Seed Size and Abundance Decide Which Oaks Win the Rodent Dispersal Game in China’s Qinling Mountains
A decade-long study in China's Qinling Mountains shows that seed traits and annual seed abundance jointly determine which of three ...
Tag: forest ecology
Natural Tritium Traces the Hidden Water Sources of Temperate Forest Trees
Researchers in northeastern Japan show that natural tritium gradients in near-surface soil water can reveal the depths from which humid ...
Ancient Torreya Trees Are Quietly Starving for Potassium, Century-Long Study Reveals
A 100-to-1,600-year chronosequence of ancient Torreya grandis plantations reveals progressive soil potassium depletion and collapsing nutrient resorption efficiency in the ...
Forest Edges Lose Trees and Carbon While Interiors Stay Rich, Assam Study Finds
A new study of Fatasil Reserve Forest in Assam, India, reveals that the forest's interior holds nearly twice the tree ...
Tall Trees, Rough Bark: What a Critically Endangered Indonesian Climber Demands of Its Hosts
A new survey of the critically endangered Javanese climber Smilax nageliana shows that host tree height, rough bark, and upper-stem ...
Heat Stress Forces Coast Redwoods to Slow Photosynthesis, Study Finds
A UC Davis study finds that coast redwoods reduce photosynthesis under heat stress, even when water is plentiful, raising concerns ...
Heavy Thinning Supercharges Forest Growth and Flips the Diversity-Productivity Rule
A three-year thinning experiment in subtropical Chinese forests found that heavy thinning boosted biomass growth by 66.7 percent and flipped ...
Nitrogen Pollution Still Reshapes Forest Tree Chemistry Without Signs of Saturation
A field experiment in a high-nitrogen-deposition forest in western China shows that added nitrogen still alters the leaf carbon, nitrogen, ...
Tree Rings Reveal Hidden Youth of Greece’s Relict Macedonian Pine Forests
The first dendrochronological study of Greece's Macedonian pine forests reveals surprisingly young stands that nonetheless record historic heatwaves and climate ...
Simple Quadratic Model Best Predicts Tree Height in Chinese Fir Plantations of Southern Jiangxi
A new study of 910 Chinese fir trees in southern Jiangxi identifies the Quadratic model as the best height-diameter predictor ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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