Erin Spear Searching for Tree Seeds (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Erin Spear Searching for Tree Seeds

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University of Utah biology doctoral student Erin Spear stands in front of a 150-foot-tall giant rainforest tree, Ceiba pentandra, in a Panama forest as she hunts for tree seeds for a study that found seedling-killing diseases actually help increase the diversity of tree species in forests.

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Joseph Sertich, Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

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