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I recently had the opportunity to present my research on native bee host interactions at Santa Rosa Junior College’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), here’s the summary ⬇️
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Love environmental biologists
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Yes!! They’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 they’re finding that certain mushrooms are adaptogens and have anti-cancer properties!! This one grows mainly shiitake mushrooms!!!πŸ„β€πŸŸ«
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Are those wood piles grow sites
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Yes!!
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