The flight from San Jose takes just under two hours, our twin-engine plane gliding low over jungled hills, white beaches and ...

Forest fragmentation—the division of large, intact woodlands into smaller patches—has emerged as a critical issue in ...

Forest Ecology and Biodiversity . The word "ecology" comes from the Greek "oikos," meaning "household" or "place to live". These ecosystems or communities are usually self-sustaining.

Even-aged forest management is geared towards timber production with ecosystem health as a lesser consideration. This creates ...

Only seven temperate rainforest ecosystems exist around the world, and North America is home to one of them. The Pacific Northwest temperate rainforests, which range from northern California to ...

The destruction of tropical rainforests — seen in shocking images of huge wildfires, vast clearcuts, and dying ...

Suspended soils maintain rainforest ecosystems, says researcher. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 02 / 150226084845.htm ...

In this column, @SmokiesLife intern writer Hannah Early examines lichen and biodiversity in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Amazon rainforest is losing its ability to ... to think where we’re getting the evidence now to confirm we’re heading towards the potential abrupt loss of this ecosystem,” said Tim ...

Biosphere 2’s rainforest is part of an experiment designed to shed light on how tropical ecosystems will fare under the stress of a hotter, drier shift in climate.

Drier types of Australian forest, which have some fire tolerance, could be taking a beating too in the wake of blazes that, as researchers report January 8 in Global Change Biology, are becoming ...

The Forest Ecosystem Science degree is based on a vision that combines professional competency in forest management skills with an enhanced understanding of ecological sciences. Students interested in ...