News tagged with hardwood forests

Study shows earthworms to blame for decline of ovenbirds in northern Midwest forests

A recent decline in ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapilla), a ground-nesting migratory songbird, in forests in the northern Midwest United States is being linked by scientists to a seemingly unlikely culprit: earthw ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Southern pine beetle impacts on forest ecosystems

Research by USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists shows that the impacts of recent outbreaks of southern pine beetle further degraded shortleaf pine-hardwood forest ecosystems in the southern Appalachian ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds hemlock trees dying rapidly, affecting forest carbon cycle

New research by U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists and partners suggests the hemlock woolly adelgid is killing hemlock trees faster than expected in the southern Appalachians and rapidly altering ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0