Conifer trees surround a meadow high atop Palomar Mountain in the Cleveland National Forest. Photo courtesy USDA Forest Service Photo/Sarah Hennessy The San Diego-based Southern Montane Forest Project ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 30, 2024—The Southern Montane Forest Project has unveiled its Climate-Adapted Conservation Strategy ...

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Forest transpiration is a primary component of water- and energy-balance studies as a mechanism for mass and energy transfer. During the winter months, however, there is a period of transpiration ...

Two Andean warbler species that typically occur at different elevations and hunt by tricking insects to escape can co-occur at the same elevation due to fragmentation of tropical montane forests ...

The study of altitudinal gradients has made enduring contributions to the theoretical and empirical bases of modern biology. Unfortunately, the persistence of these systems and the species that ...