Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Fernanda C. G. Cardoso, Elivane S. Capellesso, Ricardo Miranda de Britez, Gabriel Inague, Marcia C. M. Marques
Summary: This research evaluates a pioneering restoration program in the southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest and examines the interactions between ecological restoration and other conservation strategies. The study finds that the proportion of old-growth forests positively influences species diversity, biomass, and functional diversity in restoration areas. The choice of restoration strategy also affects forest structure and species composition, with reforestation showing more positive outcomes compared to natural regeneration.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sergio Esteban Lozano-Baez, Yamileth Dominguez-Haydar, Simone Di Prima, Miguel Cooper, Mirko Castellini
Summary: Research indicates that saturated hydraulic conductivity values were similar between coffee agroforestry and reference forests, showing the positive impact of trees on soil hydrological functions. Forest regeneration over 15 years can improve soil hydraulic attributes, with water repellency observed in the reference forest soil.
Article
Forestry
Kureha F. Suzuki, Yuta Kobayashi, Rupert Seidl, Cornelius Senf, Shinichi Tatsumi, Dai Koide, Wakana A. Azuma, Motoki Higa, Tomoyo F. Koyanagi, Shenhua Qian, Yuji Kusano, Ryota Matsubayashi, Akira S. Mori
Summary: The study in Shiretoko National Park, Japan found that the presence of the alien tree species Larix kaempferi can protect native species from wind disturbance and promote the abundance of native saplings and seedlings under excessive browsing pressure. Although no invasive characteristics were observed, the positive impact of Larix kaempferi on the regeneration of native tree species suggests that existing alien species have the potential to act as nurse plants and contribute to natural forest restoration in the short-term.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Carlos R. Magni, Nicole Saavedra, Sergio E. Espinoza, Marco A. Yanez, Ivan Quiroz, Angela Faundez, Ivan Grez, Eduardo Martinez-Herrera
Summary: The study assessed the effects of seed source and forest cover on the germination and survival of Cryptocarya alba established through direct seeding. Different forest cover types were identified within the natural park, with the dense forest cover showing the highest germination and survival rates. It is recommended to use local seeds on dense forest cover for the direct seeding of this species in Mediterranean-type climate zones prone to droughts.
Article
Ecology
Aabid Hussain Mir, Javaid M. Dad, Bikarma Singh, Azra N. Kamili
Summary: The study found that forest restoration in the coniferous forests of Kashmir Himalaya improved vegetation characteristics, biomass, and soil health. The restored forests showed higher soil quality and greater plant species population, as well as an increase in the number of larger diameter trees.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Daniella Schweizer, Gunnar Petter, Ricardo Gomes Cesar, Silvio Ferraz, Vanessa de Souza Moreno, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Harald Bugmann
Summary: This study used a process-based model, LandClim, to investigate natural forest regrowth in agricultural landscapes in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest region. The findings highlight the importance of long-term commitment in restoration projects, as the effects of land use intensity and landscape configuration on forest biomass and tree diversity take decades to be fully expressed.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Review
Biology
Anazelia M. M. Tedesco, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Michelle L. Hak Hepburn, Khalil Walji, Kerrie A. A. Wilson, Hugh P. P. Possingham, Angela J. J. Dean, Nick Nugent, Katerina Elias-Trostmann, Katharina-Victoria Perez-Hammerle, Jonathan R. R. Rhodes
Summary: Forest restoration is a scalable nature-based solution that aims to achieve global environmental and socio-economic goals. Incentive mechanisms play a crucial role in promoting restoration success, but their impact is not well-understood. Socio-economic factors have a significant influence on implementation and program success, highlighting the importance of assessing and managing these factors.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jorge Mongil-Manso, Joaquin Navarro-Hevia, Roberto San Martin
Summary: The research shows that afforestation with pine trees can significantly improve soil infiltration rates compared to native holm oak forests, grasslands, and shrubs, indicating better soil drainage in afforestation areas.
