RAMPS NEWSLETTER - Spring 2021 Edition
New project in U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Characterizing socio-ecological change in a biodiversity hotspot. Project led by Dr. Daniel Winkler. More information below.
Does seed source matter?
RestoreNet adds seed provenance question to investigate effects of seed source on restoration outcomes. More information below.
New project defining dust risk on the Navajo Nation
RAMPS is working with tribal agency and community partners to reduce hazards caused by dust and improve land-use planning. More information below. Release Date:
A Program of the Southwest Biological Science Center & Ecosystems Mission Area
Hello RAMPS Community,
Spring has sprung! Our efforts over the winter to find new funding for projects are proving to be fruitful; we have three new projects on the horizon. These projects demonstrate the importance of diverse science to support land management. The projects span interdisciplinary socioecological research to u
Environmental News For The Week Ending 23May 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Covid totals continue to fall, both in the US and worldwide. New US cases during the week ending May 22nd were down 22.0% from those testing positive during the week ending May 15th, and down 64.2% from our mid-April surge high; this week s new cases were also the lowest for a 7 day period since that ending June 19th of last year. US deaths attributed to Covid this week were down 7.1% from the prior week, and less than a sixth of the death rate during the peak weeks of January. US Covid deaths were also the lowest since t
May 22 is the International Day for Biological Diversity. Li Wei, a senior engineer from the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Scienc
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Roads pose a significant threat to bee movement and how they pollinate flowers, a new study shows.
Road networks extend some 20 million miles across the globe, and that number is projected to increase by an additional 15 million miles or so by 2050.
Roads can be barriers to wildlife of all sorts, and scientists have studied road impacts on animals including Florida panthers, grizzly bears, box turtles, mice, rattlesnakes, and salamanders.
But much less is known about the impact of roads on pollinating insects such as bees and to what extent they disrupt insect pollination, which is essential to reproduction in many plant species.