Sydney Becker

Tweeting about ecology in #ees152 at Lehigh University

[Sydney Becker @SBeckerEES]

It isn’t over ‘til it’s over... #ees152

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Printed, stapled.... and finally done!! Assessing the effects of deer herbivory on tree seedling recruitment, growth, and species richness. #EES152

[Journal of Animal Ecology @AnimalEcology]

#Lions and #leopards coexist without spatial, temporal or demographic effects of interspecific competition by @JennieRBMiller@PantheraCats @Fuller_Lab https://t.co/rNuyN3cp4v

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Final lab report for #EES152 ! Can’t believe how quickly the semester flew by. How can understanding forests in the northeast help us manage our forests in the future? 🌲🌳🌿

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Sanding our tree cores to count the number of rings on these maples and cherries. While it may not look like much in these photos, many more rings could be seen under the microscope! #ees152

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@MichVas221 @StatelyTrees You did great!!!

[Sydney Becker @SBeckerEES]

Taking samples from sugar maples (Acer saccharum) in lab today! We had a little difficulty with some of our trees, but ended up getting some great samples. #ees152

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The first snow of the season! Even though the winter solstice isn’t until December 22nd, we are already seeing winter weather in Bethlehem. #WinterIsComing #ees152

[Jeff Gladstone @EcologyDude]

In lab on Monday we... played a board game?!

The Floristic Relay Game was a ton of fun and we also learned all about plant community succession and disturbance dynamics. #ees152

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Playing board games to learn about early vs. late successional species. My late successional character, the mimsy bush, came in first place in the first game due to many events of no disturbance. #ees152

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Spotted this leopard slug (Limax maximus) on my way to #ees152 this morning, on the side of Neville Hall. Fun fact: these slugs are hermaphrodites, so two mating slugs are able to fertilize each other’s eggs!

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My personal favorite was this porcupine, named Quilbur. Although he has 30,000 quills on his body, he was as playful as a puppy and happy to have his belly rubbed. Follow him on Instagram!- @ quilbur.thistlebeaver #ees152

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Took a study break the other day to go visit the National History Exhibition in Allentown with the Foundation for Animal Rescue & Education. Who knew porcupines were so friendly and sloths were this cute??! #ees152

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Here is the peregrine falcon- you may recognize him from the Cities episode of Planet Earth 2. This bird of prey can fly at speeds of up to 240 mph! #ees152

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Best Halloween costume of 2018: the spotted lanternfly! #ees152 #HappyHalloween

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Over the weekend I had the pleasure of visiting the Lost River Caverns, a limestone cave in Hellertown. Fun fact: any moss found in the caves only grows there because of lightbulbs put in the cave! #ees152

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While surveying the dunes, my group encountered beach grass, goldenrod, and spurge. We couldn’t identify this grass in particular- any ideas? #ees152

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Here’s a sample from one of the cores taken today in the salt marsh- very interesting to see the different layers of sand and mud in this core. #ees152

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@EcologyDude Impressive hole-digging abilities!

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A beautiful day at Island Beach State Park recording beach vegetation cover and taking cores from the salt marsh. Fun fact- beach grass grows taller when you throw sand at it! #ees152