A recent study has revealed that the evolutionary relatedness of trees within an ecosystem plays a crucial role in shaping ...

Positions requiring a forest health background are found in federal and state agencies ... in the wholistic understanding of ecological and human forces that shape forest ecosystems. The curriculum ...

Neglecting shrub diversity in restoration projects could undermine long-term forest ecosystem functioning. More information: Chen Chen et al, Understory shrub diversity: equally vital as overstory ...

As a researcher in conservation biology, I have studied the influence of a variety of human activities on natural ecosystems, including key contemporary issues, such as the effects of forest ...

Because tomorrow needs managers, researchers, and stewards who understand how everything from tiny rodents to overall rainfall amounts are essential ecosystem components that affect our forest, our ...

The researchers, who included scientists from the University of Washington, the Mid-Klamath Watershed Council, and the U.S. Forest Service ... and maintaining the ecosystems present at the ...

And not just that—the rain forest ecosystem around the lake is also ... The fact that the mountains that you see in the background weren’t there when the maar was formed, that there’s ...

A new study finds that low-intensity logging doesn’t negatively affect a forest’s key ecosystem services such as carbon storage and food availability. The study, focused on a selective-logging ...

A photographer shares the epiphanies she has had while chronicling underwater jungles off the California coast Avery Schuyler Nunn The kelp forest is my favorite ecosystem on Earth. I first began ...

China is home to some of the world’s important forest ecosystems and global biodiversity hotspots. However, the predominance of monoculture forests has left them highly susceptible to diseases and ...

UB Sustainability is creating a Miyawaki Mini Forest at the community garden near the GRoW Clean Energy Center on Flint Road. The Miyawaki method helps develop a dense, self-sustaining ecosystem. We ...