Students in the Forest Ecosystem Science program are drawn to natural and managed forest environments with a blend of curiosity and sense of responsibility. They seek both to understand forest ...

Because tomorrow needs managers, researchers, and stewards who understand how everything from tiny rodents to overall rainfall amounts are essential ecosystem components that affect our forest, our ...

Second, it must be geared at reducing the severity of unnatural forest fires and reintroducing fire as a natural component of the ecosystem. Third, forests should be put on a trajectory toward ...

Tree ecophysiology aims to explain how the trees work as a whole ... We estimate carbon exchange of a forest ecosystem directly by micrometeorological methods (eddy covariance) and upscaling enclosure ...

The scientists explain that it was necessary to study multiple elements of the ancient ecosystem to piece together the frozen forest's complete story. Members of the team, including MSU graduate ...

A forest with high tree-species diversity is better at buffering heat peaks in summer and cold peaks in winter than a forest ...

The potential applications of this technology are vast. It can provide a solid scientific foundation for forest ecosystem management and conservation, while also offering valuable data for global ...

Can optimal solutions derived from evolutionary theory explain tree structure and function ... forest management and as a basis of economic analyses of forest production and ecosystem services. The ...

The Forest Ecosystem Science degree is based on a vision that combines professional competency in forest management skills with an enhanced understanding of ecological sciences. Students interested in ...