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View Article30 Years Later, Yellowstone Fires Are Still a Burning Problem
103rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America: Extreme events, ecosystem resilience and human well-being 5–10 August 2018 Monica G. Turner served as President of ESA for the 2015-2016 term....
View Article#SketchYourScience at ESA 2014
Can you describe your research with a sketch? What would you draw? Johanna Varner, Erin Gleeson, and Nancy Huntly are passionate about mountain research — and about promoting science communication....
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#ESA100 carbon offsets: ESA donates $23,000 to Baltimore’s Parks & People...
To offset the carbon expended to bring ecologists to the 100th Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Md., ESA contributed $5 for each person attending to support community greening projects through a local...
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Luring mosquitoes into honeysuckle traps
Graduate student Noor Malik sets up a leaf detritus experiment, designed to explore mosquito egg laying behavoir and larval survival, in a storm drain in Paxton, Illinois. Malik graduated from the...
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Invasive mosquito helps break the spread of a parasite
A microscopic image of Ascogregarina barretti trophozoites in the midgut tissue of a native North American Aedes triseriatus mosquito. Credit, E. Biro. Some species of mosquitoes spread dangerous human...
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Side effects of mosquito defense: broad spectrum insecticides kill the...
Brittany Harris records data on rare regional plants at a field site in the Florida Keys. Credit Brittany Harris. As an example of the costs of mosquito suppression, three imperiled native plants in...
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Battle at the bloodmeal lek #ESA2016
This composite image shows a female yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti, left) and male Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus, right). Male Ae. albopictus will attempt to mate with females of another...
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Asian tiger mosquito thrives in New York
Two adult Asian tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) emerge from a tree-hole in Bronx, NY. Credit, Marly Katz. The aggressive, day-biting Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, has spread with global...
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Distant volcanic eruptions foster saguaro cactus baby booms
Small saguaro cacti nestle among creosote bushes (Larrea tridentata) at Saguaro National Park West near Tucson, Arizona. “Nurse” plants, like these creosote, provide essential shade to vulnerable young...
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