Research
How Safe is Mist Netting? First Large Scale Study into Bird Capture Technique Evaluates the Risks
Graduate student Erica Spotswood used data from organisations across the United States and Canada to assess the risk factors which could increase rates of injury or mortality including bird size, age, frequency of capture and the role of predators.
Latinos Have Higher Exposure to Nitrate-Contaminated Drinking Water, Study Finds
Researchers found that across all eight counties studied, there was a positive correlation between water systems that served larger proportions of Latinos and increased nitrate levels in the water systems.
Wild pollinators worth up to $2.4 billion to farmers, study finds
California agriculture reaps $937 million to $2.4 billion per year in economic value from wild, free-living bee species that serve the critical function of pollinating crops.
One Health: Water, Animals, Food and Society
Graduate student Kathryn Fiorella of the Brashares Lab spent the summer of 2011 exploring links between human health and the environment in Western Kenya.