Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Mikael Gillefalk, Dorthe Tetzlaff, Reinhard Hinkelmann, Lena-Marie Kuhlemann, Aaron Smith, Fred Meier, Marco P. Maneta, Chris Soulsby
Summary: The study investigated the role of different vegetation types in urban green spaces in the partitioning of water, showing that trees play a key role in increasing evapotranspiration and groundwater recharge. The research provides insights into the importance of vegetation management in sustainable water and land use planning in urban areas.
HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Mingxi Shen, Ting Fong May Chui
Summary: This study quantifies flood generating mechanisms in the continental United States using nonlinear machine learning models and interpretability methods. The findings show that rainfall excess and snowmelt are the main contributors to floods in most catchments, while snowmelt/rain on snow upon saturated soil is the greatest contributor in the midwest and northeastern CONUS.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hansini Gardiya Weligamage, Keirnan Fowler, Tim J. Peterson, Margarita Saft, Murray C. Peel, Dongryeol Ryu
Summary: To accurately project future water availability under a drying climate, it is important to understand how precipitation is partitioned into other terrestrial water balance components. This study focused on understanding how actual evapotranspiration (AET) and change in subsurface storage respond to climate variability and change, examining Australia's Millennium Drought (MD). The study found that AET rates remained approximately constant before and during the MD, contrasting with some reports of evapotranspiration enhancement elsewhere.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Shouzheng Jiang, Chuan Liang, Lu Zhao, Daozhi Gong, Yaowei Huang, Liwen Xing, Shidan Zhu, Yu Feng, Li Guo, Ningbo Cui
Summary: Understanding and quantifying energy and water flux cycling is crucial for studying hydrological processes and managing water resources in agricultural ecosystems. This study used various techniques and models to examine energy and water flux in a kiwifruit orchard in southwest China. The results showed that latent heat flux dominated the consumption of net radiation energy, and the ET models performed well in estimating ET and its components. These findings have important implications for eco-hydrological process analysis and water flux estimation in similar environmental conditions.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Adolpho Emanuel Quintela da Rocha, Eduardo Alvarez Santos, Andres Patrignani
Summary: Partitioning evapotranspiration into evaporation and plant transpiration is important for understanding ecosystem responses to rainfall variability. This study used eddy covariance flux measurements to quantify evaporation and transpiration in a tallgrass prairie under different rainfall regimes. The results showed that rainfall variability not only directly affects evaporation and transpiration, but also modulates their response to other environmental factors.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Huiling Chen, Gaofeng Zhu, Shasha Shang, Wenhua Qin, Yang Zhang, Yonghong Su, Kun Zhang, Yongtai Zhu, Cong Xu
Summary: This study evaluated the performances of two remote sensing-based ET models at different scales and found that GLEAM performed relatively poorly in some regions, with significant discrepancies in ET partitioning between the two models.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Hui Zheng, Wenli Fei, Zong-Liang Yang, Jiangfeng Wei, Long Zhao, Lingcheng Li, Shu Wang
Summary: This study presents a dataset simulated from an ensemble of 48 physics configurations of the Noah LSM to estimate terrestrial water budget (TWB) in the United States. The dataset covers the period from 1980 to 2015 at a monthly temporal and 1/8 spatial resolution, including variables such as evapotranspiration, runoff, and terrestrial water storage. Evaluations show that the dataset performs well in reproducing observed water storage and snow water equivalent.
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Decio Oscar Cardoso Ferreto, Jose Miguel Reichert, Rosane Barbosa Lopes Cavalcante, Raghavan Srinivasan
Summary: This study investigated rainfall partitioning in a young clonal plantation of three eucalyptus species, showing that rainfall interception depends on various variables such as tree parameters, antecedent rainfall, rainfall intensity, and seasonality, and decreases with a reduction in leaf area index.
