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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… Europe). According to a 2017 study in the journal Nature, Ecology, and Evolution in which scientists sequenced nearly … A single female tick can give birth to thousands of healthy offspring. To summarize and simplify: Larvae pick up the … 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
… so many other communities, among them the Hubbard Brook Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) community, the … and a PhD from Dartmouth College in Biology and Plant Ecology (1981). Before being hired at Cary Institute, he was … influence is deep & has shaped thought about ecosystems, & ecology more generally, for many of us. What a loss. …
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Dr. July Pilowsky
… Han and the interdisciplinary Verena Institute on disease ecology and viral spillover. They are applying … contributing to knowledge about how extinctions occur over long timescales, and generating management-relevant …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:35
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Kickstart your science career with a summer research experience
… students who conduct independent research projects alongside scientist mentors over a summer. At Cary … include scientists studying forests, freshwaters, disease ecology, and urban ecology. Monk … more. For my independent project, I set out to explore the nesting behavior of these curious birds. This project on …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… every year. The use of chloride salts on roads has long been controversial because of their well-documented impacts on the environment, ecology and human health. While environmentally friendly … Ecosystem Studies. She explained that chloride salts have long been employed as snowmelt agents. Their use in the US …
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What is a species?
… of organisms that potentially interbreed, producing fertile offspring. In practice, individuals are seldom held in … for interbreeding potential and the fertility of their offspring. So in most cases, biological species are … but these do not interfere with the definition as long as the hybrids are sterile. The traditional view of …
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… fell to unhealthy levels for millions of people. Fire ecology is a major research area for Cary scientist … smoke drift from Canadian wildfires - what's changed? How long will it last? The smoke we are seeing, and in many … This is incredibly important. Fire is a part of the ecology of forested landscapes through much of North …
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Dr. David L. Strayer
… ecologist whose current work focuses on measuring the long-term effects of zebra mussels on the Hudson River … also works on broader issues in freshwater conservation ecology and invasion biology. Species introductions are … 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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In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores
… substantial benefit of nitrogen to these forests, it has long been a mystery why nitrogen-fixing trees represent just … Investigators Will Barker, Ecology and Global Change, School of Geography, University … Tropical Research Institute Oliver L. Phillips, Ecology and Global Change, School of Geography, University …
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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
… hazards and benefit all communities, we must confront long standing structural inequalities and the planning … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . …
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