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Scott Winton
February 17, 2016 Scott Wintonforests, PhD, students, travel

A visit to the most biodiverse place on Earth: Ecuador’s Yasuni Biosphere

In 10 days we encountered 382 species, which is far more than a North Carolina backyard birder could ever hope to see in a lifetime.

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Scott Winton
November 11, 2015 Scott Wintonconservation, PhD, students, sustainability

Killing birds: Scientists?

The unfortunate and likely end result of this Moustached Kingfisher controversy is that the task of raising funds for bird research, already a major challenge, is only made more difficult.

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Scott Winton
October 5, 2015 Scott Wintonconservation, forests, PhD, students, travel

Killing Birds: invasive species in Hawaii

Invasive species have absolutely wrecked Hawaii’s native ecosystems and despite best efforts of committed conservation groups the native birds and plants are rapidly being lost.

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Scott Winton
August 31, 2015 Scott Wintonconservation, forests, PhD, students

Teaching biodiversity

My goal is to open these students’ eyes to astounding nature sitting right in their ‘backyards,’ to use these local resources as teaching tools for global biodiversity challenges.

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Scott Winton
May 26, 2015 Scott Wintonconservation, PhD, students, sustainability

Killing Birds: Glass

…as of yet, there are no ‘bird-friendly’ colleges and universities in the US. Duke is uniquely poised to be the first.

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Scott Winton
April 14, 2015April 15, 2015 Scott Wintonconservation, forests, PhD, students

Conserved: Forests on Duke’s Campus

This is a huge victory!

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Scott Winton
March 31, 2015 Scott Wintonconservation, PhD, students

Killing birds: Feed me meow!

Imagine all the cats in your neighborhood running around with bibs or frilly rainbow collars. That’s a sight that birds and I would love to see.

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Scott Winton
February 17, 2015 Scott Wintonclimate, conservation, PhD, students, water

Water Quality Consequences for Mega-flocks at Mattamuskeet

…huge flocks of hungry herbivores have been forced to forage elsewhere.

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Scott Winton
January 27, 2015February 6, 2015 Scott Wintonconservation, forests, PhD, students, sustainability, travel

To bird is to conserve: prospects for the endangered birds of Hispaniola

Bird everywhere you go, especially if you visit hotspots, which represent the front lines of conservation crises.

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Scott Winton
December 9, 2014December 12, 2014 Scott Wintonconservation, forests, PhD, students, sustainability

The Fate of Forests on Duke’s Campus

“…over the years and decades forests on campus have been gradually chipped away for construction…”

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Birds in a Changing World

Birds are ubiquitous and conspicuous inhabitants of ecosystems rapidly being altered by human activity. This blog will explore the ecological and biogeochemical roles of birds--in transporting nutrients, dispersing seeds and regulating greenhouse gases--and discuss how forces like climate change are affecting bird populations and functions. It will also celebrate bird beauty and diversity as well as all who consider themselves to be birders or birdwatchers.

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