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  • The nun moth is a major pest of conifers and an occasional pest of broadleaf trees in Europe and Asia.…
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    And Then There Were Nun: Trees That Could Be Endangered by a Nun Moth Invasion

  • The research in this monograph looks at the use of prairie strips, which are strips of native prairie plants that…
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    Cream of the Crop: Assessing the Environmental Benefits of Prairie Strips

  • When a wildfire burns across a forest, logs and stumps on the ground may completely burn up. When this happens…
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    Don’t Judge a Soil by Its Color: Exploring Forest Soil Following a Wildfire

  • The California gnatcatcher is a little bird with a big problem. Its habitat has been reduced 80 percent by people…
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    Fighting Fire with Fire: Protecting the Homes of People and Birds

  • The California gnatcatcher is a little bird with a big problem. Its habitat has been reduced 80 percent by people…
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    Fighting Fire with Fire: Protecting the Homes of People and Birds (Spanish)

  • Some scientists think that wildlife is mostly dependent on the immediate natural area in which it lives. The scientist in…
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    Goldifinch and the Three Scales: Investigating Songbird Habitats Near Rivers

  • Some scientists think that wildlife is mostly dependent on the immediate natural area in which it lives. The scientist in…
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    Goldifinch and the Three Scales: Investigating Songbird Habitats Near Rivers (Spanish)

  • In the Western United States, spotted knapweed is one of the most widely found nonnative plants. Spotted knapweed was brought to the United…
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    Goll-ly! Don’t Take a Knapweed! The Impact of Nonnative Plants and Animals on Deer Mice

  • The Oriental bittersweet is a vine that was transported to the United States from Asia in 1860. Oriental bittersweet escaped from gardens and…
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    Hurry Up and Wait: Investigating an Unusual Strategy for Invasion

  • The scientists were interested in discovering whether the Pacific tree frog population might also be affected by the presence of…
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    Knocked Out By Trout: The Relationship Between Nonnative Trout and Pacific Tree Frogs

  • Over the past decade, humans have introduced two species of Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) into the Atlantic…
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    Lion In Wait: How Citizens Helped Scientists Identify a Rapid Invasion of Lionfish

  • The Asian long-horned beetle is an insect pest that was discovered in New York in 1996 and Chicago in 1998. It arrived…
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    Tag, You’re It! Using Harmonic Radar to Track the Flight of Beetles