Justin Whitmore
Michigan State University
Michigan State University Distinguished Professor Rufus Isaacs and College of Agriculture & Natural Resources alumna Gabriela Quinlan, now an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, recently collaborated with researchers from 19 countries to develop a framework for informing conservation policies to increase the quantity and enhance the quality of pollinator habitat in agricultural landscapes.
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