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  1. 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 … rainfall. Gary also advanced scientific understanding of nutrient cycling in forests, in particular how trees, soils, and microbes interact to control nitrogen, and …

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  2. Beech Bark Disease

    … and eventually girdle the tree, disrupting its internal nutrient transport system and causing it to deteriorate … hiding on that tree would spread to the native beech trees nearby and start the epidemic of beech bark disease in … In the beech-maple-birch forests that dominate northern New York and New England, beech is the only species …

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  3. In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores

    In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores Selective … traits were also collected across species, and included: nutrient concentrations, physical defenses, leaf toughness, … this sink is weakening due to climate change and potential limitation by nitrogen. The widespread cost of herbivory for …

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  4. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … underbrush, possibly reducing tick populations. The oak trees too are back, but without the sky-darkening droves of … south of Interstate 278, which cuts east-west across the northern part of the island. The first thing we see upon … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  5. Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?

    … For instance, in Beijing in 2005, over 11,000 street trees, 1.49 million shrubs and almost 200,000 square metres … on a large scale. Professor Liu Yong, of the College of Forestry at Beijing Forestry University, explained that the … 10 grams per square metre. This is the basis on which northern provinces have adopted further measures to reduce …

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  6. Dr. Evan Gora

    Dr. Evan Gora Forest Ecologist Expertise forest ecology, … death. Plants play crucial roles in global biodiversity and nutrient cycling. However, plant mortality rates are … – and the drivers of mortality for the largest and oldest trees in forest ecosystems. This research is key to …

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  7. Dr. Winslow D. Hansen

    Dr. Winslow D. Hansen Forest Ecologist Expertise forest ecology, … Forests influence climate and sustain life globally. Trees sequester carbon emissions that cause climate warming, … Scholar at Landscape Conservation Initiative at Northern Arizona University (now the Center for Adaptable …

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  8. How Tropical Trees Overcome Nutrient Limitations

    How Tropical Trees Overcome Nutrient Limitations Lead Scientist(s) : Dr. … strategies are most important for alleviating nutrient limitation in tropical forests. To address these questions … be expected to absorb in the future. Publications

  9. Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities

    … collected samples of prairie soil from preserved land in northern Idaho that was free of grazing livestock. … and temperature interact to disrupt soil communities and nutrient cycling . Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Volume … are global experts in the ecology of: cities, disease, forests, and freshwater.

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  10. In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients

    In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients By enriching soils, they benefit forest recovery and carbon storage Photo by Sarah … role in recovering tropical forests by enriching nutrient-poor soils with scarce elements such as phosphorus …

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