Author: Beth Gavrilles
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As climate, disease links become clearer, study highlights need to forecast future shifts
Climate change is affecting the spread of infectious diseases worldwide, according to an international team…
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Connections found between wetland cover, transmission rates of hemorrhagic disease
Ecologists at the University of Georgia have discovered complex and surprising relationships between land cover…
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Study identifies priorities for improving global conservation funding
A new University of Georgia study has identified the worst and best countries in the…
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$1.39M grant to fund study of pine ecosystem recovery
The longleaf pine forests that once dominated the southeastern coastal plain are now considered one…
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UGA ecology students take second in NSF graduate education challenge
Dara Satterfield, Sarah Budischak and Sara Heisel, doctoral students in the University of Georgia Odum…
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Night watchers
If UGA ecologist John Pickering has his way, mothing soon will become as popular as…
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Social networks could help prevent disease outbreaks in endangered chimpanzees
Many think of social networks in terms of Facebook friends and Twitter followers, but for…
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Discover Life launches moth observatory at Sandy Creek Nature Center in Athens
If University of Georgia ecologist John Pickering has his way, mothing soon will become as…
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UGA ecologist receives $1.39 million to study longleaf pine ecosystem recovery
The longleaf pine forests that once dominated the Southeastern coastal plain are now considered one…
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Location changed for UGA’s international systems ecology symposium
“Systems Ecology: A Network Perspective and Retrospective,” a symposium organized in honor of Professor Emeritus…
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From scrap to soil amendment: Compost 101 offered at UGA
Compost 101, a University of Georgia class that will teach participants how to successfully transform…
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Short film by UGA ecology student to screen at Savannah film festival
A short film by Virginia Schutte, a doctoral student in the University of Georgia Odum…
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‘Chasing Ice’ screening, discussion will open EcoFocus Film Festival
The documentary Chasing Ice officially will open the 2013 EcoFocus Film Festival March 21 at…
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2013 EcoFocus Film Festival set for March 20-24 in Athens
The Artic documentary “Chasing Ice” will officially open the 2013 EcoFocus Film Festival March 21…
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River food web ecologist Mary Power to give 2013 Odum Lecture at UGA
The 28th annual Eugene P. Odum Lecture at the University of Georgia will be given…
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Ecologists examine role of host shifts in disease emergence
The number of genetic mutations that follow host shifts in rabies virus impacts the speed…
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Fish have enormous nutrient impacts on marine ecosystems, study finds
Fish play a far more important role as contributors of nutrients to marine ecosystems than…
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Ecologists at UGA link evolution to the speed of rabies virus emergence in new bat species
The number of genetic mutations that follow host shifts in rabies virus impacts the speed…
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UGA faculty, alumni named Fellows of the Ecological Society of America
Seven eminent scientists with ties to the University of Georgia-six of whom are affiliated with…
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Taking flight: Prof’s interests span teaching, butterfly disease research
“Sonia, you’re interested in disease; can you figure out what’s killing these butterflies?”
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Researchers help ‘extinct in the wild’ toad return home
Scientists from the University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory have helped to reintroduce a…
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UGA student a finalist in National Science Foundation research video contest
Virginia Schutte, a doctoral student in the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology, is…
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Searching for a silver bullet: Measuring biodiversity to inform species conservation
Ecologists in the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology have found that evolutionary diversity…
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Ecologists to study Sun Belt water sustainability
Researchers in the Odum School of Ecology will work with colleagues from universities across the…
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