While fire resistance is vital, it is not the only consideration in temperate forest architecture. The priority should be the health of the forest floor. Soil compaction and excessive vegetation ...

Temperate rainforest is one of the most precious habitats in the UK ... ancient woodlands meant “the trees we plant will share the genetics and have the resilience to survive and thrive in this ...

A new global data set makes it possible to track near-real-time changes in several types of vegetation across ... croplands, temperate forests and boreal forests. Called DIST-ALERT, the new ...

According to the Woodland Trust, the "lush conditions" of the temperate rainforest make it an ideal environment for scarce plants, lichens, fungi, as well as "remarkable" birds and mammals. It further ...

Evidence for a previously overlooked route for microplastics to enter crops and reach plant tissues has implications for ecology and human health. Temperate forest plants favour heterogeneous semi ...

Forests provide many ecosystem services, including microclimate regulation, biodiversity preservation, air and water purification, and soil protection. Together with the oceans, they are one of ...

New understanding: Conservative species grow faster in forests However, under real-world conditions in boreal and temperate forests ... more favorable to plant growth, the two types of tree ...

Residents of Door County are “arboreal” beings; we live among trees. And although we may take our towering neighbors for ...

As the world’s largest remaining coastal temperate rainforest, it has a huge role in contributing ... and inlets are home to some of the most biodiverse arrays of plant and animal life on Earth, and ...

The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the ...

At least half, $85 million, will be directed to conservancies in Southern California, while $54 will focus on the Sierra ...