... cut down, researchers are attempting what many thought was impossible -- restoring a tropical rain forest ecosystem. When the researchers planted worn-out cattle pastures in Costa Rica with a sampling ...
A rare April freeze in 2007 provided researchers with further evidence that climate change could have negative effects on stream and forest ecosystems.
... a newly identified factor that controls the natural input of new nitrogen into boreal forest ecosystems. Nitrogen is the primary nutrient that dictates productivity (and thus carbon consumption) in ...
... In the first years of the period 2000 to 2050, it is estimated that in the early years we are losing forest ecosystem services with a value equivalent to around ¤28 billion each year, and this value ...
A newly identified factor that controls the natural input of new nitrogen into boreal forest ecosystems has been reported in Science. The researchers showed that this natural fertilization process ...
... would be less valuable in carbon terms, but still rich in biodiversity, and on non-forest ecosystems such as savannahs, grasslands and wetlands, which would also be under increased pressure.
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... indigenous peoples in monitoring of emissions, making full use of their knowledge of the state of forest ecosystems, something which could be particularly relevant to keep track of forest degradation. ...
... than 350 worms can be found in one square meter.
"The impact of that many worms is huge for the forest ecosystem as from spring to fall they actively consume litter and mix it into the soil, leaving ...
Human impact on tropical forest ecosystems has reached a "tsunami" stage, say scientists, and will require a new ... forest regeneration. Asner and his co-authors Tom Rudel of Rutgers University, Mitch ...
U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) Ecologist Jim Miller, Ph.D ... he believes pose the biggest threats to southern forest ecosystems in 2009. "Cogongrass, tallowtree, and Japanese climbing ...
Ecologists have identified the invasive plant species they believes pose the biggest threats to southern forest ecosystems in 2009.
... coffee be good for plant and animal diversity in Ethiopia by increasing the density of trees or will it impoverish the forest ecosystem through a gradual shift from forests to coffee plantations with ...
... damage to the forests and to improve their image. After all, Mediterranean forest ecosystems provide multiple goods and services, including an exceptional richness in terms of biodiversity, which are ...
... . Their findings will appear in the June edition of the journal PLoS ONE. The Yale researchers found that forest ecosystems recovered in 42 years on average, while ocean bottoms recovered in less than ...
... us to overlook the declining health of Wisconsin's forest ecosystems. Even areas with apparently robust ... plots in particular to lose species.
"When we isolated these forest patches 50 or 100 years ago ...
