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Primary sources include the first report on a particular topic of research. This includes raw data, first hand observations and overall findings and conclusions obtained from the person writing the piece of literature. For example, in the article “Synthesizing habitat fragmentation effects on plant–antagonist interactions in a phylogenetic context” the author discusses their study conductedContinue reading “Primary, Secondary & Tertiary… What’s the Difference?”

Answer the following questions to see if you understand COVID-19. Post your answers and I’ll let you know if you got it right! 1.True or False Covid_19 and SARS CoV-2 are air borne viruses a) True b) False 2. The “19” in Covid_19 indicates a) There are 19 variants of the virus b) The virusContinue reading “Test Your Knowledge on COVID-19”

Araucaria araucanas otherwise known as monkey puzzle trees are endangered trees in Chile and Argentina. The article, “​​Large-scale impacts of multiple co-occurring invaders on monkey puzzle forest regeneration, native seed predators and their ecological interactions” explores the impact communities of exotic mammals have on monkey puzzle forests. The authors conducted a study illustrated in thisContinue reading “Exotic Mammals & Monkey Puzzle Trees”

Whether or not viruses are alive is an ongoing debate but we can use a set of standards used to normally determine if something is living in order to determine if viruses are alive. To start, living things have cells. Viruses do not have cells and therefore do not meet the first standard or qulaificationContinue reading “Are Viruses Alive?”

Given it is black history month, it feels right to highlight amazing black women who have helped grow the world of science, specifically, plant ecology. Dr. Tanisha Williams is a black, female plant ecologist and botanist. The reason I am choosing to write about her, is because there are not many times the media focusesContinue reading “Dr. Williams #BlackBotanistsWeek”