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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

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

"We know what the problems are. We know how to address them. We know when we spend money on the environment, it pays back many times over," Ritchie, a mammal ecologist, says.

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

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

After about a decade, the chaparral reaches nearly the same density as before the blaze, fire ecologists say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 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

The project brings together a coalition of ecologists, community growers, transport authorities, cultural institutions, football clubs and residents who will work together on conservation efforts along the 14-mile stretch.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

Even with slash-and-burn, ecologists say, the forest can take as much as a hundred years to return completely to its previous state.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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