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What Happens When a Dry Forest Becomes Even Drier?
CATEC-sponsored research focuses on climate change in Guánica Dry Forest, a biodiversity hotspot and biosphere reserve. |
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The Fight Against Mites
Puerto Rico is a honeybee haven. Here africanized honeybees are aggressive towards the mites that attack them but gentle toward humans.
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Maintaining Biodiversity
Management plans for endangered species must be tailor-made. For Goetzea elegans, that means taking into account the positive effects of an exotic species, africanized bees. |
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Climate Change May be a Factor in Ailing Sea Fans
Studies at UPR, RP may exonerate a supposed pathogen and refocus attention on environmental stressors. |
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
Orchids have the reputation of being hard to grow. But they live all over the world and thrive in the tropics. Scientists at UPR are studying the impact of those that are thriving too well—invasive orchids in Puerto Rico. |
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In an Era of Climate Change
The past can tell us much about the future. A UPR, RP scientist speaks about the evolutionary history of plants using DNA evidence and how this information may help us preserve species for the future. |
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Butterssing a Biosphere Buffer Zone
A UPR, RP graduate student is studying how trees in a Mexican biosphere buffer zone, where agriculture and cattle grazing are allowed, can enhance biodiversity. |
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Student Briefs
Highlights of graduate students Anabella Zuluaga, Charito Orengo, and Paola Olaya’s research projects, that focus on sea fans, fire ants, and a tiny species of orchid. |
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Publicaciones
Synopses of three new books by UPR, RP faculty. |
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