Trail cameras and parasitoid wasps

November 20, 2023 00:28:30
Trail cameras and parasitoid wasps
The Best Of Our Knowledge
Trail cameras and parasitoid wasps

Nov 20 2023 | 00:28:30

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Show Notes

On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge:

An invasive insect, the Emerald Ash Borer poses threats to America’s forests. A federally-supported study is using parasitoid wasps to control the arboreal pasts. And we’ll visit an environmental science professor in the field, as students collect trail cameras as part of a national study on mammal populations.  

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