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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… (1975) and a PhD from Dartmouth College in Biology and Plant Ecology (1981). Before being hired at Cary Institute, … incredibly bright and an early adopter of using computer models to understand ecosystem processes. He also turned out …
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Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife
… comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service through the Ecology and … AI technologies, including generative AI and foundation models,” said Das. “Ultimately, we hope this work can … susceptible to infection. Viral outbreaks in most wild populations are under-observed, with estimations of the …
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The race north
… make a difference as well. The USDA recognizes “plant hardiness zones,” which show what will grow best in … Canham, C.D. and L. Murphy. 2017. The demography of tree species response to climate: sapling and … climate vulnerability from joint species distribution models, Ecological Applications, 24:990–999. Clark, …
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New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison
… enormous conservation efforts have helped to restore wild populations, and its numbers are on the rise. However, the … with mixed success. Of the 47 free-living European bison populations, only eight have more than 150 adults, and all … the bison simulation code into new software that models disease transmission in wildlife. “I literally have …
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Dr. David L. Strayer
… change. Water clarity, water chemistry, food webs, and populations of native species, including fish, in the Hudson … 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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Victoria Kelly
… salt reduction practices, the impact of climate change on plant and animal life cycle events (phenology), and monitoring of water at the landscape scale. Recent publications include Road Salt: The Problem, The Solution, …
ltumblety - 08/01/2023 - 09:43
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Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise
… the potential for the pathogen to transmit back to human populations. As the virus jumps across species barriers, … known to have made the leap from nonhuman animals to human populations over millennia. Yet an infectious disease … interactions and geographic distributions. Such models need confirmation from laboratory studies and …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… fractured by intensive human development. Ballooning deer populations, second-growth forests, suburban and exurban … people used to burn away underbrush, possibly reducing tick populations. The oak trees too are back, but without the … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges
… brown oily film observed upstream as far as the Southerly Plant effluent. In addition, large quantities of black heavy … the Maumee, paddlefish moved back into the Scioto, mooneye populations grew throughout the Ohio River and its …
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Beech Bark Disease
… they do exist. Healthy beech can still be found in disjunct populations, including lowland and coastal plain forests … by the level of nitrogen in the tree 1 . Like many plant-eating insects, the beech scale’s population growth … because beech bark disease can be spread by moving infected plant material. To prevent future ecological disasters …
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