Author: Beth Gavrilles
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Citizen science data reveal links between migration and disease in monarch butterflies
A University of Georgia study that enlisted the help of hundreds of citizen scientists from…
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Researchers find freshwater sustainability challenges shared by Southwest and Southeast
Water scarcity in the western U.S. has long been an issue of concern. Now, a…
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The big picture
The largest mammal that ever walked the Earth —Indricotherium transouralicum, a hornless rhinoceros-like herbivore that…
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UGA announces EcoFocus Film Festival early spring screenings
The EcoFocus Film Festival will present encore screenings of two popular and informative films and…
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Long-distance migration may help reduce infectious disease risks for many animal species
It’s a common assumption that animal migration, like human travel across the globe, can transport…
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UGA researchers find evidence of criticality in North American gypsy moth invasion
In a paper just published in the journal Ecology Letters, ecologists at the University of…
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Freshwater sustainability challenges shared by Southwest and Southeast, researchers find
Water scarcity in the western U.S. has long been an issue of concern. Now, a…
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Giants among us: Paper explores evolution of the world’s largest mammals
In a paper just published in the journal Science, an international team of researchers has…
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UGA Odum School of Ecology featured on National Geographic’s “Great Migration” series
A film crew from National Geographic spent three weeks in June 2009 at the University…
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UGA researchers to study transmission of human pathogen to coral reefs
The spread of lethal diseases from animals to humans has long been an issue of…
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UGA Odum School of Ecology Professor Emerita Judith Meyer receives Naumann-Thienemann medal
Judith L. Meyer, distinguished research professor emerita in the University of Georgia Odum School of…
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Researchers to study anthropogenic drivers of rabies in vampire bats
Now, a team of researchers, led by associate professor Sonia Altizer of the University of…
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Film festival will explore broad spectrum of environmental issues
A world premiere and a U.S. premiere will be among the 22 feature and 24…
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UGA to hold second annual Green Cup competition between residence halls
The second annual University of Georgia Green Cup competition will take place Sept. 13 -…
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EcoFocus Film Festival announces 2010 lineup
A world premiere and a U.S. premiere will be among the twenty-two feature and twenty-four…
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Study may help predict extinction tipping point for species
What if there were a way to predict when a species was about to become…
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UGA researchers demonstrate relationship between predation and extinction in small populations
Two ecological issues of increasing concern are the conservation of threatened and endangered species and…
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Odum School of Ecology to host seminar, book signing, reception for Big Ecology
The University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology will host a seminar, followed by a…
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Ecologist looks at oil spill impact on oysters
Marine ecologist Jeb Byers had his summer field season planned. He had recently been awarded…
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UGA researchers unlocking the secrets of cross-species rabies transmission
Like most infectious diseases, rabies can attack several species. However, which species are going to…
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UGA Odum School professor emeritus David C. Coleman publishes new history of ecosystem science
University of Georgia professor emeritus David C. Coleman has written a new ecology text book.…
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James W. Porter to discuss “The Ecology of War”
James W. Porter, Meigs Professor of Ecology and associate dean of the Odum School of…
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William H. Schlesinger to present 25th annual Odum Lecture at UGA
William H. Schlesinger, president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, will present the 25th…
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Changing direction
The North Carolina-based News and Observer turned to Han Park, director of the Center for…
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