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Ecology
Marion A. Holmes, James Whitacre, Leland D. Bennion, Jessica Poteet, Sara E. Kuebbing
Summary: The study found that in Powdermill Nature Reserve in Southwestern Pennsylvania, native and non-native plant species richness were positively correlated in older forests, but uncorrelated in younger stands. The proportions of non-native species were higher in areas with mining and agriculture history. The relationships between diversity and environment were strongest in younger forests.
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Forestry
Marion A. Holmes, James V. Whitacre, Leland D. Bennion, Jessica Poteet, Sara E. Kuebbing
Summary: Invasion by non-native shrubs is primarily influenced by past disturbance events and environmental gradients, rather than lasting environmental impacts of land use. Soil disturbance from historical land use plays a significant role in facilitating the colonization of non-native shrub species.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jessica Penny, Slobodan Djordjevic, Albert S. Chen
Summary: This paper aims to improve the understanding of the environmental and socioeconomic drivers of land use change through public participation, and provide recommendations for long-term policy making to support sustainable land use management. The study found that land use change is driven by spatial factors such as elevation and climate, rather than soil suitability. The research provides steps and references for future land use simulation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
X. Chen, H. Chen
Summary: The study reveals that large-scale development of Torreya plantations may alter local energy and hydrological processes, highlighting the importance of considering environmental impacts and multiple ecological services for sustainable development in the region. This research provides an approach to evaluating potential environmental impacts for landscape change at large scales, and suggests further ground observation and studies on ecological processes at different scales should be conducted to create strategies for better economic development and natural landscape conservation.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Reem Hajjar, Johan A. Oldekop, Peter Cronkleton, Peter Newton, Aaron J. M. Russell, Wen Zhou
Summary: An analysis of 643 cases of community forest management shows that most led to improved environmental and income outcomes, but access and resource rights often deteriorate when formalizing such management.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Marina Palmero-Iniesta, Josep Maria Espelta, Mario Padial-Iglesias, Oscar Gonzalez-Guerrero, Lluis Pesquer, Cristina Domingo-Marimon, Miquel Ninyerola, Xavier Pons, Joan Pino
Summary: The study found that secondary forest cover in the Iberian Peninsula is still increasing, but the emergence is shifting towards lower elevations and less steep regions with higher water availability and more frequent droughts. Additionally, different leaf-habit types of forests have varying responses to environmental factors such as temperature, precipitation, and drought.
Article
Forestry
Arundhati Das, Tarun Menon, Jayashree Ratnam, Rajesh Thadani, Gopalakrishnan Rajashekar, Rakesh Fararoda, Ghazala Shahabuddin
Summary: The study shows that in the Western Himalayan landscape, Banj oak forests have undergone significant degradation and loss of area between 1991 and 2017, while chir pine forests have expanded. This transition is more likely to occur in areas with lower winter precipitation and Topographic Wetness Index values, as well as more surrounding pine forests.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Evan P. Kelemen, Sandra M. Rehan
Summary: Anthropogenic activities are rapidly altering the environment, leading to potential changes in the morphology, distribution, and behaviors of species, thus increasing the risk of extinction. Changes in body size in populations of the small carpenter bee Ceratina calcarata are influenced by both climate change and agricultural expansion, with increasing summer temperatures leading to decreased male and female size, while agricultural expansion may result in increased female size. These opposing pressures highlight the complexity of environmental stressors interacting with each other.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Milena Kiatkoski Kim, Michael M. Douglas, David Pannell, Samantha A. Setterfield, Rosemary Hill, Sarah Laborde, Laura Perrott, Jorge G. Alvarez-Romero, Leah Beesley, Caroline Canham, Anthea Brecknell
