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  1. 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 … protection. They climb a small ridge and arrive at a forest plot studded with small metal traps. It’s early morning, … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  2. Dr. Evan Gora

    Dr. Evan Gora Forest Ecologist Expertise forest ecology, … then measure the implications of their deaths for forest ecosystems. His research helps us understand the current … of plant death, and then uses “big data” such as plot networks and satellite sensors to scale these findings …

    ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:10

  3. What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, a Cary-led team aims to find out

    … a $1.45 million grant from the National Science Foundation, forest ecologist Evan Gora from Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is co-leading a new project that will … forests in plots the size of a hectare or smaller, but a plot of that size would contain so few giant trees — and …

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  4. In the Tropics, woody vines make lightning more deadly for forests

    … year, and strikes appear to be becoming more frequent. Evan Gora , the paper’s lead author and a Research Fellow … explains, “ Lightning is a major cause of tree death and forest disturbance , yet it has been understudied as an … and 0-65 trees killed. A novel lightning detection system was used to reveal the mechanisms underlying this …

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

    … by insects and other animals reduces nitrogen, limits forest growth. Photo by Sarah Batterman December … of herbivory, and (3) if herbivory was due to herbivore preference for nitrogen-rich leaves. … at Barro Colorado Island in Panama on a 50-acre plot of mature tropical lowland forest. Seedlings, a life …

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  6. 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 Institute of Ecosystem Studies, died on December 17, while skiing with … Gary was faced with a harsh reality – trees on his study plots were dying off due to pests like Beech Bark Disease, …

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  7. Beech Bark Disease

    … girdle the tree, disrupting its internal nutrient transport system and causing it to deteriorate slowly. Photo by Joseph O’Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org July 1, 2022 … Joseph O’Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org. References 1 Cale, J. A., M. T. Garrison-Johnston, S. A. …

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  8. A novel approach for keeping pests out of wood packaging material

    A novel approach for keeping pests out of wood packaging … Invasive Forest Pests … we are proposing this for cargo bound for the U.S., the system is in concept applicable to cargo moving anywhere in …

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  9. Dosing the coast: Baltimore County’s leaky pipes are medicating the Chesapeake Bay

    … of doses of drugs entering the Bay. Photo by Baltimore Ecosystem Study August 18, 2021 … suburban to highly urban. The team also sampled a forested reference site to the northwest of the Gwynns Falls … opens to the Chesapeake Bay. Credit: Wayne C. Zipperer / US Forest Service. Samples were screened for 92 …

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  10. Cary Art Installation

    … Her work has been featured widely in exhibitions and permanent collections throughout the US and abroad … Specific species found in Homogecene Repeat FOREST ENVIRONMENT Endemic species include:  Hemlock … Jersey. Stillman’s art work has been reviewed in numerous publications including the New York Times and Hyperallergic. …