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I recently had the opportunity to present my research on native bee host interactions at Santa Rosa Junior Collegeโ€™s Advanzando conference with funding from the NSF!! The poster is linked below, but if you love bees (or at least the ecosystem services they provide), hereโ€™s the summary โฌ‡๏ธ
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Love environmental biologists
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Yes!! Theyโ€™ve done some amazing work! One of my favorite graphs from my ecology class I just finished was the theory of island biogeography graph! They measured species diversity before, during, and/or after volcanic eruptions to find larger, closer to mainland islands had higher numbers of species! Crazy!!
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Never learned that in my ebio coursework, but that was 20 years ago! Lots of new stuff im sure
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Yah, for sure! I was just listening to a farmer talk about all the new biochemistry theyโ€™re finding that certain mushrooms are adaptogens and have anti-cancer properties!! This one grows mainly shiitake mushrooms!!!๐Ÿ„โ€๐ŸŸซ
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