Young tropical forests play a crucial role in slowing climate change. Growing trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air, using ...

Published in Nature (Small persistent humid forest clearings drive tropical forest biomass losses | Nature ), the study ...

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 ...

Tropical forests still absorb vast amounts of carbon, but new evidence suggests that small deforestation clearings cause ...

A suite of woody plants inhabiting the seasonally dry tropics flower while leafless during the dry season, raising intriguing questions about the role of moisture limitation in shaping their phenology ...

One folded map in pocket. Updated and amended ed. of Río Mayo plants: a study of the flora and vegetation of the valley of the Río Mayo, Sonora; published Washington, D.C., 1942. siris_sil_554741 ...

Understanding plant species diversity patterns and distributions is critical for conserving and sustainably managing tropical rain forests of high conservation value. We analyzed the alpha-diversity, ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering with Michael Coe, a senior scientist and tropical forest ...