A forest with high tree-species diversity is better at buffering heat peaks in summer and cold peaks in winter than a forest ...

For the study, researchers analyzed data from the world's longest-running tropical tree diversity experiment. The findings highlight the benefits of mixed-species forests for mitigating climate ...

which have evolved to depend on fires to clean out underbrush and maintain biological diversity. Dead trees serve as important wildlife habitat and contribute to the nutrient cycle, and patches of ...

Research suggests that forest management efforts are supporting healthy bat populations in the Southeast, even amidst the ...

Authors of a fire modeling study focused on one of the few remaining old-growth forests in the Lake Tahoe Basin are pointing ...

Researchers used data from the world's oldest tropical tree diversity experiment and found that forests planted with ... a comparatively advanced stage of stand development due to the rapid ...