Invasive species represent one of the leading drivers of forest ecosystem change worldwide, affecting structure, function and the services forests provide to people and biodiversity. Through direct ...

A massive global analysis found that nitrogen pollution can either speed up or dramatically slow the natural "breathing" of ...

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a structured framework to evaluate the nitrogen (N) status and nitrogen balance of forest ecosystems ...

A photographer shares the epiphanies she has had while chronicling underwater jungles off the California coast Avery Schuyler Nunn The kelp forest is my favorite ecosystem on Earth. I first began ...

The head of UMK's Department of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences said significant changes in leaf insect populations could signal imbalances within forest ecosystems. "When leaf insect populations ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Grasslands, wetlands and other nonforest ecosystems are being converted to agricultural land far faster than forests. However, they remain largely ...