Summary: Transdisciplinary research (TDR) is beneficial for addressing environmental challenges and promoting sustainability in social-ecological systems. This article aims to facilitate investment decisions in TDR by defining TDR, comparing it with other research modes, identifying suitable research problems and contexts for TDR, and exploring the intensity of contextual features to determine the level of TDR in a research project.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Civil
Naomie M. Kayitesi, Alphonce C. Guzha, Gregoire Mariethoz
Summary: This review paper examines the effects of spatiotemporal changes in climate and land use/land cover on river hydro-morphology in tropical regions. Through analyzing 60 case studies, it is found that land use/land cover change has limited impact on hydrological variables, and other factors such as catchment heterogeneity play an important role. Future projections suggest similar trends will continue, though with differences based on land use and climate scenarios. Despite significant changes taking place in tropical regions, there is still limited research on the hydro-morphology responses, highlighting the need for further studies to enhance our understanding.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Flannery Dolan, Jonathan Lamontagne, Katherine Calvin, Abigail Snyder, Kanishka B. Narayan, Alan V. Di Vittorio, Chris R. Vernon
Summary: Land scarcity is increasing over time, and its impacts on the economy and environment are complex and varied. This study uses a comprehensive model to simulate different scenarios of increased land demand from biofuels and decreased land supply from conservation. The findings show that while biofuel consumption and land conservation can reduce carbon emissions, they also lead to higher food prices, reduced crop production, and increased water withdrawals. The impacts vary across different regions, highlighting the importance of multisector modeling frameworks and acknowledging uncertainties when analyzing land scarcity impacts.
Article
Forestry
Ana Stritih, Cornelius Senf, Rupert Seidl, Adrienne Gret-Regamey, Peter Bebi
Summary: Research in the European Alps, particularly in Canton of Graubunden, Switzerland, has shown that mountain forests are facing increasing natural disturbances such as windthrow and bark beetle outbreaks. Newer forests are more susceptible to disturbances, while forests established before the 19th century are less affected. Management interventions, such as thinning, can increase susceptibility to disturbances in the short term.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Tristan Berchoux, Craig W. Hutton, Oliver Hensengerth, Hal E. Voepel, Van P. D. Tri, Pham T. Vu, Nghia N. Hung, Dan Parsons, Stephen E. Darby
Summary: The Mekong Delta faces challenges in supplying agricultural commodities while ensuring livelihoods and living space in the context of climate change and agrarian transition. Anthropogenic factors and climate change impacts are threatening agricultural production. Identifying future states of agricultural-based socio-ecological systems and characterizing their impacts on the landscape and employment is crucial for sustainable development.
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Lotte de Jong, Sophie de Bruin, Joost Knoop, Jasper van Vliet
Summary: The increasing demand for food, water, and shelter has changed the way land is used, resulting in conflicts. Research has shown that population growth, overlapping land rights, ethnic fragmentation, and economic inequality are the root causes of conflict related to land-use change, while rises in land prices are the most frequently reported immediate cause. Reported institutional causes indicate that governance mechanisms are not fully equipped to handle the complexity of observed land-use changes.
