Recent research finds that Amazonian trees in fragmented forest landscapes remain especially vulnerable to windstorms for several years after being impacted by fire — and that, in particular, larger ...

The results of several studies suggest that forest fragmentation affects the mating patterns and reproductive success of tropical tree species by reducing pollinator activity, pollen deposition, and ...

Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 42, No. 8 (August 2015), pp. 1443-1454 (12 pages) Aim: Phylogeographical signatures of past population fragmentation and demographic change have been reported in several ...

If you take a hike through the Tumucumaque Mountains National Park (PNMT), part of the Amazon rainforest in the northern Brazilian state of Amapá, you will very quickly notice the scaled red walls ...

In addition to having severe repercussions for animals like jaguars and tigers that require vast tracts of connected habitat, forest fragmentation has a big carbon footprint. A new physics-based study ...

Until about a decade ago, it was not believed that trees of such heights existed in the tropics. The tallest known trees in the world, reaching 115 m, are the redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) of ...