New findings on nitrous oxide emissions from northern trees surprised scientists
Credit: Mari Pihlatie A recently published study, completed by researchers from the University of Helsinki together with Dr Katerina Machacova, ...
Tag: Forestry
Evolutionary diversity is associated with Amazon forest productivity
Credit: Fernanda Coelho, University of Leeds An international team of researchers led by the University of Leeds have revealed for ...
Bushfires on east coast of Australia out of control
Credit: NASA Worldview An unprecedented number of bushfires have erupted on the east coast of Australia due to hot, dry, ...
To save biodiversity, scientists suggest ‘mega-conservation’
To save biodiversity, scientists suggest 'mega-conservation' -- starting with one of the most prolific species in the worldCredit: Credit: Paul ...
Palm oil: Less fertilizer and no herbicide but same yield?
International team led by the University of Göttingen investigates environmentally sustainable palm oil productionCredit: Katja Rembold Environmentally friendlier palm oil ...
Insect decline more extensive than suspected
Causes of insect decline and biodiversity loss to be found at the landscape levelCredit: Dr. Ulrike Garbe / Landesamt für ...
Land restoration in Ethiopia pays off but climate change necessitates many strategies
A combination of land restoration activities can boost crop yields -- in some cases as much as 170 percent -- ...
Researchers describe how Vitamin E works in plants under extreme conditions
Retrograde signalling: From chloroplast to the nucleusCredit: Sergi Munné-Bosch (Research Group ANTIOX of the University of Barcelona) Vitamin E is ...
In Southeast Asia, illegal hunting is a more threat to wildlife than forest degradation
Credit: Andrew Tilker For decades habitat loss and degradation were considered the important drivers for defaunation in tropical rainforest ecosystems. ...
Fire-spawned forest fungi hide out in other organisms, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When a wildfire obliterates a forest, the first life to rise ...
Large-scale afforestation of African savannas will destroy valuable ecosystems
African scientists speak out about global plans to plant trees on their continent in order to fight climate changeCredit: Wits ...
International research community calls for recognition of forests’ role in human prosperity
Credit: Daniel Miller, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - World leaders convened for the UN Climate Summit in September amid ...
Forests on the radar
Credit: Bavarian Forest National Park The quantity and diversity of plants and animals, especially insects, is decreasing, also in Germany. ...
Bean tree plan to protect Amazon
Credit: Toby Pennington Amazon deforestation could be slowed by planting bean trees that would keep soils fertile and help smallholders ...
Old friends and new enemies: How evolutionary history can predict insect invader impacts
Credit: Jeff Garnas/University of New Hampshire About 450 nonnative, plant-eating insect species live in North American forests. Most of these ...
Researchers map the evolutionary history of oaks
Credit: The Morton Arboretum How oaks are related has long posed a challenge to scientists. Dr. Andrew Hipp, senior scientist ...
Mechanism regulating species coexistence in a subtropical forest revealed
Credit: CHEN Lei For over a century, ecologists have questioned how the extraordinarily high number of tree species can coexist ...
UNH researchers find northern forests have lost crucial cold, snowy conditions
Credit: MaxPixel DURHAM, N.H.--As the popular saying goes, "winter is coming," but is it? Researchers at the University of New ...
Plant diversity a casualty of high-severity wildfires
Extreme wildfires are transforming forestlands into shrublandsCredit: Courtesy Clark Richter Sierra Nevada forests are losing plant diversity due to high-severity ...
Preventing future forest diebacks
Credit: Simon Thorn / University of Wuerzburg Bark beetles, heat, drought, storms, and fires have damaged the German forests. Those ...
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