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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… and possibly suppressed mouse and chipmunk abundance in the process. White-tailed deer are also back, but the wolves and … south of Interstate 278, which cuts east-west across the northern part of the island. The first thing we see upon … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Dr. Winslow D. Hansen
Dr. Winslow D. Hansen Forest Ecologist Expertise forest ecology, … change. Hansen often brings stakeholders into his research process so that results are immediately injected into … Scholar at Landscape Conservation Initiative at Northern Arizona University (now the Center for Adaptable …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:15
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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
… US cities, using a novel framework that focused on vision, process, and distribution. They found widespread failure of … Who is displaced? Whose voices are heard in the planning process? These are among the questions we need to … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . …
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… with great sadness that we share that Gary M. Lovett , forest ecologist and Senior Scientist Emeritus at Cary … ecosystem science, advancing understanding of how forests process pollution, cycle nutrients, and respond to pests and … thorny issues, and he always managed to have fun in the process. Better colleagues are hard to find,” comments …
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Beech Bark Disease
… to deteriorate slowly. Photo by Joseph O’Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org July 1, 2022 … In the beech-maple-birch forests that dominate northern New York and New England, beech is the only species … and P. L. Marks. 2003. Beech bark disease in northern hardwood forests: the importance of nitrogen dynamics and …
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… collected samples of prairie soil from preserved land in northern Idaho that was free of grazing livestock. … As soil microbes are working harder (and inefficiently) to process carbon, less is converted into a stable organic … are global experts in the ecology of: cities, disease, forests, and freshwater.
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The Lost Snail of the Yangtze
… got more than a cursory look at them, and are in the process of destroying those that remain. The animals and … Shoals, a shallow rapids on the Tennessee River before the construction of the Wilson Dam (center), which replaced the … damaging both rivers and long-term human interests in the process. Nowhere has this conflict between human desires and …
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The Search for Animals That Could Carry the Next Deadly Virus
… a significant role in human infections.” A tough process For some scientists, the most urgent threat to … People continue to encroach on wildlife habitats through deforestation and the construction of roads and cities. “We are putting …
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Mohonk Lake is getting warmer and more stagnant with climate change
… What is lake mixing and why is it important? Lakes in northern temperate regions (approximately Pennsylvania to … the water column. Nutrients are also able to mix. This process helps keep the whole lake habitable for a variety of … living in the lakebed. Decomposition is an oxygen-intensive process that can create anoxic water at the bottom of the …
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Team Cary: Chelsey Nieman
… nature and people in freshwater recreational fisheries in northern Wisconsin. Q&A with Chelsey Nieman Can you … teaching undergrads and high school students about the process of science. I loved seeing their faces light up when …
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