Forest ecosystems are the main providers of terrestrial ecosystem services such as pollination, natural water purification ...

A new study published in the Journal of Plant Ecology has found that temperate forest tree species, regardless of their root ...

Small trees in the shade of the canopy are able to thrive during dry spells in the Brazilian Amazon, but those exposed to the sun in forest clearings suffer.

Firefighters say they have found the origin of the Forsyth Fire, and they believe it started with a lightning strike more ...

Explaining the complex structure of tropical forests is one of the great challenges in ecology. An issue of special interest is the distribution of different sizes of trees, something which is of ...

Research by a Ph.D. graduate from the biology department at The University of New Mexico finds that frequent fires have the ...

And it's nowhere close to reaching its own more ambitious reforestation goal of 25% canopy cover by 2030, laid out 14 years ago in its 2010 Tree and Shade Master Plan. American Forests estimates ...

Tree rings reveal a climate record deep into the past. Pixabay. Neil Pederson’s introduction to tree rings came from a “sweet and kindly” college instructor, who nevertheless was “one of ...