Climate modeling shows significant shifts in 21st century Pacific Northwest coastal forests
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A changing climate in the 21st century will significantly alter the coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest, ...
Tag: Forestry
Tree loss from bark-beetle infestation impacts elk habitat
Although elk typically adapt to forest disturbances such as forest fires and logging, a new Journal of Wildlife Management study ...
Daily and Mace win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award for their 'visionary' work in ecology
The BBVA Foundation recognize Gretchen Daily and Georgina Mace, two 'visionary' ecologists who have devised indispensable tools to compute 'the ...
Growing the tallest is not always the best option
Chloroplast retrograde signalling discovered to be key to attenuate the elongation response to shade in plantsCredit: Jaume Martinez-Garcia Plants need ...
Leaves are nature's most sophisticated environment sensors
New research confirms that leaves are nature's most sophisticated environment sensors New research confirms that leaves are nature's most sophisticated ...
NW Forest Plan 25 years later: Wildfire losses up, bird populations down
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Twenty-five years into a 100-year federal strategy to protect older forests in the Pacific Northwest, forest losses ...
Where do the best strawberries grow?
Scientists investigate positive effects of hedgerows on pollinationCredit: Denise Castle Agricultural production benefits enormously from flower-visiting bees and other flower-visiting ...
Palm oil not the only driver of forest loss in Indonesia
Wildfire and mining join plantations as threat to forests; conservation policies and practices should reflect thisCredit: (Credits: 1) CNES/Airbus; 2) ...
Butterflies thrive in grasslands surrounded by forest
Credit: Karl-Olof Bergman For pollinating butterflies, it is more important to be close to forests than to agricultural fields, according ...
How plants cope with iron deficiency
Researchers have discovered a new switch that plants use to control their responses to iron deficiencyCredit: HHU / Tzvetina Brumbarova ...
New research: The Aussie plants facing extinction
Credit: Jen Silcock New research by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub has identified the top 100 Australian plant species at ...
Achieving a balance: Animal welfare and conservation
Real-life conservation scenarios with endangered hawaiian birds to scientifically evaluate balance for re-introductions In a paper recently published in the ...
Why large forest fires may not be a big threat to some endangered animals
A new study in The Condor: Ornithological Applications shows that certain endangered owls may continue to persist and even flourish ...
Haiti's first-ever private nature reserve created to protect imperiled species
Airline CEO, professor, conservation groups join Grand Bois effortCredit: S. Blair Hedges In a race against time, an American professor ...
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