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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… As the planetary thermostat climbs, many species in North America are gradually moving northward to … the scene. American crows were hit particularly hard, with abundance dropping by up to 45% between 1998 and 2005. Blue … we decided that we could go a step further and see if the patterns in the breeding region agreed with the data that …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… showed that the disease wasn’t caused by a virus but by a species of spirochete bacterium, a type that shares a … for tree nuts and possibly suppressed mouse and chipmunk abundance in the process. White-tailed deer are also back, … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Cary to co-lead $4.8M study on how environmental conditions shape viral outbreaks in wild rodents
… diseases than any other mammalian order. Many rodent species live in close proximity to people and are highly … how these factors and others interact to influence virus abundance and spillover risk . “Machine learning is a … a different perspective,” Han notes, “and it reveals patterns that you might otherwise not be able to see.” …
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Dr. David L. Strayer
… Ecologist Expertise Hudson River, invasive species, streams strayerd@caryinstitute.org Dave … Mussel Ecology: A Multifactor Approach to Distribution and Abundance. Zebra mussels and pearly mussels are examples … 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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Mohonk Lake is getting warmer and more stagnant with climate change
… are getting warmer, which is bad news for cold water fish species and freshwater quality. This is because changes in … period means for lake processes, and how global climate patterns affect Mohonk Lake. What is lake stratification? … will sink beneath warm water until the temperatures of the two layers equalize. As this happens, the cold and warm …
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The Search for Animals That Could Carry the Next Deadly Virus
… and biology, to predict which specific animals and species are likely to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 and to … coronavirus in an animal, a process that can occur when two viruses infect the same animal, the viruses swap genetic … developing mathematical and statistical ways to discern patterns and make better predictions is useful. But the …
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Urban greening success could be as simple as scattering seeds
… Ambio . Ify Ndwuku measures target species height (here, a Western sunflower) in an … yielded the highest target species diversity and floral abundance. These methods included: seed bombing, … sites included eight replicate test gardens planted in two locations on the University of Illinois at Chicago …
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Team Cary: Elsa Anderson
… PhD, I was really interested in understanding biodiversity patterns in vacant lots. There's all this green in cities. I … to know what all that green was actually made of. What species are there? As I was starting my search for a lab to … What do you enjoy doing outside of your research? I have two little kids and I love facilitating their exploration of …
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West Nile virus infection risk is higher in less affluent neighborhoods in Baltimore, MD
… neighborhoods in Baltimore, MD Study finds abundance of infected mosquitos varies with neighborhood … a socioeconomic range. Focal neighborhoods included two neighborhoods with incomes below the median, two at the … placed in shaded, protected sites. Target mosquito species included the invasive tiger mosquito ( Aedes …
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Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… detected the presence of pathogenic bat coronaviruses in two species of Indian bats in a screening study published in … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders …
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