Nestled in the eastern edge of Sri Lanka’s Uva province, Nilgala stands out as a landscape of remarkable ecological and ...

Montane forests even capture carbon, prevent soil erosion, and serve as critical habitats for threatened and endangered wildlife. Yet these forests are under threat from wildfires, droughts, pollution ...

Montane forests are often cloudy, wet, cold, and occur on isolated mountains in Africa. They are rich in biodiversity and act as water towers by trapping water from fog and clouds, providing high ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, as well as Rocky Vista University (U.S.), show that ...

While montane deforestation is accelerating globally at an annual rate of 0.31 per cent, tropical montane forests in Africa have experienced the highest rate of deforestation in the last two ...

The alternate names are tropical montane forest and cloud forest. The normal weather is mild and dry winters with mild and moist summers. There are a wide variety of species, many of them unique.

The Southern Montane Forest Project also plays a key role in the Forest Service’s Wildlife Crisis Strategy, which aims to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires across the country.

The San Diego-based Southern Montane Forest Project Tuesday unveiled its conservation strategy for Southern California's montane forests, seeking to bolster the health of high-elevation forests.

“If species encounter degraded forest while they shift upwards, certain species will most likely go locally extinct.” Reference: Chanda R, Rai S, Tamang B, et al. Bird communities in a selectively ...

But we’re not seeing that as documented for montane forests in Colorado,” Veblen says. ... “If we want to have forests after fires, we need to not rely on natural regeneration. We need to invest ...

Older than the Himalaya mountains, the mountain chain of the Western Ghats represents geomorphic features of immense importance with unique biophysical and ecological processes. The site’s high ...