"The biggest natural sink of terrestrial carbon lies in our forests and trees," says Steve Running, a forest ecologist at the University of Montana.

"It has moved into high gear in the last six or seven years," said Dr. Glenn P. Juday, a forest ecologist at the University of Alaska.

John Thorpe Holloway (15 November 1914-10 June 1977) was a New Zealand alpine explorer and forest ecologist.

But a study in the current issue of the journal Nature, as well as others to be published soon, indicates what forest ecologists had long suspected.

Several neighbors hired Bruce Kershner, a forest ecologist, to survey the property in 2002.

Its rapid decline is bewildering scientists and forest ecologists, who say they cannot pinpoint a cause.

Gregory H. Aplet, a forest ecologist with the Wilderness Society, gave passing approval to the plan, saying, "There's little in here to object to."

A boycott is a bad idea," said Dr. Nick Brokaw, a tropical forest ecologist at the observatory.

The plan not only satisfied environmentalists and firefighters, but also forest ecologists.

As a result, some forest ecologists are saying that any salvage effort would be unconstitutional.