An informal survey of the landscapes in our neighborhoods might lead to the conclusion that the landscape rules require a phoenix roebelenii, pygmy date palm, to be planted in every front yard. Palm ...

As primary forests become increasingly rare and expensive to protect, many ecologists are looking to better management of Human Modified Landscapes (HMLs) to shepherd and shield biodiversity in the ...

Tropical biodiversity and associated ecosystem functions have become heavily eroded through habitat loss. Animal-mediated pollination is required in more than 94% of higher tropical plant species and ...

Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. However, the fragmentation of tropical forests has restricted the movement of large birds ...

The heat and humidity of a typical Harrisburg August is enough to make it seem as if we're living in the tropics. If that's the case, we may as well grow with the flow. Plenty of tropical plants do ...

1 Human-altered landscapes dominate the planet, yet little is known about their capacity to sustain plant functional diversity. Most conservation-orientated studies of such landscapes focus on species ...

Logging of tropical forests may result in more carbon being released into the atmosphere than previously thought, according to new research. The study conducted in Malaysian Borneo demonstrates that ...

A lush paradise of waterfalls and tropical plants has been unveiled in Coldefy & Associates’ designs for Tropicalia, the world’s largest tropical greenhouse under one roof. Proposed for Pas-de-Calais, ...

If you are maintaining turf on a golf course, it has to be almost perfect. However, most folks aren’t held to such high standards when it comes to a home garden. The important thing to know is that ...

Gene movement between individuals within populations and gene flow between populations can have major impacts on the distribution of genetic variation across landscapes. Gene flow introduces novel ...