Forest managers cut down trees, but their ultimate goal is to keep forests healthy and growing. Bats might help with that, according to recent University of Illinois research, thanks to their appetite for bugs that could ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 14, 2022
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Scientists researching forest carnivores such as martens, foxes and coyotes spend hours clambering through rugged terrain, sometimes in deep snow, placing and baiting camera traps to learn about animals' behavior in relation ...
Ecology
Oct 28, 2022
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For a researcher who studies wildfire, University of Montana graduate student Kyra Clark-Wolf couldn't have had better timing.
Ecology
Oct 24, 2022
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Epiphytes are non-parasitic plants that germinate and grow on phorophytes (the host of epiphytes) at all stages of life. Phorophytes, which provide physical support, constitute the basis for the occurrence of epiphytes. Epiphytes ...
Ecology
Oct 24, 2022
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A team of scientists at The University of New Mexico is experimenting and learning about reforestation and the challenges presented by several environmental factors in the semi-arid southwestern United States where planted ...
Ecology
Oct 5, 2022
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A new study led by the University of Helsinki provides evidence that the observed decline of carbon use efficiency and net ecosystem exchange from south to north in the boreal forest may be caused by the abundance of ectomycorrhizal ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 3, 2022
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Monocultures of some of the U.K.'s most economically important conifers may be more resilient to spring drought than mixed species forests, new research has shown.
Ecology
Aug 9, 2022
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Clearcutting and wildfires decimated the red spruce, once the dominant, high-elevation tree species in West Virginia, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Nowadays, only 10% of the state's historic red spruce coverage remains ...
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Aug 3, 2022
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Forest pathologist Martin MacKenzie strode forward on a narrow path through California's mythic bristlecone pine forest in the White Mountains near the Nevada border, methodically scanning gnarled limbs for the invaders that ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2022
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Restoration of degraded habitats using traditional techniques is a slow process, and many practices are unsuccessful after a few years. Topsoil translocation has been demonstrated as a promising method for vegetation restoration ...
Plants & Animals
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