Forestry Science

State of the World's Forests    Trees: More than just carbon sinks    Forests, health and climate change

Global characterization and monitoring of forest cover using Landsat data

Climate change cripples forests   Forest mortality and climate change: the big picture

Death of hemlock trees yields new life for hardwood trees , but at what cost to the ecosystem?

Do palm trees hold the key to immortality?    Palm oil massive source of CO2

Unsustainable fuelwood extraction from South African savannas

Cloud forest trees drink water through their leaves

Canopy structure explains supposed link between leaf nitrogen and climate

Leaf vein architecture solves mysteries, allows predictions of past climate

Increasing drought stress predicted to challenge vulnerable hydraulic system of plants

As climate warms, bark beetles march on high-elevation forests  

'Come out of the forests' to save the trees      Estimating the Opportunity Costs of REDD    

New Study Suggests Global Pacts Like REDD Ignore Primary Causes of Destruction of Forests

Landsat sets the standard for maps of world's forests   Mapping the world's forests in 3D

Recognizing the economic benefits of Nature    Model forecasts long-term impacts of forest land-use decisions

Afforestation     Deforestation    Alternatives to Slash and Burn (ASB) programme

Managing Forests because Carbon Matters: Integrating Energy, Products, and Land Management Policy

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests 

Diseased trees are a source of climate-changing gas    Forests could be global warming factor

Rising carbon dioxide in atmosphere also speeds carbon loss from forest soils

As climate changes, Boreal forests to shift north and relinquish more carbon than expected     

UN project shows how trees help halt desertification   Forests and Landslides   

Rainforest Facts   Rainforests     Loss of tropical forests reduces rain

Tropical forests 're-shaped' by climate changes    Tropical forests 'better managed' 

Researchers discover evidence of rainforest  resilience to global warming

Multiple use management of tropical production forests   Bankers take centre stage in fight to save rainforests     

Forest and Agroecosystem Tradeoffs in the Humid Tropics (Tropical Forest Margins)   

Trees on Tundra’s Border Are Growing Faster in a Hotter Climate

The wind in the willows

World's giant trees are dying off rapidly, studies show    Pollen can protect mahogany from extinction

Handful of heavyweight trees per acre are forests champs

Global Warming May Affect the Capacity of Trees to Store Carbon    How will climate change affect trees?

A National and International Analysis of Changing Forest Density  

Satellite technology yields new forest loss estimates

New tool offers unprecedented access for root studies

Temperate forest soils may be poor carbon store in elevated CO2 world 

Regional Forests:

Distribution of living Cupressaceae reflects the breakup of Pangea

Brazil passes 'retrograde' forest code        Brazil: Amazon rainforest deforestation rises sharply

Warming climate unlikely to cause extinction of ancient Amazon trees 

Carbon emissions from deforestation and forest fragmentation in the Brazilian Amazon

Tree rings go with the flow of the Amazon

Visit the Amazon on World Forest Day with Google's Streetview

Mass tree deaths prompt fears of Amazon 'climate tipping point'

NASA Satellites Detect Extensive Drought Impact On Amazon Forests   

Forests and climate change in Latin America    Forest carbon monitoring breakthrough in Colombia

Why did Mayan civilization collapse? Deforestation and climate change

Carbon storage and sequestration by trees in urban and community areas of the US

Urban forests of Tennessee   Forests for Water: Exploring Payments for Watershed Services in the US South

A risk assessment of climate change and the impact of forest diseases on forest ecosystems in the Western United States and Canada

Beetle-infested pine trees contribute to air pollution and haze in forests 

Dying trees in Southwest US set stage for erosion, water loss in Colorado River

Tree die-off triggered by hotter temperatures

Bishop Pines on Santa Cruz Island: fog and forests      Video of redwoods

Science synthesis to support forest plan revision in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades

Chronic 2000-04 drought , worst in 800 years, may be the new normal 

Valuing forest recreation in Europe: time and spatial considerations   EU: preparing forests for climate change

500 years of regional forest growth variability and links to climatic extreme events in Europe

Swiss Forests    The Swiss people and their forests  

Siberian Forests   Carbon implications of forest restitution in post-socialist Romania 

State of Europe's Forests 2011    Green Corridors Needed to Reconnect Europe's Fragmented Forests  

The Changes in China's Forests: An Analysis Using the Forest Identity 

Natural teak forests decline, while plalnted teak forests increase    Indonesia's rapid deeforestation continues 

Greening Growth in Asia and the Pacific

Forests and Climate Change in the Near East Region

An assessment of deforestation and forest degradation drivers in developing countries

Africa's rainforests 'more resilient' to climate change

Super high-resolution carbon estimates for endangered Madagascar