The temperate index is calculated from terrestrial and freshwater populations from the Palearctic and Nearctic realms, and marine populations found north or south of the tropics. The global tropical ...

In most cases, temperate forests regenerating naturally are of low quality, missing the original level of biodiversity (Dudley et al. 1986). Restoration has become important for various reasons ...

Specialized pathogens may indeed have a stronger influence on tropical biodiversity than in temperate forests, but the link is more subtle than suspected. Stuart Davies, Director of the ForestGEO ...

Biodiversity loss has accelerated at an alarming rate in recent decades, driven largely by human activities such as clearing ...

This chapter describes some of the major terrestrial biomes in the world; tropical forests, savannas, deserts, temperate grasslands ... forests have the highest biodiversity and primary ...

Lichens are characteristic elements of temperate and tropical forests. We are studying the spatial patterns of lichen species richness and community composition along different scales, from individual ...

temperate forests and boreal forests. Called DIST-ALERT, the new product can be visualized on the Global Forest Watch platform of the World Resource Institute (WRI). GFW has long offered the ...