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Not all ecological patterns hold true in cities

This is a guest post by Frank Lab postdoc Michael Just Red maples in Good and Poor health. Tree health declines as the amount of adjacent impervious surface increases.Urban trees are an important part...

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Filled – 2019 Undergraduate Research Assistant: Effects of urban climate on...

Are you an NCSU undergraduate who enjoys working outside? Do cool bugs get you really stoked? Can you count? Then read on, we have a place for you in the Frank Lab! Job description This paid position...

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FILLED – 2019 Undergraduate Research Assistant: Watering street trees

If you’re an NCSU undergrad, and driving a giant pickup truck around downtown Raleigh is your idea of a good time…have we got the job for you. You’ll get to do some cool science too! Job Description...

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Greenhouse, nursery, and landscape survey

Managing pests on ornamental plants is difficult for many reasons. For one, there are hundreds of pest species on hundreds of plant species. It is impossible to identify them all and there is not...

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To “Native” or not to “Native”?

This is a guest post by former Frank Lab PhD student Sarah Parsons Your backyard is the setting for a great ecological debate, and you may engage in this debate, knowingly or not, every spring. As the...

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Sleepless in the city: Urban heat wakes up tree pests

Chances are the tree in your yard or next to your street has pests like aphids, spider mites, or scale insects. It’s not just you. Scientists and anyone who works with trees have known for a century...

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Scout for European Pepper Moth Larvae, Adults are Active

European pepper moth adult. Photo: SD FrankA secretive pest may be lurking in your nursery containers and they have just awoken from winter. NC State Extension Area Specialized Agent Danny Lauderdale...

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Gloomy-locks and the three cities

This is a guest post by Frank Lab postdoc Michael Just For gloomy scales, the temps in Raleigh appear to be “just right”. Photo: Adam DaleInsects, like people, prefer warmer weather. For people, warmer...

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Urgent New Pest Alert: Box Tree Moth Found in the US

Box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis, is native to Asia. It was introduced into Europe in 2007 and quickly spread across the continent. Box tree moth was introduced to Ontario, Canada in 2018 which was...

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Why graduate students need an IRA – even if it hurts

I opened an IRA as an undergraduate, at my mother’s urging. I worked 40 hours each week in a restaurant and went to school full-time. I didn’t have much money left after car insurance, gas, and coffee...

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