RSS Feed
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Does a rough life as a youngster foretell hard times as an adult? A Virginia Commonwealth University researcher wants to know if that’s true -- for salamanders.
Doctoral student Julie Charbonnier is studying whether deprivation in early life affects how the little amphibians might fare in a world changed by global warming.
“How does your childhood impact you later in life?” asked Charbonnier, summarizing the work.
The object of her attention is the spotted salamander, a dark little cigar......
Read Complete Article at Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS News Feed
Local salamanders could shed light on life under climate change
Posted by Richmond Times-Dispatch: Rex Springston on August 31st, 2014
Posted in Water Conservation