Can we reduce carbon dioxide emissions by simply allowing forests to recover?

Regrowing tropical forests emit significantly lower soil carbon dioxide than cattle pastures.

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By Beth King

Reforestation and Silviculture Global Change Ecosystem Services Soil Science Conservation Biology Microbial Ecology Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Agua Salud blue Jefferson Hall

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Escaping or resisting disease:
the dilemma of a tropical tree

How does a tree escape or resist disease?

Botany Disease Ecology Ecology Ecosystem Ecology Forest Ecology Plant Physiology Connections in nature: Plants, Animals, Microbes and Environments Gamboa light-green S. Joseph Wright

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