Article
Forestry
Marie Laure Rurangwa, Thomas J. Matthews, Protais Niyigaba, Joseph A. Tobias, Robert J. Whittaker
Summary: This study emphasizes the importance of restoring faunal diversity and functional traits in rainforest habitats degraded by anthropogenic fires. While there are differences in species composition between primary forest and regenerating forest, taxonomic diversity remains similar across restoration approaches. Preventing anthropogenic fires is key in promoting avian diversity in tropical rainforests.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Rodrigo de Souza Barbosa, Rodrigo Silva do Vale, Gustavo Schwartz, Walmer Bruno Rocha Martins, Sabrina Santos Ribeiro, Julia Isabella de Matos Rodrigues, Gracialda Costa Ferreira, Victor Moreira Barbosa
Summary: The study evaluated indicators of ecosystem restoration in areas degraded by bauxite mining in the eastern Amazon, and found that all restoration methods showed positive indicators of restoration and a gradual return of the structural characteristics of the vegetation.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mostafa Moradi, Mohammad Reza Jorfi, Reza Basiri, Sedigheh Yusef Naanaei, Mehdi Heydari
Summary: Livestock exclusion has a significant positive impact on soil quality and plant diversity, but the tree regeneration rate remains low. Additional factors, such as soil seed bank and socio-economic status, should be considered for forest restoration in Zagros forests.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Tina Christmann, Ximena Palomeque, Dolors Armenteras, Sarah Jane Wilson, Yadvinder Malhi, Imma Oliveras Menor
Summary: Andean montane forests are important for biodiversity and carbon storage, but their recovery after land abandonment is limited. This study analyzes forest recovery trajectories over 15 years in the Andes to inform restoration planning.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
M. Agosta, V. Alagna, V. Bagarello, G. Caltabellotta, M. Iovino, G. Vaccaro
Summary: Different rainfall amounts and intensities can lead to non-uniform soil wetting, making it difficult to predict its global effect on soil characterization. In this study, three beerkan infiltration runs were conducted on an initially dry loam soil, with additional water volumes differing at each sampling point. The infiltration parameters decreased significantly after wetting and remained detectable at the end of the sampling period. Although the disturbing agent was not identical across the sampled area, links were found between the infiltration parameters in subsequent runs. Further investigations on antecedent soil conditions could improve the interpretation and modeling of hydrological processes.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biology
Louis A. Konig, Jose A. Medina-Vega, Regina M. Longo, Pieter A. Zuidema, Catarina C. Jakovac
Summary: Mining has a significant impact on deforestation and land degradation in tropical regions. This study investigates the influence of ecological and management factors on the recovery rate of forest structure and tree diversity in post-mining restoration areas in Southern Amazonia, Brazil. The findings highlight the importance of planting design and soil improvement in restoration success.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Edith Rivas-Alonso, Cristina Martinez-Garza, Marines de la Pena-Domene, Moises Mendez-Toribio
Summary: Restoration interventions aim to accelerate forest recovery by skipping early succession stages and promoting the growth of late-successional tree species with large seeds. Different restoration treatments were evaluated in terms of forest structure, with planted areas showing higher richness and abundance of late-successional trees compared to natural succession.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Danilo Boscolo, Barbara Nobrega Rodrigues, Patricia Alves Ferreira, Luciano Elsinor Lopes, Vinicius Rodrigues Tonetti, Isabela Cristhina Reis dos Santos, Juliana Akemi Hiruma-Lima, Laura Nery, Karoline Baptista de Lima, Jessica Perozi, Andre Victor Lucci Freitas, Blandina Felipe Viana, Caio Antunes-Carvalho, Dalton de Souza Amorim, Favizia Freitas de Oliveira, Milton Groppo, Maria Lucia Absy, Renata Jimenez de Almeida-Scabbia, Anderson Alves-Araujo, Felipe Wanderley de Amorim, Pablo Augusto Poleto Antiqueira, Yasmine Antonini, Camila Aoki, Daniele dos Santos Aragao, Tais Cristina Teixeira Balbino, Michele da Silva Ferreira Bandeira, Bruno Correa Barbosa, Maria Regina de Vasconcellos Barbosa, Gudryan Jackson Baronio, Levi Oliveira Barros, Mariana