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  1. Keeping the invasive bugs at bay

    … size of a ground pepper flake is killing these hemlocks—a species accounting for nearly 80% of the trees in the … area before, spotted in 2017 on Prospect Mountain. A quick response to the infestation showed the invasive bug was on a … save the big, old trees in the Adirondacks.” Old growth Some of the oldest trees in the state are …

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  2. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … human development. Ballooning deer populations, second-growth forests, suburban and exurban growth, habitat … showed that the disease wasn’t caused by a virus but by a species of spirochete bacterium, a type that shares a … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  3. Q&A with Winslow Hansen: Wildfire in the western US

    … of time – on the scale of thousands of years. Geographic variability in climate, forest types, and historic … regimes across different regions. And, since some plant species burn hotter and easier than others, the type of … and wildlife diversity. By clearing underbrush, fire allows light to reach the forest floor and helps young trees grow. …

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  4. New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison

    … At the end of the last ice age, large herds of bison roamed across Europe. But by 1927, the European bison became … rise. However, the study authors argue that ensuring the species’ long-term protection and recovery requires … data, vegetation and habitat information, the population growth and expansion of Palaeolithic humans across Eurasia, …

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  5. 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 … longer and stronger due to climate change, and year to year variability in lake mixing is associated with global climate … fish habitat. Lakes are continually changing in response to local and regional climate drivers. We cannot …

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  6. Dr. Winslow D. Hansen

    … remote sensing and computer simulations to model forest response – scaling from individual trees up to entire … change effects on forests of the eastern US, modeling light availability in agroforestry applications, and … of Kenya, sagebrush steppe of the Rocky Mountains, and old-growth forests all across the western USA. Through an …

    ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:15

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

    … 29 square miles, or 14,000 American football fields — across three continents over the next three years. … conditions, including rainfall, humidity, temperature, light intensity, vapor pressure, wind speed, and wind … Gora. The project’s results could help foresters focus on species that will be best adapted to future conditions. …

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  8. 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 potential as a … the forests with nitrogen, enhancing tropical rainforest growth, and, ultimately, increasing the size of the carbon …

    ltumblety - 01/03/2024 - 10:11

  9. Dr. David L. Strayer

    … Ecologist Expertise Hudson River, invasive species, streams strayerd@caryinstitute.org Dave … and understanding of freshwater suspension-feeders across a wide range of species and ecosystems. In addition to his scientific publications, Strayer has written several dozen essays for …

    ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:40

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

    … insects and other animals reduces nitrogen, limits forest growth. Photo by Sarah Batterman December 7, 2022 … leaves of a dominant tropical nitrogen-fixing Inga tree species. Credit: Sarah Batterman Fieldwork was … via photosynthesis. Leaf traits were also collected across species, and included: nutrient concentrations, …

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