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Analysis of global tree population explains baffling trends in species richness
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Local species richness, the number of species that coexist in a local community, is a key measure of biodiversity. Scientists have known for more than 200 years that large numbers of local species live near the equator, then decline toward the middle and higher latitudes. However, why local species richness differs […]
Science-i beta is now online
Science-i, a transparent and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) web platform for international research collaboration, empowers ensemble research projects of everyone, especially under-represented and under-privileged people from across the world. Jingjing Liang, FACAI co-director, is the founder and chief science officer and Science-i. Science–i welcomes our first 200 resident scientists! Our members feature a broad range of expertise areas, and come from 50+ countries around the world. Please […]
First-of-its-kind estimate of the total number of tree species
One person can’t measure all the trees in the world, but when many people come together, a global view becomes possible. A worldwide collaboration of scientists has produced the first ground-sourced data estimate of the total number of tree species on Earth and found that more than 9,000 species have yet to be discovered. Although […]
Pandemic Lessons: Open Data for Forest and Climate Action
A recent article is featured on FAO REDD homepage: http://www.fao.org/redd/en/and under the News section: www.fao.org/redd/news/detail/en/c/1303779/ The article is authored by four members of the National Forest Monitoring (NFM) Team from the Forestry Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) – Javier García Pérez (Gamarra) (javier.garciaperez@fao.org), Rocío D. Cóndor-Golec (rocio.condor@fao.org), Rebecca Tavani (rebecca.tavani@fao.org), and Julian Fox (julian.fox@fao.org) […]
Nature paper offers global map to understand changing forests
An international collaboration of hundreds of scientists – led in part by the Forest Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence(FACAI) Laboratory in Purdue’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources – has developed the world’s first global map of tree symbioses. The map is key to understanding how forests are changing and the role climate plays in these shifts. […]
Forest Scholars Worldwide Team Up For Biodiversity Research
Loss of biodiversity has long been recognized as detrimental for nature, for nature’s sake. Now a team of scholars from 90 institutions in 44 countries show that it also provides enormous economic benefits. The team, formally known as the Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative (GFBI), consolidated field-based forest inventory data from 777,126 permanent plots across the […]
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