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By the time deciduous forests are 100 years old, the typical interval between burns in this region, carbon pools are 1.6 times larger than in black spruce forests, according to our calculations.
Russula is a huge group of mushrooms. They are very common here and can be seen on almost every walk in the yard or woods.
France is battling one of the biggest wildfires in decades that is now larger than Paris. As climate change fuels record drought and heat that make wildfires more frequent and extreme, can we reduce ...
Before 2004, records showed that the forest contained mainly black spruce trees, a conifer species. In 2017, this spruce was the principal species at 28 per cent of sites, while 72 per cent were ...
The temperate deciduous forest which includes Michigan, is home to mammals of all sizes. Mice, porcupines, raccoons, bears and bobcats live here. The white-tailed deer is a common sight.
Mature deciduous forests are the most targeted forest type for logging because of the high potential revenues from selling timber on international markets. Biodiversity associated with these ...
Rediscovered in 1997 after being presumed extinct for a century, the critically endangered forest owlet is now found in a few ...
Marie-Pierre Turpault, Gil Kirchen, Christophe Calvaruso, Paul-Olivier Redon, Marie Dincher, Exchanges of major elements in a deciduous forest canopy, Biogeochemistry, Vol. 152, No. 1 (January 2021), ...
Contrary to what is generally assumed, the diversity of qualitative chemicals among species of eastern deciduous forest trees is high. Qualitative defenses (e.g., alkaloids) that supplement ...