Breaking with tradition, FarmVille has updated early this weekend, with a slew of new items being released in the limited edition Scottish theme. Part of this update included two new Pine trees: the ...

The research was carried out by an international team from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, the Polish Academy of Sciences, the University of Edinburgh and the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees, aged about 20 years old, growing on a natural pine heath were exposed to two concentrations of CO₂ ...

Scotland was once home to 1.5 million hectares of native Caledonian pinewood. Now only 1% of this life-supporting habitat is left. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering ...

Hyperspectral reflectance reveals critical leaf functional traits indicative of a plant's physiological status, providing a powerful tool for distinguishing seedlings adapted to specific environments.

Do you remember that scene in Blackadder (series 2, Money), where Percy creates ‘a nugget of purest green’? Well, I’m in search of a whole glen full of the stuff. And by ‘green’ I mean the Scots pine ...

The Scots pines that are thought to have largely covered the country thousands of years ago are greatly reduced, but just how big the forest memorialized in Roman texts was is not clear. A view of ...

My 25-year-old Scots pines are not looking good this spring and have lots of brown branches. What might be wrong, and is there anything that I can do to improve their health? Older Scots (Pinus ...