University of Delaware Professor of Entomology Doug Tallamy published a new research study in Nature that systematically identifies the most critical plants needed to sustain food webs across the United States.
University of Delaware Professor of Entomology Doug Tallamy published a new research study in Nature that systematically identifies the most critical plants needed to sustain food webs across the United States. Alongside co-authors Kimberley Shropshire and former graduate student Desiree Narango, now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the study drills down to the top plants in each county and bioregion, illuminating a plan for how to restore ecosystems anywhere in the country.
Why care about food webs? Well, these complex, highly interconnected systems of feeding relationships are essential for our planet’s health. The Earth and its many species depend on them, including humans.
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A white-blotched Heterocampa munches on an oak leaf. A new study led by the University of Delaware's Doug Tallamy identifies the most critical plants needed to sustain food webs across the United States. (Photo Credit: University of Delaware)
