Water levels and drainage are the primary factors influencing this forest community together with soil depth and nutrient status. The density of trees can be quite variable. At some sites trees are so ...

Tiina Sanila-Aikio cannot remember a summer this warm. The months of midnight sun around Inari, in Finnish Lapland, have been ...

Saihanba National Forest Park in northern China is as beautiful as it is functional. Nearly half a billion trees reach towards the sky in Hebei Province, north of Beijing, but it wasn't always ...

Notes threatening 'tree spiking' were left on multiple trees in Franklin State Forest. What an afternoon in 2 grocery store ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — Biologists have discovered a new species of tarantula from the Madrean Sky Island biodiversity hotspot in southeastern Arizona. This remarkable new ... Less Severe Forest Fires ...

If forest landowners and tree farmers don’t get an economic benefit from their trees, they’re likely to totally clear the land for agricultural use (instead of replanting tress) or sell it to ...

Many millions more live along or near forest fringes, but even just a scattering of urban trees can provide benefits to humans, such as increased property values and reduced crime. 4. Keep Us Cool ...

The primary factors that lead to current forest conditions include logging large trees, fire suppression, and livestock grazing. Since the beginning of the 20th century, all three of these factors ...

Sustainable-logging regimes that selectively cull trees rather than clear-cut them Encouraging people who live near rain forests to harvest its bounty (nuts, fruits, medicines) rather than clear ...

Some involve planting trees on existing farmland, while other methods use an existing forest as a living laboratory for growing shade-loving species. For instance, the traditional hedgerows that ...

The complex relationship between biodiversity, and its capacity to support ecosystem functions, is difficult to observe in forests: trees grow so slowly that research conclusions build slowly too.

16, Issue. 8, For centuries, people have understood that forests, and our utilisation of them, influence the climate. With modern environmental concerns, there is now scientific, governmental, and ...