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A new paper published in Nature Communications reveals how the way tree species are arranged in a forest can help optimize ...
Biodiversity isn’t just about what’s growing in the forest, but also how it’s growing. Forests with a wide range of tree ...
Hidden fungal networks influence which trees thrive, offering new insight into forest biodiversity and resilience in a ...
Why preserving old-growth forests is a complex task. Conservation projects save more than just trees, but different forests require very different caretaking strategies.
Chestnut trees began disappearing from eastern deciduous forests in the U.S. almost a century ago due to a nasty fungus. That has contributed to a vastly different eastern forest landscape today.
Forest migration, when tree species move to cooler temperatures as their historical habitats become too hot, ... different forest types are migrating at tremendous speeds,” Liang said.
The viability of our world’s forests is constantly threatened by climate change, urbanization and invasive species. Department of Plant and Soil Sciences Ph.D. student Jack Levy-Diedrich investigates ...