Forest road decisions in wet seasons deserve a different risk model
New USDA Forest Service practitioner guidance addresses unusually wet conditions as an operational constraint.
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Ecology, evidence and perspective.
A fish-disease investigation isolated an antibiotic-resistant bacterium
A carp mortality investigation in India identified Enterococcus gallinarum and demonstrated pathogenicity in challenge trials.
Ethiopian tree plantations may face a drier climate than their maps suggest
A climate suitability analysis distinguished modeled future planting conditions from current plantation distribution.
Rotating sorghum with cover crops shifted soil microbes in different directions
A Chinese rotation study found species-specific bacterial and fungal responses, not a single generic 'soil-health' gain.
A stream-flow model found that 'more water' is not one habitat outcome
Hydraulic habitat units in a Korean stream responded differently as modeled environmental flows changed.
Pioneer plants concentrated metals on coal spoil—but recovery is unproven
Field screening in former coal landscapes identified possible metal-uptake candidates for further testing.
Ethiopian farmers viewed watershed improvements differently by who led the work
A 417-household study found more favorable reported outcomes for locally led projects than externally driven schemes.
Mosquito hotspots were concentrated near waste sites in a Thai landscape
Mosquito community sampling across settlements, dumpsites, orchards and forest shows how local land use reshapes vector encounters.
Mangrove nutrient enrichment left its clearest signal below the surface
A New Zealand field experiment found stronger microbial community shifts 5–7 centimeters down than near the sediment surface.
In remote forests, the wristwatch may be the better One Health sensor
Field tests in Guinea and Borneo tested wearable GPS where phones compromise reliable human–wildlife contact mapping.
A bat can remain while its ecological role quietly disappears
A new synthesis argues that pollination, seed dispersal and insect predation can erode before a species vanishes.
Cities are pushing cropland toward the tropics and drylands
A global reconstruction links urban expansion to the relocation of farmland and pressure on less-modified landscapes.
Poplar row age changes which alley crops make sense
Winter crops held yields more reliably than spring crops beside older poplar stands.
More urban vegetation can deliver less marginal cooling
Global satellite and weather-station analysis separates greening gains from thermal resilience.
Small-mammal footprint AI is promising, not yet field-proven
A trackplate classifier reported 89% grouped-validation accuracy on southern African mammals.
A drought-thinned grassland can benefit its survivors
Experimental loss of some neighbors gave a foundational C4 grass more soil moisture.
Lagos urban forestry is a governance and maintenance problem too
Twenty studies find uneven greening benefits and a need for repeatable site-performance indicators.
Sugarcane fire emissions remain undermeasured in South Africa
A global review finds uneven geography and coarse assumptions in agricultural smoke inventories.
Iran's field poplar inventory differs from older satellite maps
A plantation census couples land-cover definitions with ownership and market limitations.
Fjord oxygen depends on when freshwater arrives
Norwegian numerical experiments expose how a continuous flow can disrupt deep-basin exchange.
Duckweed filtered aquaculture nutrients until copper rose
Experimental plant treatment performance collapsed at higher copper exposures.
Bird nest parasites gave contrasting signals under tree cover
Fly larvae and mites varied differently across house-wren nesting sectors in Argentina.
Atlantic Forest cats divided time—but diet was not tested
Camera traps reveal the temporal niches of jaguar, puma and ocelot in one protected forest.
Brazilian savanna food webs look different at night
Nighttime surveys doubled detected herbivore richness while network structure remained broadly similar.