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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… drama of Lyme disease. White-footed mice, along with other forest rodents like chipmunks, are … of acorns and other foods on the forest floor. During a “mast” year, when oak trees drop vast amounts of acorns to … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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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 … other communities, among them the Hubbard Brook Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) community, the Catskill … as the most severe threat to forest health throughout the eastern US. Dr. Canham notes “The thing that I consider …
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Beech Bark Disease
… England, beech is the only species that produces “hard mast”-- large seeds that serve as important food for … other animals to find other foods. Despite its important ecological role, beech is not a particularly valuable timber … by the amount of nitrogen it can obtain from its food. In eastern North America, air pollution from fossil fuel …
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The Spongy Moth in Our Yards and Forests
… Richard S. Ostfeld, Clive G. Jones and Jerry O. Wolff. Of Mice and Mast . BioScience, Vol. 46, No. 5 (May, 1996), pp. 323-330 … and particularly Gary, have spent years studying the ecological and economic impacts of forest pests and …
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The Search for Animals That Could Carry the Next Deadly Virus
… existing prediction algorithms to novel combinations of ecological and other data to better predict animals’ … humans. Viral outbreaks such as Ebola virus disease, Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome and severe acute respiratory … that need closer surveillance. Higher on the list were deer mice and white-footed mice, which often harbor pathogens and …
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Is the coronavirus pandemic related to meat production?
… pandemic persists, some of that disinformation centers on connections to food production—especially meat. While … Cunningham : There are geographical barriers; there are ecological barriers; and they’re just being smashed by the … the little, rapidly breeding generalists, like rats and mice. It turns out that those small omnivorous generalist …
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Diluting disease
… way to reduce the transmission of tick-borne diseases using ecological approaches? On this episode of Big Biology we … coined 20 years ago that is based on their study of ticks, mice and the causative agent of Lyme disease, a bacterium … White-footed mice, which are common in the forests of the eastern and central U.S., are especially good at carrying …
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Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife
… COVID-19, including those that live among us, such as deer mice, red foxes, white-tailed deer, and more. These species … from people to wildlife, and how new strains could impact ecological communities. Whereas most current disease … environmental monitoring at Cary Institute to simulate a Northeastern forest environment to understand how SARS-CoV-2 …
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Cary to co-lead $4.8M study on how environmental conditions shape viral outbreaks in wild rodents
… wild rodents and the viruses they carry in both the UK and Eastern Uganda. The project focuses on rodents because they … in seasonal environments, the team will track wood mice ( Apodemus sylvaticus ) in Wytham Woods in the UK for three years. The Eastern Uganda site, where forests are being converted into agricultural fields, will …
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Victoria Kelly
… and monitoring of water at the landscape scale. Recent publications include Road Salt: The Problem, The Solution, … Certified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America BibCite Contributor …
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