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Comparison of boreal, temperate and tropical forest
The World's Forests: From Boreal Pines to Tropical CanopiesBoreal, temperate, tropical and cloud forests: how the world's great forest types differ, what lives in each, and why the layers of a forest matter.
Mangrove forest with stilt roots standing in shallow tidal water
Mangroves: The Forests That Grow in Salt WaterStilt roots, salt filters and storm defence: how mangrove forests survive the tide line and why coasts depend on them.
Stages of forest succession from bare ground to mature woodland
How a Forest Rebuilds Itself: Succession After Fire and StormPioneers, gap dynamics and old growth: how forests recover after disturbance, and why some disturbance is part of a healthy forest.
Cross-section of a trunk showing wide and narrow annual growth rings
Tree Rings: The History Written Inside a TrunkHow tree rings form, what wide and narrow years reveal about climate and fire, and how dendrochronology dates wood centuries old.