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B Program Participants
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... His current research focuses on developing biological control strategies for diseases in natural and managed forests. Van Alfen served on the NRC study committee that wrote the 1996 report Ecologically Based Pest Management: New Solutions for a New Century.
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... Dwyer combines ecological field experiments and mathematical models to determine how the characteristics and interactions of individual organisms determine the dynamics of populations and communities. He received a PhD degree in entomology from the University of Washington.
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... Depardnent of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, an agency that generates information and analysis vital to enhanced performance of the food and agricultural system and rural America. Her principal areas of expertise are policy analysis, particularly with respect to agricultural and resource policies, and the relationships among agricultural production, trade, and environmental quality.


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