A study on 'canopy soils' on old trees in Costa Rica shows they are important habitats and carbon stores that cannot easily be replaced. In certain trees, soils can form along branches and can support ...
Geochemist Isaac Larsen at UMass Amherst has received a five-year, $500,000 early career development grant from NSF to address basic research questions about soil production, soil erosion, ...
In certain trees, soils can form along branches and can support varied plant and animal life. However, what conditions these ‘canopy soils’ form in, and what kind of biodiversity they support, has ...