Quantifying the Earth’s forest above-ground biomass (AGB) is indispensable for effective climate action and developing forest policy. Yet, current allometric scaling models (ASMs) to estimate AGB suffer several drawbacks related to model selection and uncertainties about calibration data traceability. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) offers a promising non-destructive alternative. Tree volume is reconstructed from TLS point […]

There's more recognition that ecological restoration can be an essential tool in fighting climate change, and there are many projects aimed at restoring degraded forests to capture carbon. Still, the focus on forests ignores much of the land in the tropics that would not naturally be forested. A team of scientists is arguing that people need to become aware of other habitats and their value.

A new algorithm supports the detailed reconstruction of a variety of trees from a small amount of input data.

Some of the problems that limit the number of species in the Arctic might also contribute to creating new species.

A new model simulates rhizodeposition patterns around growing and exuding root systems.

El aumento de la temperatura y la disminución de la precipitación puede incrementar el potencial invasor de esta planta de origen sudafricano que ya ocupa zonas costeras templadas de todo el mundo.

Rising temperatures and decreasing levels of precipitation can magnify the invasive potential of this South African plant that has already taken over temperate coasts around the world.

In the waters of a river in Tabasco grows a population of red mangrove: a lost world whose origins can be traced back to the last glaciation.

En las aguas de un río en Tabasco, México, crece una población de mangle rojo: un mundo perdido cuyos orígenes se remontan a la última glaciación.

Are triploid Butomus umbellatus plants more plastic to nutrient availability than diploid plants and does this make them more invasive?

The effects of climate change, fire frequency and defaunation, acting together, negatively affect the structure and function of the Brazilian savanna.

Functional-structural plant modelling is the key to predicting how plant communities will respond to climate change.