Beal-Neves, Victor Martins Bertollo, Antonio Diego de Melo Bezerra, Cristiano Roberto Buzatto, Liedson Tavares Carneiro, Edilson Caron, Camila Silva Carpim, Emanuela Simoura Carvalho, Tuane Leticia Carvalho, Ludimila Juliele Carvalho-Leite, Mainara Figueiredo Cascaes, Flavio Siqueira de Castro, Adriano Cavalleri, Eliana Cazetta, Monise Terra Cerezini, Luis Francisco Mello Coelho, Renato Colares, Guaraci Duran Cordeiro, Juliana Hipolito, Angela Maria da Silva Correa, Fernanda Vieira da Costa, Cleber Covre, Renata Drummond Marinho Cruz, Oswaldo Cruz-Neto, Leo Correia-da-Rocha-Filho, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Marcos da Costa Dorea, Viviany Teixeira do-Nascimento, Jean Miguel Alves dos-Santos, Marcelo Duarte, Marilia Cristina Duarte, Olivia Maria Pereira Duarte, Julie Henriette Antoinette Dutilh, Betina Pereira Emerick, Gabrielly dos Santos Fabiano, Fernando Henrique Antoniolli Farache, Ana Paula Gelli de Faria, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Pedro Maria Abreu Ferreira, Maria Juliana Ferreira-Caliman, Livia Maria Negrini Ferreira, Tulio Freitas Filgueira de Sa, Edivani Villaron Franceschinelli, Greice Ayra Franco-Assis, Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Breno Magalhaes Freitas, Joelcio Freitas, Natalia Arias Galastri, Leonardo Galetto, Caroline Tito Garcia, Maria Teresa Amela Garcia, Nicole Luize Garcia, Carlos Alberto Garofalo, Irene Gelvez-Zuniga, Camila da Silva Goldas, Tadeu Jose Guerra, Tania Mara Guerra, Birgit Harter-Marques, Juliana Hipolito, Rafael Martins, Ricardo Pablo Klein, Elmo Borges de Azevedo Koch, Paulo Landgref-Filho, Sebastiao Laroca, Cristiane Martins Leandro, Reinanda Lima, Taysla Roberta Almeida de Lima, Luiz Wilson Lima-Verde, Elton John de Lirio, Ariadna Valentina Lopes, Andrea Pereira Luizi-Ponzo, Isabel Cristina Sobreira Machado, Tatiana Machado, Fabricio Severo Magalhaes, Thiago Mahlmann, Clea dos Santos Ferreira Mariano, Thamy Evellini Dias Marques, Felipe Martello, Celso Feitosa Martins, Mauricio Nogueira Martins, Rafael Martins, Andre Luiz Santos Mascarenhas, Geovana de Assis Mendes, Milton de Souza Mendonca, Luiz Menini Neto, Michaele Alvim Milward-de-Azevedo, Adrianne Oliveira Miranda, Paula Maria Montoya-Pfeiffer, Andreza Magro Moraes, Bruna Borges Moraes, Eduardo Freitas Moreira, Maria Santina Morini, Diego Moure-Oliveira, Leticia Fabri De Nadai, Victor Hideki Nagatani, Michelle Helena Nervo, Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Jailson Santos de Novais, Evellyn Silva Araujo-Oliveira, Joao Henrique Figueredo de Oliveira, Alipio Jose de Souza Pacheco-Filho, Luciano Palmieri, Martin Pareja, Marcella de Almeida Passarella, Nayra da Mata Passos, Hipolito Ferreira Paulino-Neto, Ariane Luna Peixoto, Luciana Carvalho Pereira, Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo Pereira, Brenda Pereira-Silva, Jimmy Pincheira-Ulbrich, Mardiore Pinheiro, Augusto Joao Piratelli, Luciana Regina Podgaiski, Diego Santos Polizello, Livia Pires do Prado, Fabio Prezoto, Franciele Rosset de Quadros, Elisa Pereira Queiroz, Zelma Glebya Maciel Quirino, Ananza Mara Rabello, Gabriela Beatriz Pereira Rabeschini, Monna Myrnna Mangueira Ramalho, Flavio Nunes Ramos, Ludmila Rattis, Luiz Henrique Goncalves de Rezende, Caroline Ribeiro, Lizandra Jaqueline Robe, Ely Marley de Souza Ribeiro Rocha, Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues, Gustavo Quevedo Romero, Nadia Roque, William de Oliveira Sabino, Paulo Takeo Sano, Patricia da Silva Santana Reis, Fernando Silva dos Santos, Isabel Alves dos Santos, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos, Igor Silva dos Santos, Ricardo Sartorello, Hermes Jose Schmitz, Maria Rosangela Sigrist, Juvenal Cordeiro Silva Junior, Ana Carolina Granero e Silva, Carolina Veronese Correa da Silva, Beatriz Symara Alves Vieira Silva, Bruna Leticia de Freitas Silva, Claudia Ines Silva, Fabiana Oliveira da Silva, Jessica Luiza Souza e Silva, Nathalia Sampaio Silva, Otavio Guilherme Morais da Silva, Carlos de Melo e Silva Neto, Edito Romao Silva Neto, Denise Silveira, Maxwell Souza Silveira, Rodrigo Bustos Singer, Leiza Aparecida Souza Serafim Soares, Evelise Marcia Locatelli de Souza, Jana Magaly Tesserolli de Souza, Josefina Steiner, Mara Cristina Teixeira-Gamarra, Bruno Alves Trentin, Isabela Galarda Varassin, Gabriel Vila-Verde, Vania Nobuko Yoshikawa, Elisabete Maria Zanin, Mauro Galetti, Milton Cezar Ribeiro
