University of Cincinnati geography researchers have identified a tipping point for deforestation that leads to rapid forest loss.
Earth Sciences
Jan 7, 2020
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Plants have evolved numerous strategies to spread their seeds widely. Some scatter their seeds to the wind, while others tempt animals and birds to eat their seed-filled fruits. And a few rare plants—such as the popping ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 7, 2022
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Older forests in eastern North America are less vulnerable to climate change than younger forests—particularly for carbon storage, timber production, and biodiversity—new University of Vermont research finds.
Environment
Jun 7, 2019
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(Phys.org)—Two groups of researchers, one studying forests in Europe the other forests around the world, have found that forest management may not be the answer to slowing global warming that some had hoped, and that forests ...
Managers of public forests in Pennsylvania have been using controlled burns to manage state-owned tracts to promote tree species such as oak, reduce the growth of invasive plant species and even reduce tick populations, for ...
Ecology
Feb 17, 2023
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As published in the July issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, paleoethnobotanist David Lentz of the University of Cincinnati has concluded that not only did the Maya people practice forest management, ...
Archaeology
Jul 21, 2009
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Evidence of forest structure and fires in pre-industrial dry forests—major forests covering ~26 million hectares (64 million acres) of the western U.S.—provides an essential historical baseline. Dry forests are dominated ...
During Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle the poor management of exotic plantations—primarily pine—has again led to extensive damage in Tairāwhiti. Critical public infrastructure destroyed; highly productive agricultural and ...
Ecology
Feb 22, 2023
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The soaring canopy and dense understory of an old-growth forest could provide a buffer for plants and animals in a warming world, according to a study from Oregon State University published today in Science Advances.
Environment
Apr 22, 2016
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The largest and most comprehensive study yet done on the effect of biofuel production from West Coast forests has concluded that an emphasis on bioenergy would increase carbon dioxide emissions from these forests at least ...
Environment
Oct 23, 2011
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