Forest ecosystems play a vital role in the global carbon cycle. While the significance of tree mycorrhizal fungi in this ...

BYU professor Sam St. Clair is the principal investigator on the first study to show positive impacts of megafires (fires ...

Based on a half century of data, new research shows that woody biomass, a major component of tropical rainforest ecosystems, has become a net emitter of carbon dioxide.

Researchers have published new findings on how leaf-eating insects affect forest ecosystems worldwide. Researchers are aware of how large herbivores cycle nutrients in forests. They know much less, ...

A research team led by the University of Oxford has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems. The ...

Allometric models are fundamental tools in forest ecology, enabling researchers and forest managers to estimate biomass by relating tree morphological measurements to carbon storage. These models ...

Oregon State University researchers have teamed with the Karuk Tribe to create a novel computer simulation model that showcases Indigenous fire stewardship’s role in forest ecosystem health. Western ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University researchers have teamed with the Karuk Tribe of Northern California to create a novel computer simulation model that showcases Indigenous fire ...

Canopy gradient of trees is a crucial but elusive part of forest ecosystems. The key challenge we aim to address is the difficulty of acquiring continuous and comprehensive data from this vertical ...

Experts predict 'catastrophic ecosystem collapse' of UK forests within the next 50 years if action not taken. Other threats to UK forests include competition with society for water, viral diseases, ...

Anna Nordseth is an ecology writer and Duke University Ph.D. candidate specializing in tropical forest ecology, conservation research, and biodiversity. Boreal forests, or taiga, are found between 50 ...