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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… The forests, in other words, are missing many ecological influences that may have played a role in regulating the … and beyond. And with their high tolerance for human disturbance and penchant for chopped-up landscapes, backyard … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Dr. Sarah Batterman
… modeling to analyze how the biodiversity of tropical tree species, their microbial partners, and nutrients govern tropical rainforest recovery from disturbance, response to environmental change, and future … also turning to the past to understand how the evolution of plant symbioses with fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria …
ltumblety - 01/03/2024 - 10:11
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Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US
… fire regimes across different regions. And, since some plant species burn hotter and easier than others, the type of vegetation growing in a region influences the fires that burn there. How many wildfires …
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In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores
… trees take a hit from herbivores Selective feeding by insects and other animals reduces … nitrogen gas into a form of nitrogen that is available to plants. When fixers shed their leaves, they enrich soils … leaves of a dominant tropical nitrogen-fixing Inga tree species. Credit: Sarah Batterman Fieldwork was …
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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 … temperature record to the North Atlantic Oscillation, which influences climate on a continental scale. How do the two … Mohonk Lake in the autumn. Leaves and other plant debris that fall into the lake are decomposed by …
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Team Cary: Elsa Anderson
… to study questions about how human activities shape plant communities through time. Based at the Technical … to know what all that green was actually made of. What species are there? As I was starting my search for a lab to … a project looking at how the land around someone’s home influences their perception of local environmental problems. …
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Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
… the atmosphere. The study modeled how the mix of tree species growing in a tropical forest following a disturbance, such as clearcutting, can affect the forest's … gas into a form of nitrogen that is available to fuel plant growth. Through these interactions, nitrogen fixers …
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In the Tropics, woody vines make lightning more deadly for forests
… “ Lightning is a major cause of tree death and forest disturbance , yet it has been understudied as an agent of … notes. “When lianas are in the canopy, they amplify the effects of lightning strikes, resulting in more severe … tree survival. More work is needed to identify the tree species that will be most impacted, those that will be …
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Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends
Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends Plant diversity is generally much higher near the equator … A new paper reveals that plants’ relationships with other species help to explain why. February 28, 2024 … explained. “It makes sense that mutualisms would limit a plant’s ability to migrate to an island; if the odds of a …
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Dr. Evan Gora
… Expertise forest ecology, lightning, plant death, decomposition 845 677-7600 … takes a bottom-up approach to understand how plant death influences ecosystem processes. He studies local patterns … landscape and beyond. Much of this research focuses on the effects of a rarely studied phenomenon – lightning – and …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:10