Warming climate pushes California birds upslope
Over just the past 15 years, migratory passerine songbirds that breed in California have already shifted their range to higher elevations in response to a warming ...
forests
Are ash borers hopping trains to spread through forests?
An invasive insect that can destroy entire forests of ash trees in just a few years may be using a human mode of transportation to spread — catching trains. ...
Why does forest fragmentation affect some more than others?
As forests around the world are being fragmented, wildlife is affected. That’s particularly true in the tropics, researchers recently found. Looking into why some ...
The November/December Issue of The Wildlife Professional
The Wildlife Professional is an exclusive benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published six times annually, the magazine presents timely research news ...
Alabama TWS chapter to host bats and forest workshop
The Alabama Chapter of The Wildlife Society, along with the Alabama Bat Working Group, will host a bats and forest workshop on September 10 at Cleburne Mountain ...
As climate warms, old-growth forests could give birds refuge
With temperatures expected to rise over the coming decades, some bird species could find it difficult to cope and suffer declines. But researchers in the Pacific ...
It’s tall forests, not dense ones, spotted owls prefer
In what is believed to be the largest spotted owl study in terms of area analyzed, remote sensing technology is providing a more precise look at habitat preferences ...
When privet is removed, native plants and pollinators return
Forests infested with privet invoke a kind of despair in people attuned to the problem of invasive plants. Privet invades a forest quickly, sprawling across the ...
Changes in forest condition contribute to pollinator decline
Forests in North America have changed rapidly over the past century. Before European settlement, forests were a mosaic of open pine and hardwood forests, prairies, ...
Bees Prefer Open Canopy Forests
While the decline in honey bees (genus Apis) in the United States is widely known, prompting the government to put forth strategies to protect the species, the ...