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From One Forest to Another

by December 18, 2013

Several news agencies have published stories recently about unique research conducted by Max Messinger and Miles Silman in the Department of Biology. Dr. Silman’s group is making use of “flying robots” to photograph and measure data from the forest canopy.  Messinger is the local expert on how to turn these Read more »

Tropical Plant Collections May Predicting Climate Impacts

by September 22, 2011

Missing Pieces
David Malakoff | January 27, 2011  | Conservation Magazine

Sparse tropical plant collections complicate efforts to predict climate impacts
Want to know if that Amazonian orchid you love so much is likely to survive a warming climate? Don’t hold your breath. Efforts to create models that predict how distributions of tropical species Read more »