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ecologist

[ih-kol-uh-jist, ee-kol-] / ɪˈkɒl ə dʒɪst, iˈkɒl- /




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"The cell phone data we used was made available to researchers during the pandemic to help reveal the impacts of COVID-19 shutdowns," said co-lead author Scott Yanco, a research ecologist at the Smithsonian's National Zoo.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

Dr Kate Ashbrook, a conservation ecologist and senior lecturer at the University of Worcester, said the most important thing to do should be to "protect the unburnt habitat".

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Shannon LaDeau, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, worked on that study.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Behavioral and physiological ecologist Ken Armitage, who died in 2022, began his marmot research at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in 1962.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

As cultural ecologist Paul Shepard has observed, The nomadic Bedouin does not dote on scenery, paint landscapes, or compile a nonutilitarian natural history..

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Davey said DNA swabs were trialled by ecologists from Yorkshire Water and the South Yorkshire Bat Group.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

After studying a few of these, the ecologists concluded that these crossings were more likely to be used by bats if they were well designed and positioned along existing flight routes.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

After years of debate between fire officials seeking total vegetation removal within the first 5 feet of homes and ecologists backing selective landscaping, California proposed a compromise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

Some ecologists argue that residents should be able to keep green plants they say do not pose a major fire threat and bring a plethora of benefits, including bolstering the urban ecosystem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

Partly because of these arguments, many ecologists have thought that the uplands—more than 90 percent of the Amazon basin—must consist of untouched primary forest and savannah, a landscape never painted by the human brush.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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