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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… of ecosystem science, advancing understanding of how forests process pollution, cycle nutrients, and respond to … interact to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, carbon sequestration, and nitrogen pollution to … come. Heartfelt vibes to his family, friends, and all my old Cary family. I’d like to think he now walks through …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… Randall Anderson was 9 years old when his knees started swelling like soda cans left too … human development. Ballooning deer populations, second-growth forests, suburban and exurban growth, habitat … 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
… beech bark disease was unknown in North America until the invasion of the beech scale 1 . The exact nature of the … The decline of canopy beech trees is often accompanied by growth of dense thickets of beech saplings, which will eventually get the disease as they grow older. As a result, in many places the disease has …
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Dr. Arielle Biro
… and soil nutrients, affect the future of boreal forests under climate warming. Previous Research … microbes, fire, and nitrogen fixation affect savanna tree growth and ecosystem nutrient pools. Dr. Arielle …
ltumblety - 12/06/2023 - 08:49
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Dosing the coast: Baltimore County’s leaky pipes are medicating the Chesapeake Bay
… and streams can disrupt animal biology and behavior, algal growth, and other ecological processes – with harmful … to freshwaters requires municipal investment in repairing old and damaged wastewater infrastructure, and upgrading … are global experts in the ecology of: cities, disease, forests, and freshwater. …
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New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison
… data, vegetation and habitat information, the population growth and expansion of Palaeolithic humans across Eurasia, … test the importance of each variable. If human removal of forests was turned down to zero, for example, and there was …
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Dr. David L. Strayer
… on broader issues in freshwater conservation ecology and invasion biology. Species introductions are one of the … one of the longest and most detailed case studies in invasion ecology. Strayer also works on the ecology 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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Dr. Sarah Batterman
… Batterman discovered that symbiotic nitrogen fixation holds a key role during tropical rainforest recovery from disturbance, fertilizing the forests with nitrogen, enhancing tropical rainforest growth, and, ultimately, increasing the size of the carbon …
ltumblety - 01/03/2024 - 10:11
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In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores
… insects and other animals reduces nitrogen, limits forest growth. Photo by Sarah Batterman December 7, 2022 … Tropical Forests The ability of … Studies and co-author on the paper, explains, “Tree growth in many tropical forests is limited by lack of …
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Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges
Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges … that he was a boy in the early 20th century until he was an old man in the 1970s, described conditions before the act. … survive; and excessive nutrient loads fueled runaway algal growth in Lake Erie. Over his long life, Trautman watched …
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