Across different ecological land types, Shrubland ... temperate zones. Consequently, its vegetation exhibits transitional characteristics, ranging from coniferous forests in the north to tropical ...

It avoids the hottest and coolest regions, sticking only to temperate regions ... they are usually found in flocks in savanna habitats ( mostly Africa ). They can also be found in a freshwater ...

As grasslands get abandoned, controlled burning is discussed as a labor-saving method of keeping forests at bay. A Kobe University research team found that this method results in higher biodiversity ...

Biodiversity is under threat worldwide. While the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ...

A group of researchers from Kobe University in Japan has recently conducted a study that reveals the potential of controlled ...

While the Native Americans in California deliberately set fires to shrubland, they were not trying to maintain the chaparral but to transform it into grasslands for hunting. Southern California ...

Using nature to solve environmental damage caused by humans can work on a local level, but can nature-based solutions be scaled up enough to address climate change?

Various climate regions respond to drought episodes differently, with temperate grasslands the most affected in the past few decades. The researchers noted that changes in greenness cannot be ...

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