Soils in temperate forests ecosystems are the greatest terrestrial CH₄ sink globally. Global and regional circulation models predict decreased average rainfall, increased extreme rainfall events and ...

Forests around the world are being affected by humans – both directly by deforestation and indirectly by climate change, say experts in a special issue of the journal Science. In a series of reviews ...

Could the boreal forest be less fragile than we think? Contrary to the predictions of models that forecast its rapid decline in favor of temperate maple forests, the ecological history of the boreal ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A generalized computer model of forest growth and nutrient dynamics (LINKAGES) was adapted for the temperate evergreen forests of New Zealand.

Anna Nordseth is an ecology writer and Duke University Ph.D. candidate specializing in tropical forest ecology, conservation research, and biodiversity. Boreal forests, or taiga, are found between 50 ...

The forest setting -- The disturbance regime and its components -- Sampling and interpretation of stand disturbance history -- Disturbance, stand development, and successional trajectories -- The ...

Did you know that forests cover almost one-third of all land on Earth? These large green areas are the lungs of our planet, but they aren't identical. From the chilly, needle-leaf Boreal forests in ...