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  1. Beech Bark Disease

    … of the Public Gardens of Halifax, Nova Scotia planted a European beech tree around 1890, they knew it was a … nearby and start the epidemic of beech bark disease in North America. Beech bark disease has been spreading … beech bark disease was unknown in North America until the invasion of the beech scale 1 . The exact nature of the …

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

    New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison Simulations integrate historical … bison from bouncing back. Hunting caused range loss in the north and east of its distribution, while land use change … and range collapses of other large herbivores, including American bison, to improve awareness of past threats and …

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  3. Dr. David L. Strayer

    … on broader issues in freshwater conservation ecology and invasion biology. Species introductions are one of the … regarding the zebra mussel. This tiny bivalve arrived in North America from Europe in the 1980s and has caused … of species and ecosystems. In addition to his scientific publications, Strayer has written several dozen essays for …

    ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:40

  4. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … little town of Old Lyme, Conn., a wooded enclave near the north shore of Long Island Sound, where active kids like … in the colonial period, the eastern forests fell rapidly as European settlers cut, burned, and girdled their way through … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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

    Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward … As the planetary thermostat climbs, many species in North America are gradually moving northward to cooler … to account for uncertainty and make inferences at multiple scales.  The model identified seven bird species whose …

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  6. Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist

    … smoke we are seeing, and in many cases smelling, is from large fires in boreal forests of Canada. In these … while fire is less common compared to drier parts of North America, many of the forests that are burning have … to increase burning. The area burned in much of North American forests is increasing at a rapid rate. We should …

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  7. Lisa Borre

    … She served on the Board of Directors of the  North American Lake Management Society  (NALMS), serving as …

    ltumblety - 12/11/2023 - 08:42

  8. A lethal tick-borne disease is spreading in the US, driven by climate change

    … U.S. between 2016 and 2020 represent a number 300 percent higher than in the previous five-year period. And the cases … but cases have also cropped up in states as far flung as North Dakota and North Carolina. So when’s the right … It’s also possible that other tick species, like the American dog tick or the lone star tick, can carry a version …

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  9. Monarchs

    … Possible state change for Monarch butterflies in western North America.  Ecology Letters 24: 1533-1538. Forister, … scientists across the warming and drying landscapes of the American West.  Science 371: 1042-1045 Pennisi, E. …

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  10. New study identifies bird species that could spread ticks and Lyme disease

    … synthesis reveals bird traits that promote Lyme and flags high-risk species. Photo by Antje Schultner … longer lived). True thrushes, like the American robin ( Turdus migratorius ) pictured here, were … change, the breeding ranges of many birds are shifting north. As birds spread into higher latitudes, so do ticks …

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