This is a preview. Log in through your library . Oikos is a journal issued by the Nordic Ecological Society and is one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in ecology. Oikos publishes original and ...

It's a rich and complex ecosystem that can help natural biodiversity to return. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She ...

Like all amphibian species, populations of frogs and toads have been on the decline for decades. However, 17 species – 14 frogs and 3 toads – are still represented in Pennsylvania. Some are considered ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The regressive succession model hypothesizes tropical savanna-woodlands to be a degraded stage of primary deciduous forests. Species diversity ...

From May and well into June, older deciduous woodlands have fewer flowers such as bluebell and garlic, but have other less obvious species that come into their own. Did you know with a Digital ...

A woodland garden is an area of small deciduous trees, or larger shrubs that provide a canopy that simulates the dappled environment these understorey plants thrive in. This style of garden changes ...

Going home from school in Dublin as a child, I used to revel in running through the colorful piles of leaves from the sycamores (Acer pseudoplatanus) and horse chestnut trees (Aesculus hipposcastanum) ...

Keith Muir, Davidson and Robertson’s head of forestry, has been looking at new research which clearly vindicates what many foresters have known for years – mature woodlands are far more important to ...

A 2,000-square-kilometer zone in the Yukon Flats of interior Alaska -- one of the most flammable high-latitude regions of the world, according to scientists -- has seen a dramatic increase in both the ...

India has a diverse array of forests, ranging from the verdant tropical rainforests in the Western Ghats to the vast deciduous woodlands in central areas and the unique mangrove ecosystems along the ...

Subarctic wildfire frequency is higher now than it has been at any other point in the last 10,000 years, new records show. The records, obtained from charcoal in the Yukon Flats of Alaska, have ...