Long-term monitoring of vegetation plots is one of the largest investments in ecology and evolution. Using the vast amount of plant data generated by vegetation plots toward animal or plant-animal ...

In young moist forests, non-native trees made up 28% of stems. They also accounted for 22% of species in those plots, showing that these trees were not just present in small numbers; they were part of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Venezuela’s economic, institutional and economic collapse has put at risk a long-standing forest plot research network. With highly biodiverse ...

In a forest outside Durham, North Carolina, Duke University spent over a decade testing a simple question: what happens when mature trees grow in air containing relatively more carbon dioxide than ...

Restoring degraded forests to boost biodiversity, store carbon and reconnect fragmented habitats is a burgeoning area of tropical forest conservation. But uncertainty remains around the long-term ...