Encyclopedia of Earth: Forests
Forests are one of the most important biomes on earth. They provide a wide range of “ecosystem services,” from watershed protection and carbon absorption to renewable energy and timber production.
Important reservoirs of plant and animal biodiversity in locations ranging from China to Latin America and many places in between, forests provide key components of the environmental, social and economic well-being of societies around the world.
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Review: Forest restoration
This Review, written by Raf Aerts and Olivier Honnay*, appeared first in BioMed Central Ecology—a peer-reviewed, open access journal. This review article is part of the BMC Ecology series...
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Module: Intro to Remote Sensing
SUMMARY Data Description Landsat Data has been prepared for each participating campus. Using the 30 yr Landsat period from 1975 to 2005, data can be used to examine changes in land cover, abundance of vegetation in the summer (peak abundance) and...
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Fall Colors 2011
USDA Forest Service launches expanded Fall Colors 2011 website Hotline provides information for peak viewing and trip planning Fall Colors 2011 is underway with the U.S. Forest Service leading...
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The Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests support a complex and diverse flora with a notable numbe...
Queensland tropical rainforests contain most of the worlds present day relict species of the ancient Gondwanan...
Reindeer populations are in decline across their circumpolar range, which encircles the high latitude Northern...
The ecoregions of Chile span a wide latitudinal range and consist of the following: Atacama Desert ...
The Southern Hudson Bay taiga ecoregion extends along the lowlands adjacent to Hudson Bay from Manitoba, thoug...
The Magellanic subpolar forests is an ecoregion dominated by trees of the genus Nothofagus; this geographic zo...
Belize (formerly British Honduras) is a nation of a third-of-a-million people in Central America bordering Mex...
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Growing a Better Future Broken food system and environmental crises spell hunger for millions. A broken foo...
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SUMMARY Data Description Landsat Data has been prepared for each participating campus. Using the 30 yr Land...
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Agriculture Gallery I Humans began to cultivate food crops about 10,000 years ago. Prior to that time, hunte...
Agriculture Gallery II Humans began to cultivate food crops about 10,000 years ago. Prior to that time, hun...
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