Archaeological data demand new approaches to biodiversity conservation
Credit: Erle Ellis Professor Nicole Boivin, Director of the Department of Archaeology at the Max Planck Institute for the Science ...
Tag: Forestry
New model describes the (scaling) laws of the jungle
Credit: Illustration: Mesa Schumacher for the Santa Fe Institute A forest looks like a hotbed of randomness, with trees and ...
New amphibious centipede species discovered in Okinawa and Taiwan
Godly proportions for rare jade Scolopendra named after local gods, one of the largest arthropods in JapanCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University ...
Scientists call for climate projections as part of more robust biodiversity conservation
Research in the Peruvian Andes highlights critical climate threats to montane forests and urges for current conservation plans to take ...
Drought-induced mortality of conifers
Credit: Manuela Schwendener / University of Basel The extreme summer drought of 2018 was a special situation for both nature ...
Indigenous land-use reduced catastrophic wildfires on the Fish Lake Plateau
Credit: S. Yoshi Maezumi If you were to visit the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau a thousand years ago, you'd ...
Cascading effects of noise on plants persist over long periods and after noise is removed
A first-of-its kind study shows decreased seedlings and saplings years after the removal of noise pollutionCredit: Photo by Sarah Termondt ...
World’s protected areas need more than a ‘do not disturb’ sign
Credit: Sue Nichols, Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability Lessons learned from the world's protected forests: Just ...
Airborne laser scanning of gaps in Amazon rainforest helps explain tree mortality
The researchers concluded that water stress, soil fertility and human-induced forest degradation cause gaps in the world's largest tropical forestCredit: ...
New Forest Service assessment delivers research on invasive species
Credit: USDA Forest Service MADISON, WI, April 8, 2021 - USDA Forest Service scientists have delivered a new comprehensive assessment ...
Bacteria help plants grow better
New study may in the long term lead to new varieties that require less fertilizerCredit: © Barbara Frommann/University of Bonn ...
Eucalyptus trees can be genetically modified not to invade native ecosystems
Credit: OSU College of Forestry CORVALLIS, Ore. - Eucalyptus, a pest-resistant evergreen valued for its hardy lumber and wellness-promoting oil, ...
As lumber prices skyrocket, professor develops method to predict future price changes
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - At a time when lumber prices are skyrocketing, an Oregon State University researcher ...
Mapping North Carolina’s ghost forests from 430 miles up
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