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In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores
… Tropical Forests The … on a 50-acre plot of mature tropical lowland forest. Seedlings, a life stage vulnerable to herbivory, were … Unexpectedly, high herbivory for fixers was not found to be driven by high leaf nitrogen. The authors note that the only …
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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 … processes,” the scientists wrote, “but rather was driven by the ecological change in North America beginning … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Dr. Vanessa Rubio
Dr. Vanessa Rubio Tropical Forest Ecologist Expertise PhD, University of … project. Using data generated from field surveys and drone flights the project aims to understand when, where, and why …
ltumblety - 11/20/2023 - 12:04
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Dr. Ian McGregor
Dr. Ian McGregor Forest Ecologist, Remote Sensing Scientist845 677-7600 … Dr. Evan Gora to better understand and characterize tropical forest disturbance and mortality dynamics from lightning. The research is centered on Barro Colorado …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:41
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'One Mississippi...' How lightning shapes the climate
'One Mississippi...' How lightning shapes the climate … very close, it just goes silent first," says Gora, a forest ecologist who studies lightning in tropical forests. "That's the concussive blast hitting you. …
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Pandemics: Humans are the culprits
… uncontrolled for months across a vast area of pristine tropical forest. An intense El Niño event had triggered a deep … in abundance as their predators and competitors are driven away. Biodiversity loss increases the contact rates …
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The more we lose biodiversity, the worse will be the spread of infectious diseases
… Patil and colleagues had earlier explained in the Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health that biodiversity can be … of exposure to vector-borne diseases, such as the Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), a tick-borne haemorrhagic fever … transmission dynamics change with changes in biodiversity driven by habitat loss. Their model helped demonstrate …
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Destroyed habitat creates the perfect conditions for coronavirus to emerge
… south bank of the Ivindo River, deep in the great Minkebe forest in northern Gabon, are used to occasional bouts of … humans were emerging from biodiversity “hot spots” like tropical rainforests and bushmeat markets in African and … and human behavior. The disruption of pristine forests driven by logging, mining, road building through remote …
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Dr. Jazlynn Hall
Dr. Jazlynn Hall Forest and Landscape Ecologisthallj@caryinstitute.org Currently, Dr. Hall’s research focuses on studying forest carbon in the western United States and Alaska. At … Research (LTER) community assessing forest damage from Hurricane Maria. She collaborated with scientists at the …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:34
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Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends
… across the globe. Biodiversity is exponentially higher in tropical areas near the equator, tapering off rapidly as you … The research is led by Camille Delavaux of ETH Zurich ; forest ecologist Evan Gora of Cary Institute of … to support and maintain high diversity, particularly in tropical ecosystems. “Mutualisms matter,” said …
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