Land cover change caused by humans represents a major threat to the long term viability of natural areas. It is important to accurately classify and map existing natural areas so that this threat can ...

As they roam around the African savanna in search for food, giraffes and elephants alter the diversity and richness of its vegetation. By studying the foraging patterns of these megaherbivores across ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Oak savannas — open grassland studded by tall, spreading oak trees — once covered ...

Questions: Termite mounds are important sources of local-scale soil heterogeneity and thereby affect savanna vegetation. Studies contrasting mound and savanna vegetation usually neglect variation ...

In 1980, when Tom and Kathie Brock’s children were 3 and 5, they considered buying a vacation home “up north,” where Tom, a University of Wisconsin-Madison microbiology professor, had done research on ...

This is an oak savanna landscape in southern California showing deciduous valley oaks interspersed with coast live oaks. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...