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Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife
… variants and their performance in lab assays to species interactions in the real world, we can better understand the … lead this portion of the study. Understanding these dynamics should help to improve assessments of risk to … for other types of animal-borne diseases as well, such as avian influenza. The team hopes that their results …
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Victoria Kelly
… Data from the program have been used to understand the dynamics of road salt and the effects of climate change on … and monitoring of water at the landscape scale. Recent publications include Road Salt: The Problem, The Solution, …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… New York, he and his team have uncovered some of the key dynamics in the Lyme disease system. Through long-term … spent the past few years conducting field research into the dynamics of the Lyme disease system in urban settings. … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Beech Bark Disease
… invasion of the beech scale 1 . The exact nature of the interactions between these organisms is an area of active … insects can also be spread by people moving infested live plants or bark-clad beech logs such as firewood. Since … in northern hardwood forests: the importance of nitrogen dynamics and forest history for disease severity. Canadian …
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Is the coronavirus pandemic related to meat production?
… But food is not a risk factor for transmission. The interaction of people and animals, that’s the issue, or … the species barrier. It’s not the only issue. That interaction can happen at a food spot, but it’s not a food … be related to climate change. It was originally living in plants, but adapting to climate change made it able to deal …
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In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients
… soil microbes to make atmospheric nitrogen available to plants. Our study found that nitrogen fixers also play a … plots that are part of the Agua Salud Secondary Forest Dynamics Network in the Panama Canal Area. They measured … Leake, and David J. Beerling. 2021. " Legume–Microbiome Interactions Unlock Mineral Nutrients In Regrowing Tropical …
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Mohonk Lake is getting warmer and more stagnant with climate change
… decomposers that use oxygen when they break down dead plants and animals. Water that is low in oxygen can … winter conditions impact spring and summer stratification dynamics, and how late-summer trends influence …
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Pandemics: Humans are the culprits
… forest on earth was burning, and thousands of species of plants, birds and rare animals like orangutans were at risk. … or reduction of biodiversity is not the culprit. It is the interactions between humans and biodiversity,” insists … Kreuder Johnson, who leads the EpiCenter for Disease Dynamics of the One Health Institute at the School of …
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The more we lose biodiversity, the worse will be the spread of infectious diseases
… explains Patil. In the case of disease transmission dynamics, species evenness is important as it indicates the … diseases, but also for diseases of wildlife, livestock, and plants, Ostfeld says. “It is not found in every disease … a multi-host model to explore how the pathogen transmission dynamics change with changes in biodiversity driven by …
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Destroyed habitat creates the perfect conditions for coronavirus to emerge
… landscapes, which harbor so many species of animals and plants — and within those creatures, so many unknown … birds, pets and other living things. That creates intense interaction and opportunities for things to move from …
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