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Panda Preferences Influence Trees Used for Scent Marking
August 27, 2012 — As solitary animals, giant pandas have developed a number of ways to communicate those times when they are ready to come into close contact. One means of this communication occurs through scent ... > full story -
Pesticides Endanger Bats
August 27, 2012 — Bats are a highly threatened group of animals and many people are concerned with their conservation. The entire group of animals is protected in Europe. Therefore it is worrying that bats are not ... > full story -
Have Swedish Forests Recovered from the Storm Gudrun?
August 24, 2012 — In January 2005, the storm Gudrun hit Sweden. It has been estimated to have caused an overall economic damage of 2.4 billion euros in Swedish forestry alone. But has there been more damage to the ... > full story -
Optimizing Forest Management Under Uncertain Growth and Economic Conditions
August 24, 2012 — Forest management instructions often include recommendations for rotation lengths, thinning years and thinning intensities. However, under uncertain growth and economic conditions, these may not be ... > full story -
Research on Wood Formation Sheds Light on Plant Biology
August 23, 2012 — Scientists have discovered a phenomenon never seen before in plants while studying molecular changes inside tree cells as wood is ... > full story -
Natural Regeneration Building Urban Forests, Altering Species Composition
August 22, 2012 — Scientists have shown that on average, one in three trees in sampled cities were planted while two-thirds resulted from natural ... > full story -
Bats Evolved More Than One Way to Drink Nectar
August 17, 2012 — A team of evolutionary biologists compared the anatomy and genes of bats to help solve a persistent question in evolution: Why do analyses of different features of an organism result in conflicting ... > full story -
Bird Louse Study Shows How Evolution Sometimes Repeats Itself
August 16, 2012 — Birds of a feather flock together and -- according to a new analysis -- so do their lice. A study of the genetic heritage of avian feather lice indicates that their louse ancestors first colonized a ... > full story -
Diseased Trees New Source of Climate Gas
August 7, 2012 — Diseased trees in forests may be a significant new source of methane that causes climate change, according to ... > full story -
Birds Do Better in 'Agroforests' Than on Farms
August 7, 2012 — Compared with open farmland, wooded "shade" plantations that produce coffee and chocolate promote greater bird diversity, although a new study says forests remain the best habitat for tropical birds. ... > full story
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