Sustainable choices on palm oil must be easier for consumers, says new study
Consumer goods companies and retailers need to be upfront about where palm oil in their products comes from to relieve ...
Tag: Forestry
University of Nevada, Reno uses 15-years of satellite imagery to study snow's comings and goings
New publications discuss snowpack changes and their implications in the Great BasinCredit: Photo by Adrian Harpold, University of Nevada, Reno. ...
Is habitat restoration actually killing plants in the California wildlands?
Nursery-grown plants can harbor fungicide-resistant strains of disease-causing pathogensCredit: Matteo Garbelotto, U.C. Berkeley photo In 2014, plant biologists with the ...
These nine measures reveal how forests are controlled by climate
Instead of blood pressure, temperature, and heart rate, the vital signs for a forest are captured in key traits such ...
Trees' enemies help tropical forests maintain their biodiversity
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists have long struggled to explain how tropical forests can maintain their staggering ...
Antifungal activity and detoxification of aflatoxins
This article by Dr. Bárbara Ponzilacqua Silva has been published in The Open Food Science Journal, Volume 10, 2018 Aflatoxins ...
Tree-ring analysis explains physiology behind drought intolerance
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Tree rings tell the story of what's happening physiologically as fire suppression makes forests more dense and ...
Genome published of the small hive beetle, a major honey bee parasite
One of only seven beetle genomes publishedCredit: Agricultural Research Service-USDA BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, December 20, 2018--Beekeepers and researchers will welcome the ...
Getting yeast to make artificial sweets
The holiday season can be a time of excess, but low- or no-calorie sweeteners could help merry-makers stay trim. Stevia ...
Loss of forest intactness increases extinction risk in birds
Fragmentation within intact forests has a higher impact on vertebrate biodiversity than equivalent losses in already degraded landscapes, but the ...
Southwest forest trees will grow much slower in the 21st century
Even forest trees growing in average conditions may decline in productivity as much as 75 percentCredit: John D. Shaw, US ...
Optimizing restoration can deliver an eightfold increase in cost-effectiveness
Study shows that restoring nature with spatial intelligence can triple its benefits while halving costsCredit: Strassburg et al 2018 A ...
Clemson researchers: Trees grow more efficient leaves to compensate for hurricane damage
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom -- Some tree species heal from the ravages of hurricane damage by growing replacement leaves optimized for ...
Broading the biodiversity catalogue of spider populations in the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian arachnology: An area to be exploredCredit: Marc Domènech (University of Barcelona) The new study, covering the largest study area ...
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