ecologist
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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
You have to ask, “what are we doing to the planet and does that mean we will encounter more diseases?” said Janet Foley, a disease ecologist at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Shannon LaDeau, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, worked on that study.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Nearly three-quarters were on Facebook, and many remained up even after being reported, said Russell Gray, a data scientist and ecologist who co-authored GI-TOC's April report.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The key to a healthy plant or animal community lies in what the British ecologist Charles Elton calls “the conservation of variety.”
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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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
As global biodiversity declines, including what some researchers describe as an "insect apocalypse," two ecologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst set out to examine how insects and arachnids are doing in the United States.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026
As a result, much of the red Amazonian soil is weathered, harshly acid, and almost bereft of essential nutrients—one reason ecologists refer to the tropical forest as a “wet desert.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Florida EOC Biology 1
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Unit 1: Ecological Systems
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