Litter serves as a major pathway for nutrient recycling. This biome is named for the dominant trees that drop their leaves during the winter months. These forests may have an overstory of 20–30 ...

Now, an equally ominous threat is poised to gobble up the state’s remaining grasslands and the birds and other wildlife they ...

South Dakota State University researchers and Extension specialists are fighting to protect North America's most endangered ...

some trees as well. Grasslands occur naturally in many biomes and are also maintained in other areas by livestock grazing. Shrub encroachment into grasslands affects species biodiversity and ...

These animals are best adapted to vast expanses of grassland with scattered trees, where the climate is hot, year-round. Savannas cover almost half the surface of Africa and large areas of ...