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Ph.D. student Abir Jain and a team of both faculty and undergraduate researchers are marking certain species of fruiting plants in the region and monitoring them with trail cameras to determine which animals are responsible for dispersing their seeds.

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Ph.D. student Abir Jain, left, with his faculty advisor Haldre Rogers conducting seed dispersal fieldwork at Wind Rock.

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