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Alison G. Power is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. Her research focuses on community ecology and population biology, particularly in relation to disease ecology within plant communities. She conducts manipulative field and greenhouse experiments to investigate how landscape heterogeneity, plant community diversity, and host genetic diversity impact herbivores and pathogens in agricultural ecosystems. Her recent work includes studying aphid-transmitted viruses and their impact on ecosystems, with significant findings in the dynamics of virus interactions in grasslands. Power has a long-standing interest in the interface between agroecology and food security, contributing to the understanding of ecosystem services in agricultural systems. She has taught a variety of courses at Cornell related to ecology and food systems, integrating concepts of sustainability and poverty reduction.
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