Swidden agriculture—often called "slash-and-burn"—has been practiced on every inhabited continent throughout human history, ...

While wildfires can be destructive, they also play an important role in many forest ecosystems. University of Minnesota ...

Plant diversity has long been regarded as key to stable and resilient ecosystems. However, until now, little has been understood about why it has different effects in agricultural areas than in ...

Saving primates, such as monkeys and apes, from extinction could protect thousands of other species that occur in forest ...

A research team has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems. The results demonstrate that logging ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Beyond timber, forests sustain entire economies as roughly 5.8 billion people depend on ...

Researchers have published new findings on how leaf-eating insects affect forest ecosystems worldwide. Researchers are aware of how large herbivores cycle nutrients in forests. They know much less, ...

Tropical forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo show signs of recovery from deforestation. Structural complexity returns ...

Monica Retamosa was in the middle of changing the batteries of a tape recorder when she heard a bellbird for the first time. Standing on a forest floor, she looked up into the trees, scanning for the ...

North American beavers introduced to Chile are reshaping southern forests and streams. Their dams create waterlogged areas, ...