Whether it’s a trip to a vast, salty body of water, a land-locked lake or the shore of a beautiful stream like those right ...

In this study, a unique approach is presented to improve autonomous robots’ path planning abilities, especially in dynamic environments. We propose a Dynamic Spanning Tree Coverage (D-STC) algorithm ...

We interleave sampling based motion planning methods with pruning ideas from minimum spanning tree algorithms to develop a new approach for solving a Multi-Goal Path Finding (MGPF) problem in high ...

Quick Facts Beech leaf disease (BLD) is a new disease to the United States; scientists have been working quickly to understand its pathogenesis and test treatment options to mitigate or control damage ...

A Fast-Spreading Disease Threatens a Foundational Tree of Eastern Forests Beech leaf disease is bad news for birds, which also may be spreading it. American beech tree showing symptoms of Beech leaf ...

Unfortunately, there is a substantial threat to this tree that spans across the eastern United States — beech leaf disease (BLD). Left untreated, the demise of a beech tree with BLD occurs in 2-7 ...

Its nuts, rich in fat and protein, provide food for much of the forest fauna, along with forest habitat for a wide range of wildlife. Left untreated it is estimated the demise of a beech tree with ...

His boots sink into deep ash as Mic Hall, board member and for the Panorama Vista Preserve, surveys wildfire damage at the 951-acre property below the Panorama Bluffs in northeast Bakersfield.

It was ensured that no trees were placed directly onto the outbound, or direct return path, so that participants did not have to manoeuvre around them. However, we also placed trees at the end of ...

A new study published in the Journal of Plant Ecology has found that temperate forest tree species, regardless of their root symbiosis with either ectomycorrhizal (ECM) or arbuscular mycorrhizal ...

HANCOCK — Scorched. That's the way Meredith Cochran describes the young stand of beech trees that is dying on the upper reaches of land she owns in Hancock behind her house. Three years ago, Cochran ...