Summary: Encounters between flowers and invertebrates play a crucial role in tropical forest ecosystems. This study aims to provide a comprehensive database of flower-invertebrate interactions in the Atlantic Forest. The dataset includes over 18,000 interaction records forming 482 networks, involving 641 plant genera and 581 invertebrate genera. The study highlights the knowledge gap in canopy flower-invertebrate interactions and the need for further research in remote forested areas.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tatiana Cabral de Vasconcelos, Vinicius Londe, Elena Velasquez, Patrick Lavelle, Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues
Summary: Ecological restoration can improve soil quality to mitigate global soil degradation. However, soil monitoring is often overlooked, hindering the understanding of restoration effects and recovery time. A study in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest found that moderately assisted restoration and unassisted natural recovery areas had lower soil quality compared to the reference ecosystem, indicating the need for long-term restoration efforts.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Marcelo Daniel Gerlach, Sergio Esteban Lozano-Baez, Mirko Castellini, Nery Guzman, Wilmer Andres Gomez, Bayron Medina
Summary: Coffee agroecosystems have the potential to positively impact soil hydrological functions, but it is unclear how soil properties regenerate after land-use change and what low-cost indicators there are. Common methods to assess soil hydraulic properties are time consuming and expensive. In this study, we investigated soil properties in different land-use types and found that shade-grown coffee agroecosystems have positive effects on soil hydrological properties. The selected methodologies proved to be low cost and easy to implement, but regular monitoring of infiltration is recommended to better understand temporal variability.
Letter
Biodiversity Conservation
Raoni Raja, Antonio Donato Nobre, Evandro L. T. P. Cunha, Tiago Ribeiro Duarte, Camilla Marcolino, Britaldo S. Soares-Filho, Gerd Sparovek, Ricardo R. Rodrigues, Carlos Valera, Mercedes Bustamante, Carlos Nobre, Leticia Santos de Lima
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Etelvino Henrique Novotny, Eduardo Ribeiro deAzevedo, Gustavo de Godoy, Daniel Martelozo Consalter, Miguel Cooper
Summary: The determination of soil pore size distribution and water retention curve is important in understanding soil processes. However, existing methods are expensive, time-consuming and prone to bias and errors. In this study, the use of 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) relaxometry is proposed to directly determine the pore size distribution and estimate the water retention curve of undisturbed soil samples, overcoming the limitations of previous methods.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Janneke Scheeres, Johan de Jong, Benjamin Brede, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Eben Noth Broadbent, Angelica Maria Almeyda Zambrano, Eric Bastos Gorgens, Carlos Alberto Silva, Ruben Valbuena, Paulo Molin, Scott Stark, Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues, Ribeiro Rodrigues, Giulio Brossi Santoro, Catherine Torres de Almeida, Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida
Summary: By using UAV-borne LiDAR, it is possible to distinguish different forest types in restoration landscapes in southeastern Brazil. Using a random forest classification model, the study successfully classified conservation and production forests with a high accuracy. However, classifying all six forest types proved to be more challenging due to their similarities in management, regeneration dynamics, and structure.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Viviane Dib, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Sin Chan Chou, Miguel Cooper, David Ellison, Vinicius F. Farjalla, Solange Filoso, Paula Meli, Aliny P. F. Pires, Daniel A. Rodriguez, Alvaro Iribarrem, Agnieszka Ewa Latawiec, Fabio R. Scarano, Adrian L. Vogl, Carlos Eduardo de Viveiros Grelle, Bernardo Strassburg
Summary: Although native vegetation plays a crucial role in maintaining aquatic ecosystems, forest restoration efforts have been found to decrease water yields worldwide. This study clarifies the connection between forest restoration and water services and identifies gaps in the literature that hinder the assessment of the benefits of forest restoration on water yields. The authors suggest strategies to improve forest restoration planning and implementation and emphasize the need for future research to consider hydrologic parameters beyond annual streamflow and encompass broader spatial-temporal scales.
