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New paper on Timber Rattlesnake hibernacula
PhD candidate Andrew Jesper has a new paper out today on determining suitable hibernacula for the state threatened Timber Rattlesnake. The initial habitat suitability model was developed based on known hibernacula across the state of Illinois. The model was refined over a series of surveys based on the model and updating the model based on […]
UBAP leader A Rahlin presents Chicagoland ornithological research
UBAP leader Anastasia Rahlin presented two talks recently. In January Rahlin presented “Oak Masting in the Chicagoland Region” at the Cook County Forest Preserve District – Resource Management talk as part of CCFPD’s Environmental Education program. Rahlin and collaborators have been collecting oak masting data in the Chicagoland region over a seven-year period from 2017-2023. […]
Three new species of Mantellid frog from Madagascar
Three new species of frogs from Madagascar were described in a paper co-authored by PACE Lab PhD candidate Devin Edmonds, led by researchers at Zoological Institute at Technische Universitat Braunschweig. The group of frogs, Genus Guibemantis, subgenus Pandanusicola, spend their lives in the Pandanus (screw-pine) trees, which are common in the Andasibe area of Madagascar. […]