Fire is a hot topic these days, particularly when it comes to the boreal forest, the vast expanse of trees that stretches across Alaska, Canada and other cold northern regions. Large fires have been ...

Native trees, especially oaks and birch, are important to the reproductive success of insectivorous birds and other wildlife.

A new study from Stockholm University reveals that spruce bark beetles, already infamous for killing millions of trees in Sweden, are also changing the forest microclimate. Using a combination of ...

"This work shows that not all boreal forests burn the same way," said Betsy Black, who led the study as part of her master's thesis research at NAU. "As deciduous trees become more common after fire, ...

González-Akre, Erika B., Meakem, Victoria, Eng, Cheng-Yin, Tepley, Alan J., Bourg, Norman A., McShea, William J., Davies, Stuart J., and Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina ...

When we think about forests and climate change, our minds often see an image of rainforests burning in the Amazon or tropical jungles being scorched in Indonesia for palm oil. But new research reveals ...

Dandois, Jonathan P., Nadwodny, Dana, Anderson, Erik, Bofto, Andrew, Baker, Matthew, and Ellis, Erle C. 2015. "Forest census and map data for two temperate deciduous ...

Did you know that forests cover about 31% of the Earth's land area? From the icy taiga to the sweltering jungle, our planet is home to a spectacular variety of forest ecosystems. We often categorise ...

Jill Johnstone acknowledges funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council in Canada and in the United States from the Long Term Ecological Research Program (National Science ...