Ecologists and students from Rice University and the University of Guam will begin an ambitious four-year study this summer to examine how the loss of birds on Guam may be thinning the island's forests as ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 08, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

Surface appearances can be so misleading: In most forests, the amount of carbon held in soils is substantially greater than the amount contained in the trees themselves.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 01, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 7 |

As gardeners and farmers across Britain survey the frost damage and delayed growth of their plants this Easter, scientists at the University of Reading are asking gardeners to participate in a new survey ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 28, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 2

Rapidly growing trees like poplars and willows are candidate "biofuel crops" from which it is expected that cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels can be efficiently extracted. Domesticating these ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Mar 24, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 2 |

Concern is growing about finding alternatives to fossil fuels, but the negative impact of one of these—biofuels—may be greater than we first thought, say scientists.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 05, 2013 4.2 / 5 (9) 0 |

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Fort Pierce, Fla. are helping citrus growers and juice processors address the threat posed by Huanglongbing (HLB), a disease that is costing the citrus industry millions ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 25, 2013 not rated yet 0

Variations in the soil and stone beneath it are the biggest factor behind which trees grow where in the rainforests of the Congo basin, a new study has found.

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 06, 2012 not rated yet 1 |

For the first time, two tree species more commonly found in warmer southern Ohio are being planted in a northern county's park.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 15, 2012 4.2 / 5 (5) 1

Across much of Norway, the agricultural growing season could become up to two months longer due to climate change. A research project has been studying the potential and challenges inherent in such a scenario.

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 10, 2012 3.9 / 5 (8) 0

For most of us it's just dirt, but for ecologists soil is the key to meeting some of the most daunting challenges facing our planet.

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 25, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

For more than 30 years, scientists at the Harvard Forest have scaled towers into the forest canopy and measured the trunks of trees to track how much carbon is stored or lost from the woods each year. This treasure trove ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 06, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Some climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructions of temperature change because large enough temperature drops lead to greatly shortened or even absent growing seasons, ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 05, 2012 4 / 5 (4) 22 |

Many landscape trees are started in-ground, then sold as bare-root ''liners'' to producers who plant them in large containers to grow. To minimize wind damage and to facilitate transport from potting areas ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 17, 2011 not rated yet 0

In peach trees, as in other plants, the energy used to create carbohydrates that support growth and development comes from solar radiation through the process of photosynthesis. Peach tree productivity is ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 17, 2011 not rated yet 0

Nibbling by herbivores can have a greater impact on the width of tree rings than climate, new research has found. The study, published this week in the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ecology, could ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 27, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0