News Headline

Forest ecology: Splinters of the Amazon

Source
Nature

Publication Date
2013-04-18

Ecologist Thomas Lovejoy tucks his trousers into his socks with a casual warning about chiggers and then hikes off into the Amazon jungle. Shaded by a tall canopy and dense with ferns and underbrush, the old-growth forest looks healthy, but Lovejoy knows better.

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http://www.nature.com/news/forest-ecology-splinters-of-the-amazon-1.12816