Between 2000 and 2012, the world lost more forest area than it gained, according to researchers who estimated a global net loss of 1.71 million square kilometers of forest -- an area about two and a ...

Forest loss does more than reduce tree cover. A new global study involving UBC Okanagan researchers shows it can fundamentally change how watersheds hold and release water. The research, published in ...

ABSTRACT: We studied how spatial qualities and configuration of seagrass patches influence the diversity and abundance of resident nekton. Shallow landscapes of equal area (4225 m²) in 2 bays were ...

Research Triangle Park, NC--Landscape patterns matter. The size, shape, and arrangement of fields, forests, wetlands, and human populations, and the ways these and other features interact and change ...

The ridge and slough landscape is highly significant ecologically. The landscape is severely degrading in a number of locations, i.e., it is being replaced with a landscape that is more uniform in ...

A part from enhancing aesthetics, patterns in the landscape can meet functional needs as well. They can be used for directing movement or defining special use areas within the garden. But the power of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A two-year study of the decomposition of alpine avens (Acomastylis rossii) foliage in alpine tundra of the Front Range of Colorado ...