Forest News

Posted March 18, 2013:

• Suggestions for a Middle Ground Between Unlogged Forest and Intensively Managed Lands

Posted March 12, 2013:

• Logging Debris Gives Newly Planted Douglas-Fir Forests a Leg-Up

Posted March 10, 2013:

• Are Tropical Forests Resilient to Global Warming?

Posted March 7, 2013:

• A New Cryptic Spider Species from Africa

Posted March 6, 2013:

• Bats Not Bothered by Forest Fires, Study Finds

Posted March 5, 2013:

• Monopoly of the Male Orangutan: Comparative Field Observations on Sumatra and Borneo

Posted March 4, 2013:

• Extinction Looms for Forest Elephants: 60 Percent of Africa's Forest Elephants Killed for Their Ivory Over Past Decade

Posted February 28, 2013:

• Where the Wild Things Go … When There's Nowhere Else

Posted February 25, 2013:

• Exurban Residences Impact Bird Communities Up to 200 Meters Away, Study Finds

Posted February 21, 2013:

• Science Synthesis to Help Guide Land Management of U.S. Forests

Posted February 20, 2013:

• Little Did We Know About Beetle Diversity: Astonishing 138 New Species in a Single Genus

Posted February 17, 2013:

• New Insect: Spectacular Forcepfly Species Discovered for the First Time in South America

Posted February 13, 2013:

• Wetland Trees a Significant Overlooked Source of Methane

Posted February 11, 2013:

• Tree Die-Off Triggered by Hotter Temperatures

Posted February 6, 2013:

• Lungs of the Planet Reveal Their True Sensitivity to Global Warming

Posted February 1, 2013:

• Amazon Freshwater Ecosystems Are Vulnerable to Degradation
• Planting Trees May Not Reverse Climate Change, but It Will Help Locally

Posted January 31, 2013:

• Vegetation Changes in Cradle of Humanity: Study Raises Questions About Impact on Human Evolution
• 24 New Species of Flower Fly Have Been Found in Central and Southern America

Posted January 30, 2013:

• Deforestation Triggers Carbon Collapse of Tropical Peatlands

Posted January 28, 2013:

• Climate Change Projected to Alter Indiana Bat Maternity Range
• Stable Fisher Population Found in the Southern Sierra Nevada
• Shedding Light on Role of Amazon Forests in Global Carbon Cycle

Posted January 27, 2013:

• Measuring the Consequence of Forest Fires on Public Health

Posted January 25, 2013:

• New Control Strategies for 'Bipolar' Bark Beetles

Posted January 22, 2013:

• Paradise Found for Latin America's Largest Land Mammal
• Monkeys Stressed from Longer Foraging Times
• Curious Interaction in Regeneration of Oak Forests: Voles Know Which Acorns Have Insect Larvae

Posted January 20, 2013:

• Warmer Soils Release Additional CO₂ Into Atmosphere; Effect Stabilizes Over Longer Term

Posted January 18, 2013:

• Climate Change's Effects on Temperate Rain Forests Surprisingly Complex
• Severe Climate Jeopardizing Amazon Forest, Study Finds

Posted January 17, 2013:

• Global Plant Diversity Still Hinges on Local Battles Against Invasives, Study Suggests

Posted January 16, 2013:

• Tree and Human Health May Be Linked

Posted January 15, 2013:

• Landsat Senses a Disturbance in the Forest

Posted January 14, 2013:

• Pine Beetle Outbreak Buffers Watersheds from Nitrate Pollution

Posted January 11, 2013:

• Bugs Reveal the Richness of Species on Earth

Posted January 10, 2013:

• Bengali Forests Are Fading Away

Posted January 9, 2013:

• Tree Seeds Offer Potential for Sustainable Biofuels
• Mixed Forests More Productive Than Monocultures

Posted January 7, 2013:

• Who Deforested Central Africa: Humans or Climate?

Posted January 6, 2013:

• From the Amazon Rainforest to Human Body Cells: Quantifying Stability

Posted December 31, 2012:

• As Climate Warms, Bark Beetles March on High-Elevation Forests

Posted December 26, 2012:

• Amazon Deforestation Brings Loss of Microbial Communities

Posted December 23, 2012:

• How Shrubs Are Reducing the Positive Contribution of Peatlands to Climate

Posted December 20, 2012:

• Death of Hemlock Trees Yields New Life for Hardwood Trees, but at What Cost to the Ecosystem?

Posted December 19, 2012:

• Pics, Shoots and Leaves: Ecologists Turn Digital Cameras Into Climate Change Tools
• Destructive Forest Cockchafers: Gut Microbes Help Beetles Digest Wood

Posted December 17, 2012:

• Tropical Trees Are Largest Emitter of Methane in Their Ecosystem
• Boreal Bird Species of Conservation Concern Affected by Climate Change

Posted December 16, 2012:

• Scientists Discover Evidence of Giant Panda's Population History and Local Adaptation

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