Trekking here takes you into the land of rare wildlife including gorillas and forest elephants. The dense canopy keeps the ...

The inaccessibility of African montane forests has hindered efforts to quantify the carbon stored by these ecosystems. A remarkable survey fills this knowledge gap, and highlights the need to ...

Nitrogen (N) is thought to constrain plant growth in ecosystems with high phosphorus (P) availability. An important example is montane tropical forests that grow on geologically young parent ...

But still, the results show montane forests are likely a much more important carbon sink than expected. “Hopefully our study will inspire forest carbon projects in the mountains,” Spracklen noted.

Between 2001 and 2014, about 5 million hectares (about 12.3 million acres) of woody vegetation has been cleared in the tropical and subtropical Andes, altering mountain forests and their ecosystem ...

Deforestation in Africa’s montane forests is driving a sharper rise in temperatures and cloud levels than climate change alone, endangering water resources in these critical ecosystems that ...

Montane forests, known as biodiversity hotspots, are among the ecosystems facing threats from climate change. To comprehend potential impacts of climate change on birds in these forests ...

With this purpose, two very contrasting terrestrial ecosystems were selected: "the extremely cold continental taiga of Siberia and the comparatively warm and dry Mediterranean montane forests." ...

Study helps assess impact of temperature on belowground soil decomposition Peer-Reviewed Publication. USDA Forest Service - Pacific Southwest Research Station ...

Decomposers and scavengers play an integral part of the life cycle in the Montane Forest Life Zone. This coniferous-filled zone is located in the elevations of approximately 8,000 to 10,000 feet.