Forests constitute the largest carbon pool in terrestrial ecosystems. As a vital component of forest ecosystems, forest soils are not only central to global ...

“As humans, our everyday lives are sustained by the behaviors and interactions of forest organisms,” photographer David Herasimtschuk writes of old growth forests. “Yet, because these processes and ...

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a structured framework to evaluate the nitrogen (N) status and nitrogen balance of forest ecosystems ...

Restoring forests, wetlands and peatlands could help defend national borders as well as tackle climate change, according to ...

From a biological perspective, it is important for scientists and the general public to understand that organisms do interact with their environment; in this sense, it often incorporates the terms ...