Using only genomics and a one-time tree count, a new model can accurately predict a forest's future

One of the great challenges of ecology is to understand the factors that maintain, or undermine, diversity in ecosystems, ...

Making younger trees age faster could create more homes for wildlife—and it can be done without chainsaws

For wildlife, not all trees are equal. Large old trees have many horizontal and dead limbs for perching, and many fissures or ...
Health News Florida

What the trees are telling us: USF professor uses data to identify threats to tree diversity

Brian Maitner, an assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, is revolutionizing the way researchers examine and predict the impact of environmental shifts on plant diversity. His ...
Microsoft

Feature tree-driven synthesis improves training data for code LLMs

As large language models (LLMs) continue to improve at writing code, a key challenge has emerged: enabling them to generate complex, high-quality training data that actually reflects real-world ...
WRIC

Richmond man found shot dead after crashing into tree, structure

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Richmond man was found shot dead after he’d crashed into a tree and a structure early Wednesday morning. At about 1:38 a.m. on Wednesday, June 4, officers with the Richmond ...
Frontiers

Efficient tree species classification using machine and deep learning algorithms based on UAV-LiDAR data in North China

Introduction: The unmanned aerial vehicle -based light detection and ranging (UAV-LiDAR) can quickly acquire the three-dimensional information of large areas of vegetation, and has been widely used in ...
IEEE

Enhancing Language Models via HTML DOM Tree for Text Structure Understanding

Abstract: Understanding text structure, which enables the automated system to parse long text structure, is crucial for various natural language processing applications such as information extraction, ...
eLife

Multi-dimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition

This valuable study uses a massive and long-term experimental data set to provide solid evidence on how tree diversity affects host-parasitoid communities of insects in forests. The work will be of ...
KTBS

World's tallest Christmas tree structure lighting Saturday in Stonewall

STONEWALL, La. -- The DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office unveiled the world's tallest Christmas tree structure last year with a somewhat low-key ceremony. This year, however, the lighting ceremony set ...