A study provides insights into how energy flows in the food webs that connect soil- and canopy-dwelling organisms in tropical ecosystems with high biodiversity. When rainforest is converted to ...

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Tropical forest habitats and their distribution have a major impact on primate evolution, since the majority of primate species and all great apes forage on food produced by tropical forest trees.

Plantations, by contrast, had a very different energy distribution: food webs in canopies ... "Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems EFForTS." ...

An area of tropical forest the size of Switzerland was lost ... driven primarily by growing global demand for food, fuel, and fiber. Climate change impacts, including severe fires and new vectors ...

Tropical forests can't recover naturally without fruit-eating birds Date: April 15, 2024 Source: ETH Zurich Summary: Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore ...

These wildly colored avians are also a vital part of regenerating tropical forests. Data gathered on the ground in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil indicates that if birds like the red-legged ...

Where this leaves the tropical forests of Africa is difficult to say ... Additional agricultural pressures from global food demands could further complicate these trade-offs.

Looking for a food forest plant list for sub-tropical regions? Growing a sub-tropical or Southern California winter garden is simple with the right plant choices. As the first rains dapple the ...