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National Geographic Society funds research to index global tropical rainforest vulnerability
The National Geographic Society brought together a team of top scientists, including UCLA’s Center for Tropical Research Adjunct Professor Sassan Saatchi and Professor Thomas Smith, to measure tropical rainforest vulnerability…
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Evolutionary Applications features CTR genomic research on migratory birds
The journal Evolutionary Applications featured the article, “Leveraging genomics to understand threats to migratory birds,” on the cover of its June 2021 print journal. Co-authors of the paper include Assistant…
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Brenda Larison on The Current podcast: Why human activity might be making the zebra lose its stripes
The Current podcast interviews Brenda Larison, biologist and researcher at the Center for Tropical Research on why human activity might be making the zebra lose its stripes. Listen on Apple…
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Tech meets tradition for rainforest conservation project
NASA and UCLA use International Space Station to learn how animals disperse seeds in Congo Basin. Smith, director of UCLA’s Center for Tropical Research, began studying rainforests over 35 years ago.…
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Cristian Gruppi presents at World Pangolin Day Nigeria conference
Dr. Cristian Gruppi, a UCLA postdoctoral scholar with the Center of Tropical Research presented an invited talk during the World Pangolin Day 2021 virtual conference, “Towards Sustainable Pangolin Conservation in…
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National Geographic film features Bird Genoscape Project
UCLA Professor Tom Smith and Ph.D. student Kelly Barr with the Center for Tropical Research and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability are featured in a new National Geographic…
