The Transpiration Engine Powers Regional Rainfall Rainforest trees function as biological water pumps, drawing moisture from ...

The present study deals with first-hand information on quantitative assessments of different vegetation layers (viz. trees, saplings, seedlings, shrubs and herbs) collected from 57 permanent plots ...

The destruction of the world’s rainforests ramped up last year, despite global pledges to end deforestation by 2030, according to a new report. An area of tropical forest the size of Switzerland was ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The relative importance of resource heterogeneity and quantity on plant diversity is an ongoing debate among ecologists, but we have limited ...

Cloud forests are strange and ghostly places — akin to coral reefs hidden high on tropical mountains. Stunted trees loom in the mist, gnarled trunks and branches crusted in moss, lichens, orchids, ...