RESTORATION ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Sina Mallah, Manouchehr Gorji, Mohammad Reza Balali, Hossein Asadi, Naser Davatgar, Hojjat Varmazyari, Anna Maria Stellacci, Mirko Castellini
Summary: This study aimed to assess the accuracy of the ESA WorldCover 2020 land use/land cover product in the Honam sub-basin, southwest Iran, using GEE and LACOVAL online platform. The results showed that balancing the data of classes is necessary in land use/land cover mapping before accuracy assessment.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Renata Siqueira Melo, Eduardo Roberto Alexandrino, Felipe Rossetti de Paula, Danilo Boscolo, Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz
Summary: Promoting the diversity of biological communities in agricultural areas is crucial for biodiversity conservation, especially for bird populations which show rapid responses to landscape changes. This study reveals that the composition and configuration of planted Eucalyptus spp. forests have significant effects on the functional diversity of bird assemblages. Factors such as tree age, land cover, and clone types influence functional divergence, functional evenness, and species richness of bird populations. These findings highlight the importance of good management practices in maintaining bird diversity and suggest that associating Eucalyptus trees with other cover types in the landscape can increase bird functional diversity.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wanderlei Bieluczyk, Fernanda Ometto Asselta, Deisi Navroski, Julia Brandao Gontijo, Andressa Monteiro Venturini, Lucas William Mendes, Carla Penha Simon, Plinio Barbosa de Camargo, Amanda Maria Tadini, Ladislau Martin -Neto, Jose Albertino Bendassolli, Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues, Wim H. van der Putten, Siu Mui Tsai
Summary: Forest restoration plays a significant role in mitigating climate change by removing CO2 and storing carbon in terrestrial ecosystems. This study provides an integrated assessment of carbon storage in restored tropical forests, including its impact on greenhouse gas fluxes and the characteristics of soil organic matter. The findings highlight the importance of soil health indicators and the need for restoration techniques to improve long-term carbon storage.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wanderlei Bieluczyk, Luis Fernando Merloti, Mauricio Roberto Cherubin, Lucas William Mendes, Jose Albertino Bendassolli, Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues, Plinio Barbosa de Camargo, Wim H. van der Putten, Siu Mui Tsai
Summary: In this study, riparian zones were reforested to mitigate the negative impacts of long-term sugarcane cultivation on soil multifunctionality. The restoration process successfully recovered soil functions and reached a similar level as the primary forest after 30 years of active restoration.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Rodrigo Hakamada, Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz, Belkis Sulbaran-Rangel
Summary: This study investigated the current scenario and trends regarding human resources in the forest sector. The findings suggest a shortage of qualified professionals in the job market and a lack of behavioral skills training. New college graduates were found to lack important soft skills and knowledge in certain areas. However, there was a convergence between job requirements and the skills considered important by new graduates.
Editorial Material
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Concetta Eliana Gattullo, Mirko Castellini, Anna Maria Stellacci
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Carla Cristina Cassiano, Rildo Moreira e Moreira, Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz
Summary: Fast-growing forest plantations can support wood supply but may reduce water availability. The management regime of these plantations can either increase or reduce the trade-off between wood production and water supply.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Aline Fachin Martini, Gustavo Pereira Valani, Laura Fernanda Simoes da Silva, Samuel de Paula, Denizart Bolonhezi, Miguel Cooper
Summary: This study aims to assess the physical quality of soils cultivated under different tillage and management systems for sugarcane production. The results showed limited differences between cultivation systems based on traditional indicators. However, visual assessments indicated poor soil structural quality in some systems, with NT4 identified as the least compromising system.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
