• Some coniferous forest ecosystems undergo complete photosynthetic down-regulation in winter. The present study examined the influence of several environmental parameters on intrinsic, needle-level ...

Using lake sediment cores, scientists determined how these subalpine ecosystems recovered after 4,800 years of fire. Over 4,800 years in the Northern Rockies during wet periods and dry periods, ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Following a devastating wildfire season in 2020, new research shows that high-elevation forests in the Rocky Mountains are burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years amid extreme, climate ...

Conifer trees — spruce, Douglas fir, and pine trees — make up many of Colorado’s subalpine forests, essential habitats for many of the state’s birds and small mammals. These historically dense forests ...

Prior to the 1970s, the boreal owl was known to breed from Alaska east across all of Canada, but not south of central British Columbia. Researchers then documented it in high elevation spruce and fir ...

Soil stores large amounts of organic carbon, whose dynamic changes can cause huge impact on the global climate system. Forest succession is a long-term ecological process that can exert powerful ...

Aim: To describe the main vegetation types of the Korean zonal forests and explore their relationship with the main environmental and geographic gradients. Location: Korean Peninsula. Methods: A data ...

Japan’s landscapes are characterized by its verdant forests, which cover approximately 68.4% of its total land area. These forests include a mix of temperate deciduous, coniferous, and subalpine ...