Forest transition refers to a geographic theory describing a reversal or turnaround in land-use trends for a given territory from a period of net forest...

eastern forest–boreal transition is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of North America, mostly in eastern Canada. It is a transitional zone...

this process, causing the forest to pass a threshold where it transitions into savanna. Deforestation threatens many forest ecosystems. Deforestation...

The central forest–grasslands transition is a prairie ecoregion of the central United States, an ecotone between eastern forests and the North American...

The Upper Midwest forest–savanna transition is a terrestrial ecoregion that is defined by the World Wildlife Fund. An oak savanna plant community located...

The Cross–Niger transition forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of southeastern Nigeria, located between the Niger River on the west...

forests transition to drier forest-savanna mosaic, a mosaic of drier forests, savannas, and grasslands. To the west, the Congolian forests transition...

Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation...

by birds on Schefflera morototoni (Araliaceae) in a Cerrado-Amazon forest transition area, eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil". Acta Amazonica. 45 (1): 57–64...

Sonoran–Sinaloan transition subtropical dry forest is a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion in northwestern Mexico. This ecoregion forms a transition belt between...

forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga, or boreal forest,...

Atlantic dry forests, which form a transition between the arid Caatinga to the northeast and the Cerrado savannas to the east. These forests are lower in...

like ovules. The transition to flowering is one of the major phase changes that a plant makes during its life cycle. The transition must take place at...

montane forests are composed of two main plant communities, Afromontane rain forest (aka moist evergreen Afromontane forest) and Afromontane transitional rain...

industrialized economies are now in the midst of a "forest transition," in which governments are reclaiming forest land. Forestry has improved in efficiency, and...

The Shale Sandstone Transition Forest, also known as Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark Forest, is a transitory ecotone between the grassy woodlands...

drier interior, the coastal forests transition to the Guinean forest–savanna mosaic to the north and the Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic to the east...

2011. Redo, DJ; Grau, HR; Aide, TM; Clark, ML (2012). "Asymmetric forest transition driven by the interaction of socioeconomic development and environmental...

The Niger Delta swamp forests is a tropical moist forest ecoregion in southern Nigeria. It consists of freshwater swamp forests in the Niger Delta of...

Northern transitional alpine forests is a temperate coniferous forest ecoregion in the northwestern interior of British Columbia, as defined by the World...

ecotone is a transitional area between two plant communities, where these meet and integrate. Examples include areas between grassland and forest, estuaries...

the prairie-forest transition in the midwestern United States, making it difficult to identify an exact dividing boundary. Such transition zones are called...

Lakes and Forests, and by the World Wildlife Fund by regions such as the Western Great Lakes forests and Eastern forest-boreal transition. In the United...

A Sofia; Sloan, Sean (2017). "Forest ecosystem-service transitions: the ecological dimensions of the forest transition". Ecology and Society. 22 (4) art38...

(2012). Private or socialistic forestry? forest transition in Finland vs. deforestation in the tropics. World forests. Dordrecht: Springer. p. 100. ISBN 978-90-481-3895-1...

800 metres (2,600 ft) elevation, the lowland forests transition gradually to the Madagascar subhumid forests ecoregion. The southern end of the ecoregion...

edge of the Himalayas, the Palearctic temperate forests transition to the subtropical and tropical forests of Indomalaya, creating a rich and diverse mix...

Research themes Understanding drivers of forest transition Understanding the consequences of forest transition for environmental services and livelihoods...

carried mitochondrial DNA of African forest elephants, indicating they hybridised in the savanna-forest transition zone in ancient times. However, despite...

region is generally similar in climate and condition to the Eastern forest-boreal transition to its east, except that it is generally somewhat drier (the prevailing...