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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… so many other communities, among them the Hubbard Brook Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) community, the … monitoring, to prevent damage to our nation’s natural resources. Cary Senior Scientist Emeritus Charlie Canham … extremely important advocate – we are truly going to be missing a champion of our forests. Claire Descamps, …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… consigned to oblivion. The forests, in other words, are missing many ecological influences that may have played a … are the long-term hosts of the Lyme pathogen, the ultimate source from which the little corkscrew bacteria sally forth … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… that affect soil microorganisms, this important carbon sink is at risk. A new study led by Jane Lucas , a … in these labile carbon pools can lead to a reduction in long-term carbon storage capacity. Lucas says, “We … effect could turn an important carbon sink into a carbon source, exacerbating climate change effects. Senior …
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… smoke drift from Canadian wildfires - what's changed? How long will it last? The smoke we are seeing, and in many … determine whether we experience smoke again. In the longer term, however, climate change will almost certainly continue … fires. The Big Burn, Idaho, 1910. Source: Library of Congress. How do wildfires start? …
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In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores
… models and projections of the tropical forest carbon sink. By partnering with soil microbes, nitrogen-fixing … tropical forests, nitrogen-fixing trees are the main source of new nitrogen to soils. Yet they are also rare. … substantial benefit of nitrogen to these forests, it has long been a mystery why nitrogen-fixing trees represent just …
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Impaired wild mice survive and thrive as well as unimpaired counterparts
… and thrive as well as unimpaired counterparts Long-term monitoring calls into question evolutionary biology … more than 27,244 animals – and found that mice with missing or deformed limbs, tails, or eyes persisted at a …
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With global challenges in mind, keeping a decades-long success story at the forefront
With global challenges in mind, keeping a decades-long success story at the forefront A good … Long-term Monitoring As the … how a similar challenge was successfully addressed can be a source of encouragement. This success story starts in …
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Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders … We do have a scenario but that is not the bat itself (as a source). It’s a whole series of events that led to a … Coexisting with bats The experts also underscored the long history of co-association of bats and humans. “We …
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Football-sized invasive mussels nearly escaped detection. What else are we missing?
… invasive mussels nearly escaped detection. What else are we missing? The lesson we need to learn is not how … a nearby lake by a curious nature-lover during those nine long years. Unfortunately, delays like this are common in … any organized surveillance. We don’t actually know how long the mussels were living in the ponds before someone …
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In the Tropics, woody vines make lightning more deadly for forests
… play an outsized role.” Lianas are woody vines with long climbing stems that are common in the tropics. In … For 65 of the lightning strikes, the team identified the source of the electricity to 85% of damaged trees (1,434 of … the dynamics of liana-tree competition and forest carbon budgets. Gora concludes, “Lianas and lightning, two …
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