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Exposure to past temperature variability may help forests cope with climate change
… temperature is becoming more variable year to year. These indicators are changing with varying degrees of intensity in … and vapor pressure deficit. This may be due to physiological tradeoffs inherent in how trees cope with dry … temperate forests in Asia, and tropical forests in the southern Amazon. Hansen concludes, “As climate …
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Beech Bark Disease
… and eventually girdle the tree, disrupting its internal nutrient transport system and causing it to deteriorate … far from areas where the disease is most prevalent. The physiological nature of beech bark disease resistance is not … near Cleveland, Ohio, and has since spread to New York and southern New England 5 . It appears to be caused by a …
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… rainfall. Gary also advanced scientific understanding of nutrient cycling in forests, in particular how trees, soils, … back to Earth.” While undertaking long-term studies on nutrient cycling in Catskill Mountain forests, Gary was …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… By the middle of the 19th century, roughly three-fourths of southern New England had been deforested, transformed into … it flows into Long Island Sound, with estuary areas and lakes and rivers. And it is wooded, second-generation wooded … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Antidepressant pollution alters crayfish behavior, with impacts to stream ecosystems
… the potential to disrupt stream ecosystem processes like nutrient cycling, oxygen levels, and algal growth. … streams. Over the course of the experiment, they monitored indicators that would reveal changes in stream ecosystem … regulation. Stream ‘metabolism’ includes a variety of indicators like oxygen levels, light penetration, and …
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What’s Out/What’s In for 2023
… ash Wind turbines Insect swarms Pollinator deficiency Wood bioenergy Solar power …
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Community Ecology of Lyme Disease (LTREB)
… effective public health measures. Environmental risk indicators for Lyme disease Every year, there are more … and protect local populations. Publications …
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Dr. Arielle Biro
… Biology from Yale University where she worked on nutrient acquisition and plant-microbe interactions in … nitrogen fixation affect savanna tree growth and ecosystem nutrient pools. Dr. Arielle BiroPhD, Yale …
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The human health costs of losing natural systems
… their children can experience a 30% higher risk of iron deficiency anemia—a condition that increases the risk for … the lifelong capacity for physical activity. In Belize, nutrient enrichment from agricultural runoff hundreds of …
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Cary Art Installation
… bark lesions to form. These eventually disrupt the tree’s nutrient transport system leading to the tree’s … TIDAL SWAMP COMMUNITY Endemic species include: Southern Arrowwood ( Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum ) … Jersey. Stillman’s art work has been reviewed in numerous publications including the New York Times and Hyperallergic. …