15-04-14 Invertebrates perform essential functions for the smooth running of the ecosystems in tropical forests. For example, creatures such as termites and millipedes help dead leaves decompose and release their nutrients back into the soil, and carnivorous...

15-03-03 New research has highlighted the value of a modern logging technique for maintaining biodiversity in tropical forests that are used for timber production. Researchers at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) at the University of K...

14-12-18 The 2013 Rim Fire, the largest wildland fire ever recorded in the Sierra Nevada region, is still fresh in the minds of Californians, as is the urgent need to bring forests back to a more resilient condition. Land managers are using fire as a tool to...

14-08-06 A special section of the September issue of Forest Ecology and Management, available online now, assesses the interactions among fire, climate change, and forests for five major regions of the United States. The editors of the section -- Drs. Chelcy...

14-06-26 The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has declined. An international team of scientists, including one from Virginia Tech, reviewed published research about policy interventions and commodity market（商品市场） effects, and determined th...

14-04-29 A carpenter（木匠） named Zi Qin explained how he made refined bell racks.： Before I made the bell racks, I dared not waste any of my essence and energy, and I would go on vegetarian diet to tranquilize（使镇定） my mind. Three days later I would h...

14-04-29 Both the fat foxes and the beautifully striped leopards inhabit in forests, and stay in caves having a tranquil（平静的） life. They only come out at night and during the daytime they stay in caves vigilantly（警惕地） . Even if they are very hungry...

14-04-19 In the most densely forested and most densely populated quadrant（象限） of the United States, forests reflect two centuries of human needs, values and practices. Disturbances associated with those needs, such as logging and clearing forests for agr...

14-04-16 The ability of forests to sequester（使隔绝） carbon from the atmosphere depends on nutrients available in the forest soils, shows new research from an international team of researchers, including IIASA. The study, published in the journal Nature Cl...

14-04-15 In the last 100 years, Michigan has become warmer, with more rain coming through heavy downpours. Climate models suggest that the state will continue to warm and variability in precipitation（降水，沉淀） patterns will increase, which will have cons...