Stories:

  • NEWS
    Regrowing Tropical Forests Recover Fast in Tree Species Richness, but Slow in Species Composition
    A team of ecologists from Latin America, the United States, and Europe, including College of the Atlantic botany professor Susan Letcher, publish a study in Science Advances showing that natural forest regeneration may be the ideal way to bring nearly one billion acres of tropical forest into restoration by 2030, as set under the Bonn Challenge.
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    Research Paints New View of Tropical Forests
    A global study of the deep evolutionary history of tropical forest plant species that includes research by College of the Atlantic plant sciences professor Dr. Susan Letcher is providing a new perspective on the major divisions between tropical forests around the world.
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    Research Offers Insight into Ecosystem Assembly Processes
    Discovering plant species crucial to rebuilding disturbed forests in Costa Rica while assisting with the creation of a research tool that could help conservationists restore endangered ecosystems worldwide is all in a days work for College of the Atlantic plant sciences professor Dr. Susan Letcher.