#forestecology — Public Fediverse posts

🌲 Beneath your feet, a hidden city hums with life.
Forests are not just trees standing alone. They are linked by living fungal threads that share carbon, water, and warnings. Scientists call it a mycorrhizal network. You might know it as the Wood Wide Web.

🔗 Read the full story: https://TPC8.short.gy/Pjr6Yfbu

#WoodWideWeb #MycorrhizalNetwork #Fungi #Mycology #Forests #Ecology #Biodiversity #SoilScience #EcosystemScience #ForestEcology #ClimateResilience #Sustainability #Conservation #TPC8

Old growth forests in eastern Canada show that the climate started changing almost 100 years ago
#Canada #ClimateChange #OldGrowthForests #TreeRings #Environment #SnowPack #RiverFlow #Caribou #Hydropower #DroughtHistory #Forests #ForestEcology #ClimateData
https://the-14.com/old-growth-forests-in-eastern-canada-show-that-the-climate-started-changing-almost-100-years-ago/

Dear Plant Physiology & Forest Ecology Friends,

Is this image a good illustration of #phototropism? This is Pinus ponderosa, seen here in a grove of other pines and hemlocks in the #California #SierraMountains. Not sure if there may have been an intervening event causing the lean and subsequent release towards the sky. Thanks in advancefor the #help.

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#PlantPhysiology #Forest #Ecology #ForestEcology

Marco Mina from #EuracResearch #AlpineEnvironment collecting #fungi in #forests of #SouthTyrol #Italy, using different methods and also our #AlpSoil_Lab soil corer 🤓

Here is a short video from the national broadcaster (in Italian): https://www.rainews.it/tgr/bolzano/video/2024/10/eurac-studio-biodiversita-funghi-14734f1b-749e-44a9-81e6-9186ecaaad86.html

#EuracResearch #ForestEcology #SoilEcology #Mycology

Dear Friends,
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Another view of what proactive wildfire management can look like. Trees are thinned leaving room for the Mule's Ears (Wyethia angustifolia) and some other stuff I couldn't identify to thrive in the understory. Notice the burn piles of woody debris (aka slash). They may be burned after seasoning or some left for habitat.

Photo taken in Tahoe City within Burton Creek State Park
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#ForestEcology #Forest
#Forestry
#California
#Photography #PhotoResearcher

Dear Friends,
#ClimateDiary 1/2

This is what proactive wildfire management can look like. Trees are thinned, bottom story shrubs and debris are culled. Prevents #wildfires from spreading along the ground and subsequent flaring from tree tops. This generally makes fires easier to contain, manage or control over time.

Photo taken at Sawtooth Recreation Area.

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#Forestry #Forester
#California #Truckee
#ClimateSolution
#Photography #PhotoResearcher