Depletion of forest and ecological imbalance Definition Forest ecology - Forest ecology is the scientific study of the interrelated

patterns, processes, flora, fauna and ecosystem s in forests. The management of forests is known as forestry, silviculture, and forest management. A forest ecosystem is a natural woodland unit consisting of all plants, animals.. Forest ecology - Forest ecology is the scientific study of the interrelated patterns, processes, flora, fauna and ecosystems in forests. The management of forests is known as forestry, silviculture, and forest management. An ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants, animals and micro-organisms.. Forest ecology - Forest ecology is the scientific study of the interrelated patterns, processes, flora, fauna and ecosystems in forests. The management of forests is known as forestry, silviculture ..... Forest ecology - ... ecosystems in forests. The management of forests is ... together with all of the non-living ... and branches can remain on the forest floor for long periods, affecting such things ..... First-ever 'State Of The Carbon Cycle Report' Finds Troubling Imbalanc.. - ScienceDaily (Nov. 17, 2007) The first 'State of the Carbon Cycle Report' for North America, released online this week by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, finds the continent's carbon budget increasingly overwhelmed by human-caused emissions. North American sources release nearly 2 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year, mostly as carbon dioxide. Carbon 'sinks' such as growing forests may remove up to half this amount, but these current sinks may turn into new sources as climate changes. See also: Plants & Animals Nature Endangered Plants Agriculture and Food Earth & Climate Forest Global Warming Climate Reference Carbon cycle Carbon dioxide sink Ocean acidification Forest 'By burning fossil fuel and clearing forests human beings have significantly altered the global carbon cycle,' says Chris Field of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, one of the report's lead authors. A result has been the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but.... Coastal Habitats Are The Biosphere's Most Imperiled Ecosystems - ScienceDaily (Oct. 21, 2007) The BBVA Foundations Third Debate on Conservation Biology allowed leading international experts to present findings of their latest research into the scale, causes and consequences of global loss of coastal habitats. The disappearance of these ecosystems, which include coral reefs, mangrove forests, wetlands and seagrass meadows, has serious consequences like loss of biodiversity, depletion of exploitable living resources, impaired capacity of the oceans to sequester CO2 and loss of the leisure value of the coastal zone. Not only that, the coastline becomes more vulnerable to the increased erosion associated with rising sea levels. See also: Plants & Animals Nature Ecology Research Marine Biology Earth & Climate Ecology Global Warming Environmental Issues Reference Coastal erosion Seagrass Coral bleaching Coral reef Carlos Duarte, researcher at the Spanish Council for Scientific Research and coordinator of the debate, informed the public that coas.... How Plants Manage Calcium May Reduce Effects Of Acid Rain - ScienceDaily (Mar. 11, 2007) A new understanding of how plants manage their internal calcium levels could lead to modifying plants to avoid damage from acid rain. The pollutant disrupts calcium balance in plants by leaching significant amounts of the mineral from leaves as well as the agricultural and forest soils the plants live in. See also: Plants & Animals Endangered Plants Soil Types Botany Earth & Climate Acid Rain Rainforests Ecology Reference Soil Soil pH Fertilizer Dietary mineral 'Our findings should help scientists understand how plant ecosystems respond to soil calcium depletion and to design appropriate strategies to protect the environment,' said Zhen-Ming Pei, a Duke University biologist who led the study, which is published in the journal Science.' The research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Xiamen University in China. To grow, a plant needs a reliable supply of calcium, which enters the plant dissolved.... Upper Midwest Forests Are Losing Diversity, Complexity - ScienceDaily (Oct. 17, 2007) Forests in the nation's Upper Midwest have changed greatly since the time of the early settlers. And more changes may be coming. See also: Plants & Animals Trees Ecology Research Nature Earth & Climate Forest Ecology Rainforests Reference Forest Savanna Ecological succession Old growth forest That's according to research done by Lisa A. Schulte, assistant professor in Iowa State University's department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management and her team of researchers. 'There's been a shift in the entire ecosystem,' said Schulte, whose research has recently been published in the journal Landscape Ecology. For the study, Schulte, along with Laura Merrick of Iowa State; David Mladenoff of the University of Wisconsin, Madison; and Thomas Crow and David Cleland of the U.S. Forest Service, took forest composition information as described in the Public Land Survey from the mid-1800s and compared it with today's forests. She found that none of the areas su....