Develop forest management systems that support the conservation and use of forest ecosystem services There are concerns about deterioration of ecosystem functions in mountain forest ecosystems from ...

Students in the Forest Ecosystem Science program are drawn to natural and managed forest environments with a blend of curiosity and sense of responsibility. They seek both to understand forest ...

The College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science at Michigan Technological University brings students, faculty, and researchers together to measure, map, model, analyze ... rainfall amounts ...

By means of model-data fusion it is possible to integrate all those sources of information in forest models, with the aim of improving the knowledge about ecosystem processes and refine model ...

Researchers use genomic data to study the decline in genetic diversity in the Amazon Basin, particularly in Brazil Nut trees. The research uses genomic data to understand this keystone species' ...

Fire is a natural, vital component of most western forest ecosystems. In dry forest types like ponderosa pine, fire was historically present as a frequent, low-intensity disturbance. Fire is necessary ...

“A tiny forest tries to be a whole forest ... including in Portland. This model allows cities to squeeze miniature ecosystems into plots around urban areas, offering some habitat for birds ...

In a study published in the journal Forest Ecosystems, researchers from the United States, Japan, and China present a new carbon-nitrogen-phosphorus coupled biogeochemical model called the Dynamic ...

A research team led by the University of Oxford has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems.