
… is very limited in tropical forest soils and important to plant growth.” In this study, the team compared the … fertilize other plants throughout the forest, with broad effects on nutrient cycling in the forest community.” … on these systems. Our findings lead to more effective management and policy actions and increased environmental …
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Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
… gas into a form of nitrogen that is available to fuel plant growth. Through these interactions, nitrogen fixers … trees in a tropical forest, we need to isolate their effects. We can't do that in a real forest because adding or … on these systems. Our findings lead to more effective management and policy actions and increased environmental …
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Dr. Winslow D. Hansen
… at Grand Teton National Park to evaluate whether different management strategies might reduce wildfire risk to people … dispersal and pollination). She received her M.Sc. in plant ecology and Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary … of the SORTIE-ND forest model, forecasting climate change effects on forests of the eastern US, modeling light …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:15
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Victoria Kelly
… been used to understand the dynamics of road salt and the effects of climate change on precipitation chemistry. … salt reduction practices, the impact of climate change on plant and animal life cycle events (phenology), and monitoring of water at the landscape scale. Recent publications include Road Salt: The Problem, The Solution, …
ltumblety - 08/01/2023 - 09:43
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Dr. David L. Strayer
… Ecologist Expertise Hudson River, invasive species, streams … whose current work focuses on measuring the long-term effects of zebra mussels on the Hudson River ecosystem, and … 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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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… was experiencing eye problems, perhaps due to the lingering effects of Lyme. To help me understand how the town of … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the … Scientists have also documented the emergence of a new invasive species, the Asian longhorn tick, which was first …
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Elizabeth Buhr
… 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 Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Seeds of Success (SOS) program. She …
ltumblety - 12/11/2023 - 09:00
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… of Ecosystem Studies, investigated the interactive effects of rising temperatures and a common livestock … microbial community composition and function, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and interactions among microbes. They … on these systems. Our findings lead to more effective management and policy actions and increased environmental …
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