Endangered trees in Guam contribute to ecosystem diversity and health
Credit: University of Guam Research at the University of Guam has shown that the decomposition of leaf litter from three ...
Tag: Forestry
Vanilla cultivation under trees promotes pest regulation
Research team led by University of Göttingen investigates agroforestry systems in MadagascarCredit: Annemarie Wurz The cultivation of vanilla in Madagascar ...
Study finds go-to hormone for cycad propagation ineffective
Credit: University of Guam The newly published thesis research of University of Guam Master of Environmental Science graduate Benjamin Deloso ...
The effects of wildfires and spruce beetle outbreaks on forest temperatures
Credit: Dr. Carlson Results from a study published in the Journal of Biogeography indicate that wildfires may play a role ...
High social and ecological standards for chocolate
Research team including agroecologists from Göttingen University study conditions in Peruvian cocoa agroforestry systemsCredit: Dr Bea Maas Worldwide demand for ...
Fighting fire with data
Pitt IE professor receives $270K from NSF for Wildfire Management OptimizationCredit: University of Pittsburgh The wildfires that consumed the west ...
Bark beetle outbreaks benefit wild bee populations, habitat
Credit: Seth Davis/Colorado State University When southern Rocky Mountain forests are viewed from a distance these days, it may not ...
Phosphate polymer forms a cornerstone of metabolic control
New work could enable scientists to engineer the metabolism of organisms to be more resilient and productive in a range ...
Laser technology measures biomass in world’s largest trees
Credit: Mat Disney Laser technology has been used to measure the volume and biomass of giant Californian redwood trees for ...
Research demonstrates microbiome transmissibility in perennial ryegrass
Credit: Ian Tannenbaum Scientist Ian Tannenbaum has spent most of his career working in clinical microbiology but was excited to ...
More diversity needed in oil palm plantations
Scientists from the University of Göttingen call for meaningful support for smallholder farmers in IndonesiaCredit: Miriam Romero The growing global ...
University of Guam part of international effort to understand cycad pollinators
Researchers say cycad conservation plans must consider mutualistic relationshipsCredit: University of Guam University of Guam researchers continue to expand knowledge ...
To protect nature’s benefits, focus on people
Credit: Luis Del Rio/Pexels To calculate the true value of a forest, we need to know how people benefit from ...
Fuels, not fire weather, control carbon emissions in boreal forest
Credit: Victor Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society As climate warming stokes longer fire seasons and more severe fires ...
Climate patterns linked in Amazon, North and South America, study shows
A tree-ring chronology developed by U of A researchers established a connection between precipitation in the Amazon and the AmericasCredit: ...
Scientists suggest global guidelines for sustainable use of non-native trees
A team of international scientists have collaborated to propose a series of global guidelines for the sustainable use of non-native ...
Most nations failing to protect nature in COVID-19 pandemic recovery plans
Outbreak provides opportunity to reset economy and reverse ecosystem, species lossesCredit: Pamela McElwee The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to ...
Dietary migration of Impala rivals the geographical migration of Serengeti wildebeest
Seasonal dietary changes increase the abundances of savanna herbivore speciesCredit: Gareth Hempson/Wits University African savannas are renowned for their huge ...
California’s August Complex largest fire in state’s history
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured another startling image of ...
Evolution in action: New Plant species in the Swiss Alps
Credit: UZH, Rie Shimizu-Inatsugi A new plant species named Cardamine insueta appeared in the region of Urnerboden in the Swiss ...
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