Science news articles about 'forest patches'

... the islands of forest that remain, even when these are protected as parks or natural areas. "These forest patches are not just losing species — their whole biological nature is changing," says David ...

... teamed up with David Calkin, a research economist with the Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station ... did treating structurally complex old-forest patches. Treatments sometimes lost money ...

... . Population densities ranged as high as eight individuals per square kilometer in one particularly rich forest patch, which ranks as among the highest gorilla densities ever ...

... Sri Lanka’s southern communities through a technique known as Analog Forestry. It may yet link vital remnant forest patches to form an important refuge for the island’s biodiversity. ...