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Powell Center Working Group Featured in NEON Observatory Blog
Our Modeling Mosquito Phenology Working Group was featured in the March 15, 2021 NEON Observatory Blog. Mosquitos are important ecologically, and some species are important vectors for human and wildlife diseases. ...
Powell Center Newsletter, v. 6 no.1
Our newsletter, like so many other activities this past year, had a rather bumpy road to publication, but we are happy to share it with you now. Read on for more information about what kind of business the Powell Center has been conducting during the pandemic and the latest information on our working groups.
"How to Submit a Proposal" - Seminar Slides
Dr. Jill Baron, co-Director of the Powell Center, presented a webinar on how to develop a strong proposal for 2022 Working Group consideration on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 11:00 am MT/1:00 pm ET. The webinar was designed to provide insights to increase your understanding of the Powell Center and the proposal process. In case you missed it: ...
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John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis Newsletter, Volume 6, Issue 1
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McNiff, Marcia Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the substantial public health, economic, and societal consequences of virus spillover from a wildlife reservoir. Widespread human transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) also presents a new set of challenges when considering viral spillover from people to naïve wildlife and...
Olival, Kevin J.; Cryan, Paul M.; Amman, Brian R.; Baric, Ralph S.; Blehert, David S.; Brook, Cara E.; Calisher, Charles H.; Castle, Kevin T.; Coleman, Jeremy TH; Daszak, Peter; Epstein, Jonathan H.; Field, Hume; Frick, Winifred F.; Gilbert, Amy T.; Hayman, David T.S.; Ip, Hon S.; Karesh, William B; Johnson, Christine K.; Kading, Rebekah C; Kingston, Tigga; Lorch, Jeffrey M.; Mendenhall, Ian H; Peel, Alison J.; Phelps, Kendra L; Plowright, Raina K.; Reeder, DeeAnn M; Reichard, Jonathan D.; Sleeman, Jonathan M.; Streicker, Daniel G.; Towner, Jonathan S.; Wang, Lin-Fa The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world’s drylands
The capture and use of water are critically important in drylands, which collectively constitute Earth's largest biome. Drylands will likely experience lower and more unreliable rainfall as climatic conditions change over the next century. Dryland soils support a rich community of microphytic organisms (biocrusts), which are critically important...
Eldridge, David J.; Reed, Sasha; Travers, Samantha K.; Bowker, Matthew A.; Maestre, Fernando T.; Ding, Jingyi; Havrilla, Caroline Ann; Rodriguez-Caballero, Emilio; Barger, Nichole N.; Weber, Bettina; Antoninka, Anita; Belnap, Jayne; Chaudhary, Bala V.; Faist, Akasha M.; Ferrenberg, Scott; Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth; Issa, Oumarou M; Zhao, Y.