Forest growth rate is a key aspect of forested ecosystems, and is influenced, among other things, by the complex and dynamic interactions among environmental factors that vary depending on local ...

Global change research has largely focused on the effects of drought on forest dynamics while the importance of excessive rainfall that can cause waterlogged soils has largely been assessed in ...

Watch an extraordinary time-lapse chronicling the journey of an orange seed as it transforms into a thriving young sapling over 213 days. From the careful extraction of the seed and initial planting ...

Tree-ring samples taken by Paulo Quadri, who earned a Ph.D. in environmental studies from UC Santa Cruz, were included in the study. (Photo by Luz A. de Wit) The top-line findings of a massive ...

In a recently published paper, PhD student Ellen Waddle and her coauthors provide some clarity on a decades-old problem When researching what drives the growth of small populations, ecologists ...

Perhaps you’ve wandered through a forest or strolled into a neighborhood park and found tree trunks — and wondered if counting the rings on a trunk is truly a way to know the tree’s age. “Most of us ...