Publications by authors named "Kamala Earl"
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- Insect phenological lability plays a crucial role in how species adapt to environmental changes, yet the timing and duration of adult insect activity remain unclear.
- Using community-science and museum data, the study examines the impact of climate and urbanization on adult insect activity across 101 species with different life history traits.
- Findings indicate that detritivores and aquatic larvae species adaptively extend their activity periods in response to rising temperatures, while those with subterranean larvae show consistent activity durations, highlighting a general response to warming.
A wave of green leaves and multi-colored flowers advances from low to high latitudes each spring. However, little is known about how flowering offset (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThroughout the world DNA banks are used as storage repositories for genetic diversity of organisms ranging from plants to insects to mammals. Designed to preserve the genetic information for organisms of interest, these banks also indirectly preserve organisms' associated microbiomes, including fungi associated with plant tissues. Studies of fungal biodiversity lag far behind those of macroorganisms, such as plants, and estimates of global fungal richness are still widely debated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMore than 2 y have passed since the BP-Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, yet we still have little understanding of its ecological impacts. Examining effects of this oil spill will generate much-needed insight into how shoreline habitats and the valuable ecological services they provide (e.g.
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