Directory of Forest Resources

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Forest Ecology is the study of the relationships, in an environment dominated by trees, between the populations of plants, animals and microorganisms that are occupying this area, and the environment itself. Forested Ecosystems are communities of plants, animals and microorganisms, and the physical environment they occupy, in which trees are the dominant life form. This dominance by trees is important because it produces vertical stratification, in terms of livable space and micro-climate of that space. This vertical stratification distinguishes forested ecosystems from other ecosystem classifications. On a time scale, forested ecosystems are an ever-changing assemblage of species, dominated by trees, shaped by climate and other physical processes. On a spatial scale, forested ecosystems can be comparable to the "stand" or group of trees that are reasonably similar in age, structure and species composition, which occupy a contiguous space.

Subcategories

• Canopy Research
• Forest Insects and Diseases

Resources in This Category

• Budongo Conservation Field Station

  http://www.budongo.org/
  Conducts research into the ecology of the Budongo Forest in Uganda, to understand the relationships between biodiversity, forest management practices, timber extraction and use by the local population.

• Department of Forest Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Science

  http://www.sek.slu.se/
  Research and publications.

• Florida 4-H Forest Resources

  http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/extension/4h/
  Information about the dominant trees, other plants, wildlife, insects, and diseases in eight different forest ecosystems in Florida.

• Forest Biology Research Cooperative

  http://fbrc.ifas.ufl.edu/
  Integrated research in forest nutrition, genetics, soils, pests and physiology of intensively managed southern pine forest ecosystems. University of Florida (USA).

• The Interior Columbia River Ecosystem Management Project

  http://www.icbemp.gov/
  ICBEMP outlines scientific and ecosystem-based strategies for public land management in the Pacific and interior northwestern United States. Links to project-sponsored scientific assessments and findings, environmental impact statements, and spatial data used in project.

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