Forest ecosystems form the backbone of terrestrial biodiversity and global biogeochemical cycles. They integrate complex structures and processes ranging from tree physiology and species interactions ...

Researchers at Beijing Normal University used advanced machine learning and satellite imagery to map forest management ...

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a structured framework to ...

Wildlife biologists used a novel technique to trace the movement of carbon through Arctic and boreal forest food webs and found that climate warming resulted in a shift from plant-based food webs to ...

Algae is a ubiquitous feature in waterways throughout the globe, including western North America. Slippery, green epilithic ...

The kelp forest is ephemeral, yet foundational. Fronds of this fast-growing giant seaweed come and go with the seasons, storms and waves, supporting communities of fish, invertebrates and even mammals ...

By Marlowe Starling The Van Eck Forest in northwestern California is home to iconic coast redwood trees, which store more ...

Introduction / Aline Chiabai -- Part I. Central American tropical forests, ecosystem services and human wellbeing -- An overview of forest biomes and ecoregions of Central America / Lenin Corrales, ...

Oil palm plantations will never be able to replace the role of natural forests, particularly in terms of ecology and the ...

First, protection of remaining critical forests, particularly central highlands, steep slopes, and headwater catchments: Some ...

Alaska is on the front lines of climate change, experiencing some of the fastest rates of warming of any place in the world. And when temperatures rise in the state’s interior—a vast high-latitude ...