JOURNAL OF LAND USE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Aioub Moradi, Naghi Shabanian
Summary: This study examined the amount of organic carbon in the soil of Zagros oak forests to determine the forests' capacity in carbon sequestration. The results showed that different land uses have a significant effect on soil characteristics and the amount of organic carbon. Sacred groves had the highest soil organic carbon content and played an important role in long-term carbon storage.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
R. Urrutia-Jalabert, S. Rossi, A. Deslauriers, Y. Malhi, A. Lara
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2015)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Antonio Lara, Alejandra Bahamondez, Alvaro Gonzalez-Reyes, Ariel A. Munoz, Emilio Cuq, Carolina Ruiz-Gomez
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2015)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rocio Urrutia-Jalabert, Yadvinder Malhi, Jonathan Barichivich, Antonio Lara, Antonio Delgado-Huertas, Carmen Gloria Rodriguez, Emilio Cuq
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES
(2015)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Ariel A. Munoz, Alvaro Gonzalez-Reyes, Antonio Lara, David Sauchyn, Duncan Christie, Paulina Puchi, Rocio Urrutia-Jalabert, Isadora Toledo-Guerrero, Isabella Aguilera-Betti, Ignacio Mundo, Paul R. Sheppard, Daniel Stahle, Ricardo Villalba, Paul Szejner, Carlos LeQuesne, Jessica Vanstone
Article
Forestry
Teodoro Carlon Allende, Manuel E. Mendoza, Diego R. Perez-Salicrup, Jose Villanueva-Diaz, Antonio Lara
Article
Water Resources
Julia Jones, Auro Almeida, Felipe Cisneros, Andres Iroume, Esteban Jobbagy, Antonio Lara, Walter de Paula Lima, Christian Little, Carlos Llerena, Luis Silveira, Juan Camilo Villegas
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2017)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Alejandro Miranda, Adison Altamirano, Luis Cayuela, Antonio Lara, Mauro Gonzalez
REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
(2017)
Article
Ecology
Frederick J. Swanson, Julia Jones, Charlie Crisafulli, Mauro E. Gonzalez, Antonio Lara
Article
Geology
Frederick J. Swanson, Julia A. Jones, Charles M. Crisafulli, Antonio Lara
Article
Ecology
Ariel A. Munoz, Jonathan Barichivich, Duncan A. Christie, Wouter Dorigo, David Sauchyn, Alvaro Gonzalez-Reyes, Ricardo Villalba, Antonio Lara, Natalia Riquelme, Mauro E. Gonzalez
Article
Ecology
Christian Little, Jaime G. Cuevas, Antonio Lara, Mario Pino, Stephen Schoenholtz
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Moinuddin Ahmed, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Asfawossen Asrat, Hemant P. Borgaonkar, Martina Braida, Brendan M. Buckley, Ulf Buntgen, Brian M. Chase, Duncan A. Christie, Edward R. Cook, Mark A. J. Curran, Henry F. Diaz, Jan Esper, Ze-Xin Fan, Narayan P. Gaire, Quansheng Ge, Joelle Gergis, J. Fidel Gonzalez-Rouco, Hugues Goosse, Stefan W. Grab, Nicholas Graham, Rochelle Graham, Martin Grosjean, Sami T. Hanhijarvi, Darrell S. Kaufman, Thorsten Kiefer, Katsuhiko Kimura, Atte A. Korhola, Paul J. Krusic, Antonio Lara, Anne-Marie Lezine, Fredrik C. Ljungqvist, Andrew M. Lorrey, Jurg Luterbacher, Valerie Masson-Delmotte, Danny McCarroll, Joseph R. McConnell, Nicholas P. McKay, Mariano S. Morales, Andrew D. Moy, Robert Mulvaney, Ignacio A. Mundo, Takeshi Nakatsuka, David J. Nash, Raphael Neukom, Sharon E. Nicholson, Hans Oerter, Jonathan G. Palmer, Steven J. Phipps, Maria R. Prieto, Andres Rivera, Masaki Sano, Mirko Severi, Timothy M. Shanahan, Xuemei Shao, Feng Shi, Michael Sigl, Jason E. Smerdon, Olga N. Solomina, Eric J. Steig, Barbara Stenni, Meloth Thamban, Valerie Trouet, Chris S. M. Turney, Mohammed Umer, Tas van Ommen, Dirk Verschuren, Andre E. Viau, Ricardo Villalba, Bo M. Vinther, Lucien von Gunten, Sebastian Wagner, Eugene R. Wahl, Heinz Wanner, Johannes P. Werner, James W. C. White, Koh Yasue, Eduardo Zorita
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rocio Urrutia-Jalabert, Yadvinder Malhi, Antonio Lara
Article
Ecology
Mario Romero-Mieres, Mauro E. Gonzalez, Antonio Lara
Article
Geography
Alejandro Miranda, Adison Altamirano, Luis Cayuela, Francoise Pincheira, Antonio Lara