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Posted December 12, 2011:

• Tree Species Maps for European Forests

Posted December 1, 2011:

• Aggression Prevents the Better Part of Valor ... in Fig Wasps

Posted November 29, 2011:

• Walnut Trees May Not Be Able to Withstand Climate Change

Posted November 28, 2011:

• Sunlight in Tropical Forest Driving Force Behind Ecological Niches of Tree Species

Posted November 25, 2011:

• Small Forest With Big Impact: Fragmented Rainforests Maintain Their Ecological Functionality

Posted November 17, 2011:

• Introducing L-PEACH: Tool for Understanding Peach Tree Development
• Planting Depth's Effect on Container-Grown Trees

Posted November 16, 2011:

• Five Rare Wild Cat Species Caught on Camera in Sumatra

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Trees Adapt to Poor Levels of Sunlight to Effectively Process Carbon, Study Shows

Posted November 10, 2011:

• Trees on Tundra's Border Are Growing Faster in a Hotter Climate

Posted November 7, 2011:

• Sequencing 1,000 Fungal Genomes

Posted November 6, 2011:

• Critical Step to Opening Elusive Class of Compounds to Drug Discovery

Posted November 3, 2011:

• Tropical Forests Fertilized by Nitrogen Air Pollution, Scientists Find
• Climate Change Causing Massive Movement of Tree Species Across the West

Posted November 1, 2011:

• Wetlands: Drying Intensifying Wildfires, Carbon Release Ninefold, Study Finds

Posted October 31, 2011:

• Savannas and Forests in a Battle of the Biomes
• Eastern U.S. Forests Not Keeping Pace With Climate Change, Large Study Finds

Posted October 26, 2011:

• Researchers Complete Mollusk Evolutionary Tree

Posted October 20, 2011:

• Leaf Litter Ants Advance Case for Rainforest Conservation in Borneo

Posted October 19, 2011:

• 'Albedo Effect' in Forests Can Cause Added Warming, Bonus Cooling

Posted October 14, 2011:

• New Study Finds 400,000 Farmers in Southern Africa Using 'Fertilizer Trees' to Improve Food Security

Posted October 13, 2011:

• Climatic Tipping Points for Tropical Forest and Savanna: Satellite Data Reveal Where They Are Most Vulnerable
• Future Forests May Soak Up More Carbon Dioxide Than Previously Believed

Posted October 12, 2011:

• New Pine Breeding Technique May Help Trees Adapt to Climate Change

Posted October 7, 2011:

• Gray Jays' Winter Survival Depends on Food Storage, Study Shows

Posted October 5, 2011:

• Last Universal Common Ancestor More Complex Than Previously Thought
• How Trees Clean the Air in London

Posted October 3, 2011:

• Forest Structure, Services and Biodiversity May Be Lost Even as Form Remains

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Tree Frogs Chill out to Collect Precious Water

Posted September 28, 2011:

• Managing Future Forests for Water

Posted September 27, 2011:

• Do Long-Lived Crops Differ from Annual Crops in Their Genetic Response to Human Domestication?

Posted September 26, 2011:

• Hemlocks Still Abundant Despite Adelgid Infestations
• New Flavors Emerge from Peruvian Cacao Collection Trip

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Evolutionary Tree of Life for Mammals Greatly Improved
• Fluid Equilibrium in Prehistoric Organisms Sheds Light on a Turning Point in Evolution

Posted September 15, 2011:

• Pheromones as a Means to Protect Beech Forests

Posted September 9, 2011:

• Invasive Forest Insects Cost Homeowners, Taxpayers Billions

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Entomologists Begin to Control Winter Moth Infestation in Eastern Massachusetts
• Tree Rings Reveal Forest Fires from Hundreds of Years Ago

Posted September 2, 2011:

• Firewood Movement Leading Cause of Oak Infestation in San Diego County, Researchers Find

Posted September 1, 2011:

• Tree-Killing Pathogen Traced Back to California
• Sparing or Sharing? Protecting Wild Species May Require Growing More Food on Less Land

Posted August 30, 2011:

• Are New England's Iconic Maples at Risk?

Posted August 22, 2011:

• Southern South American Wildfires Expected to Increase
• Ancient Clams Yield New Information About Greenhouse Effect on Climate

Posted August 14, 2011:

• Increased Tropical Forest Growth Could Release Carbon from the Soil

Posted August 10, 2011:

• Carbon Sink: Up-and-Coming Forests Replacing Aging Forests of Upper Great Lakes

Posted August 8, 2011:

• Technology Reveals Citrus Greening-Infected Trees

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