Mongabay News on MSN: How quickly do tropical forests recover? Faster than expected, but slower than it seems
By Rhett Ayers Butler A tropical forest can regrow quickly. What is harder to see is how long full ecological recovery takes. A pasture left to regenerate may, within a few decades, resemble a forest ...
How quickly do tropical forests recover? Faster than expected, but slower than it seems
Tropical dry forests are critically endangered ecosystems that once covered vast areas of the planet but have been largely destroyed, with less than 8% of the original extent remaining in some regions ...
Science Daily: Satellite image analysis delivers new insight into the functional diversity of tropical forests
Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits and ...
Satellite image analysis delivers new insight into the functional diversity of tropical forests
MSN: Tea leaf experiments suggest tropical forests may better withstand climate change
insider.si.edu: Origin and evolution of tropical rain forests / Robert J. Morley
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Present-Day Tropical Rain Forests -- Ch. 3. Geological Time Framework, Palaeoecological and Palaeoclimate Definitions -- Ch. 4. Geological Evidence for Rain Forests -- Ch ...
The Conversation: Chopping down areas of tropical rainforest is causing rising temperatures linked to thousands of deaths
Tropical forests are hot, steamy places. But when large numbers of trees are cut down, they get even hotter. Our recent research shows that clearing large areas of the rainforest exposes hundreds of ...
Chopping down areas of tropical rainforest is causing rising temperatures linked to thousands of deaths