Animal species diversity was also significantly impacted: in one study, a Harvard biologist found 24 species of birds and 5 species of mammals in a sprayed forest, while in two adjacent sections of unsprayed forest there were 145 and 170 species of birds and 30 and 55 species of mammals.

There are some remaining patches of dry forest high on steep mountainside including a number of endemic plant species, but these are inaccessible and hard to study.

The scientific study of forest species and their interaction with the environment is referred to as forest ecology, while the management of forests is often referred to as forestry.

The 2007 study discussed above noted that modern computer models have been applied to the Kuwait oil fires, finding that individual smoke plumes are not able to loft smoke into the stratosphere, but that smoke from fires covering a large area like some forest fires can lift smoke into the stratosphere, and this is supported by recent evidence that it occurs far more often than previously thought.

Meanwhile, reclusive Theravada forest monks in Thailand live a life devoted to meditation and the practice of austerities in small communities in rural Thailand-a very different life from even their city-dwelling counterparts, who may be involved primarily in teaching, the study of scripture, and the administration of the nationally organized ( and government sponsored ) Sangha.

One study found 175, 000 bromeliads per hectare ( 2. 5 acres ) in one forest ; that many bromeliads can sequester 50, 000 liters ( more than 13, 000 gallons ) of water.

An eco-hydrological and soils study in a montane cloud forest in the National Park of Garajonay, La Gomera ( Canary Islands, Spain ).

A rare nocturnal forest creature, the pygmy hippopotamus is a difficult animal to study in the wild.

Simon Lewis, a climate expert at the University of Leeds, who led the study, said: " Tropical forest trees are absorbing about 18 % of the carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere each year from burning fossil fuels, substantially buffering the rate of change.

In a study conducted by Bina Agarwal, women were given a place in a forest conservation group.

A study of two coua species in Madagascar found that the Coquerel's Coua obtained prey by walking and gleaning on the forest floor, whereas the Red-capped Coua ran and pounced on prey.

It has been recensused every 5 years since 1985, allowing scientists to study the normal dynamics of the forest, as well as extreme events, such as El Niño.

A study in Gabon, the wealthiest country in the region, with 80 % of its forest cover still in place, showed it had suffered at least a 56 % decline in its ape population over 17 years.

The study took place in the White River and Lussier River Watershed, southeastern British Columbia, in a forest dominated by Douglas-fir, white spruce, and western larch.

A 2009 study also found breeding in the thorn forest of Baja California Sur and the coast of Sinaloa during the summer " monsoon "; this region had previously been thought to be only a migratory stopover ( Rohwer, Hobson, and Rohwer, 2009 ).

Predation rates ranged from 30 % ( n = 48 ) in a study in New Mexico pinyon-juniper woodland to 86 % ( n = 14 ) in a mixed-conifer forest in Idaho.

In a California study of foraging and habitat relationships of insect-gleaning birds in mixed conifer-oak forest, western tanager used white fir more and incense-cedar ( Calocedrus decurrens ) less than would be expected from their availability.

While more study is needed, the bird ’ s apparent acceptance of certain commercial second-growth forest gives promise to possibilities of man-made “ growing ” Bicknell ’ s Thrush habitats in the future.

A 2004 field study indicated that fruit body production is enhanced by an open and sunny wood habitat, corroborating an earlier observation made in a Zimbabwean study ; removal of the litter layer on the forest floor appeared to have a negative effect on fruit body production, but previous studies reported contradictory results.

For example, students earn credit as political interns at the Oregon State Capitol, across the street from campus ; study the effects of climate change at the nearby research forest ; or conduct epidemiology surveys for the local health department.

Previously occupied territories that were not used in the last three years of the study had significantly less forest in seedling and sapling stages and significantly more forest dominated by pole-sized trees than territories occupied during this period ( P < 0. 05 ).

If living Jews were unavailable for study, the Bible was at hand.

Dr. Isaacs was so pleased with the quality of her biographical study of Sara Sullam that he considered submitting it to the Century Magazine or Harper's but he decided that its Jewish subject probably would not interest them and published it in The Messenger, `` so our readers will be benefited instead ''.

As far as I'm concerned, it was a separate matter from the general Committee study of Bang-Jensen's conduct.

With her son evidencing so strong a musical bent his mother could do little else but get him started on the study of music -- though she waited until he was ten -- beginning with the piano and following that with the trumpet.

Victor's book on John Lloyd Stephens was largely written in my study in the house at Weston.

A study at the Pentagon and at the service academies revealed that nothing was being done there.

Far away, standing before a curtained window in the study room, was his father, hands tucked under his coattails, and staring into the dark church.

He didn't, but it was not really a question, and so he left the room, walked down the hall to the front of the apartment, hesitated, and then knocked lightly on the closed door of the study.

The telephone was in the study but the ringing came from the hall.

The apex, the study where Eugene slept, was light and bright and airy and cheerful.

In one of these, an exploding-wire device to study systems thermodynamically up to 6,000 Af and 100 atmospheres pressure, a major goal was achieved.

A wall-stabilized high-current arc source was constructed and used to study transition probabilities of atomic hydrogen and oxygen.

The decision reached in 1938-39 was made after the accumulation of a large amount of data and thorough study thereof.

Never a `` quick study '', he now made no attempt to learn his `` lines '' and many a mile of film was wasted, many a scene -- sometimes involving as many as a thousand fellow thespians -- was taken thirty, forty, fifty times because Miss Poitrine's co-star and `` helpmate '' had never learned his part.

A detailed study of this latter phenomenon was not attempted in this paper.

It was stated earlier that one purpose of this study was to extend the analysis of variability of Onset and Completion in each of the 21 growth centers somewhat beyond that provided by the data in Tables 1 and 2.

For example, the steering committee might announce that the group felt a topic under study should not be dropped for an additional week as there was still too much of it untouched.

There was a particularly marvelous opportunity for study in this area since almost every stage of pregnancy was represented, from a childless couple to and including every trimester.

Although the Taylor Scale was designed as a group testing device, in this study it was individually administered by psychologically trained workers who established rapport and assisted the children in reading the items.

The battery median grade-equivalent was used in data analysis in this study.

Although the present study was not a direct replication of their investigations, the results do not confirm their conclusion.