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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… Anderson could romp for hours in the gentle New England forest with little fear. Only later, after years in and out … by black-legged ticks, those sesame-seed-size insects with eight legs and anesthetizing bites. Like so … 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, … forests may be most threatened by fires across the western United States, including California. People … and government-sponsored efforts to control forest pathogens in both the US and Canada. She has run code on …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:15
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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 … pollution, cycle nutrients, and respond to pests and pathogens. His research achievements were matched with a passion for bringing science to bear on policy and practice that led him to forge collaborations …
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Dr. Jazlynn Hall
Dr. Jazlynn Hall Forest and Landscape Ecologisthallj@caryinstitute.org … research focuses on studying forest carbon in the western United States and Alaska. At the Cary Institute, she is …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:34
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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… the opposite direction. American redstarts are born in forests as far north as the Upper Midwest, Upper New … sites, the warblers find it difficult to forage enough insects to fuel their 2,000-or-so-mile journey home. As a … they can see or hear along roadsides across the contiguous United States. “It’s a really important dataset for …
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
… Invasive Forest Pests Foresters … carried on over the summer, the news got worse. Both insects had been in the Adirondacks for longer than … soil, plants or anything into New Zealand.” In the United States, the Department of Agriculture is the lead …
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Pandemics: Humans are the culprits
… for months across a vast area of pristine tropical forest. An intense El Niño event had triggered a deep … (link is external), a non-profit headquartered in the United States, with scientists working with global … might not be able to get to us directly.” “Pathogens circulate in wildlife hosts, and some have the …
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The more we lose biodiversity, the worse will be the spread of infectious diseases
… and consuming wild meat that may harbour potentially deadly pathogens,” which is suspected to have happened in the … of exposure to vector-borne diseases, such as the Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), a tick-borne haemorrhagic fever … of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the United States, David Civitello from the University of South …
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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 … and how important they are to help control pest insects and also that they should not only be viewed as … in East Jaintia hills to dedicate a small patch of their forest to save the rare Wroughton’s free-tailed bats. …
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Exposure to past temperature variability may help forests cope with climate change
… Study identifies trends linking temperature variability and forest productivity. Photo by Steve Conger August … temperate forests of the south-central and southeast United States, temperate forests in Asia, and tropical forests in …
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