including rainforest, deciduous and evergreen, temperate and boreal forest. It includes the community ecology of the trees and other plant and non-plant species, as well as ecosystem processes and ...

Our study concludes that warm climate conditions in broadleaved stands promote the formation of phylogenetically clustered communities through environmental filtering effects and that these ...

Over the past two years Daltun has travelled the length and breadth of Ireland photographing areas of temperate ... like insects, birds, and mammals. “The bare forest floor is ideal for the ...

Experts argue that when people do not collect fodder, firewood, wood, and other materials, these things pile up on the forest floor and turn into fuel for fires during the dry season. Forest fires not ...

Colorado's forests are currently emitting more carbon than they absorb, primarily due to tree mortality from insects and disease. This trend is expected to continue with ongoing droughts and ...

The impact is devastating. Forests that once showed traces of insect life on every leaf often now appear “fumigated”, they say, with barely a sign of foliage consumption, nests or eggs.

Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage and biodiversity, containing more carbon than all the world's forests despite covering just 3% of the ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a new study suggests that, under certain conditions, the native ...