INTERNATIONAL SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Matthias Sprenger, Rosemary W. H. Carroll, James Dennedy-Frank, Erica R. Siirila-Woodburn, Michelle E. Newcomer, Wendy Brown, Alexander Newman, Curtis Beutler, Markus Bill, Susan S. Hubbard, Kenneth H. Williams
Summary: Understanding the partitioning of snow and rain between streamflow and evapotranspiration is crucial for water management in the face of climate change. This study used stable isotope data to analyze the distribution of precipitation in nine headwater catchments. The results showed that most of the rainwater is evaporated, while a portion of the snowmelt contributes to summer streamflow. The tree cover and aspect were found to be the main factors influencing precipitation partitioning. More rainwater is taken up by evapotranspiration rather than contributing to summer streamflow.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rui Shao, Baoqing Zhang, Xiaogang He
Summary: Evapotranspiration (ET) is an important process in the water cycle, influenced by below-ground and above-ground vegetation dynamics. This study focuses on the effects of Zr, a measure of rooting depth, on ET and improves modeling performance by incorporating Zr in the PT-JPL model. The results show that the PT-JPLzr model performs better than the PT-JPLsm model, with lower error between modeled and observed ET. Zr influences the sensitivity of transpiration to soil moisture deficit, and soil moisture and LAI are key drivers of T/ET variability in different regions.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Water Resources
A. L. Kay, M. J. Brown
Summary: In this study, a hydrological model is driven by observation-based hourly data and high-resolution climate model data to simulate river flows. The results show that the use of observation-based hourly data improves the accuracy of high flows and peak flow bias, but has little effect on low flows. The future changes in peak flows are slightly larger when driven by hourly climate model precipitation compared to equally-disaggregated daily data.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY-REGIONAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Russell L. Scott, John F. Knowles, Jacob A. Nelson, Pierre Gentine, Xi Li, Greg Barron-Gafford, Ross Bryant, Joel A. Biederman
Summary: Understanding how evapotranspiration (ET) is influenced by water availability is crucial for ecosystem productivity. This study found that water availability can regulate the seasonal and interannual variability of ET partitioning, with vegetation in different locations showing varying responses to changes in water availability.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Youen Grusson, Ingrid Wesstrom, Elina Svedberg, Abraham Joel
Summary: This study investigated the impact of climate change on small Swedish watersheds dominated by agricultural land, finding that an increase in precipitation volume is likely to lead to more intense rainfall events. While the climate model ensemble underestimated the heaviest daily rainfall events, the main impact on all hydrological components appeared to be more significant during the middle of the cropping season.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Nils Hinrich Kaplan, Theresa Blume, Markus Weiler
Summary: Intermittent streams, which account for a significant portion of the total stream network, are expected to increase in occurrence due to climate change. This study analyzed the streamflow responses in intermittent streams in a mesoscale catchment with a temperate climate using an event-based approach. The findings highlight the importance of soil moisture as a predictor for streamflow intermittency, with variations depending on the geology of the catchment.
HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Yueyue Wang, Robert Horton, Xuzhang Xue, Tusheng Ren
Summary: Partitioning evapotranspiration (ET) into soil water evaporation (E) and crop transpiration (T) accurately is crucial for effective irrigation management. The study successfully used compatible sensors to measure E and T, showing good agreement with lysimeter ET data overall, but slight discrepancies at different ET rates. Combining different measurement approaches can achieve satisfactory accuracy in partitioning ET.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Book Review
Ecology
Juan A. Blanco
Editorial Material
Ecology
Juan A. Blanco, Carolina Puerta-Pinero
Article
Forestry
Antonio J. Molina, Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo, Javier Perez-Romero, Reyes Alejano, Juan F. Bellot, Juan A. Blanco, Jesus J. Camarero, Arnaud Carrara, Victor M. Castillo, Teresa Cervera, Gonzalo G. Barbera, Maria Gonzalez-Sanchis, Alvaro Hernandez, Juan B. Imbert, Maria N. Jimenez, Pilar Llorens, Manuel E. Lucas-Borja, Gerardo Moreno, Mariano Moreno-de las Heras, Francisco B. Navarro, Guillermo Palacios, Noemi Palero, Maria A. Ripoll, David Regues, Francisco J. Ruiz-Gomez, Alberto Vilagrosa, Antonio D. del Campo
Summary: Adaptive forest management (AFM) is urgently needed to address the uncertainty of climate change impacts on forests. Research groups in Spain have produced valuable expertise in ecophysiology, ecohydrology, and forest ecology, which can enhance AFM implementation. Establishing logical frameworks will help define appropriate treatments for AFM.
Article
Forestry
Juan A. Blanco, Yueh-Hsin Lo, James P. Kimmins, Adrian Weber
Summary: Forest succession is a long-term ecological phenomenon influenced by both deterministic and stochastic factors. Research suggests that a three-pathway stochastic succession model can better replicate forest distribution patterns, highlighting the importance of considering multiple climax communities in forest management.
Article
Forestry
Ignacio Ruiz de la Cuesta, Juan A. Blanco, J. Bosco Imbert, Javier Peralta, Javier Rodriguez-Perez
Summary: This study in a conifer-broadleaf mixed forest in the Southwestern Pyrenees of Spain found that non stand-replacing disturbances such as windstorms, thinning, or droughts can play an important role in modifying structural and light-related canopy properties, potentially influencing natural processes of stand development and ecological succession.
Editorial Material
Ecology
Javier Rodiguez-Perez, Juan A. Blanco
Article
Forestry
Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo, Francisco J. Ruiz-Gomez, Jesus J. Camarero, Victor Castillo, Gonzalo G. Barbera, Guillermo Palacios-Rodriguez, Francisco B. Navarro, Juan A. Blanco, Juan B. Imbert, Antonio M. Cachinero-Vivar, Antonio J. Molina, Antonio D. del Campo
Summary: This study demonstrates that proactive silviculture treatments can increase carbon sequestration in Mediterranean pine forests, with heavy thinning treatments having a positive impact on soil organic carbon content for P. halepensis and P. sylvestris.
Editorial Material
Ecology
Alvaro Alonso, Juan A. Blanco, Carolina Puerta-Pinero
Editorial Material
Ecology
J. Bosco Imbert, Juan A. Blanco
Review
Forestry
Zhiqiang Zhang, Lu Zhang, Hang Xu, Irena F. Creed, Juan A. Blanco, Xiaohua Wei, Ge Sun, Heidi Asbjornsen, Kevin Bishop
Summary: This paper reviews the literature on the impact of biophysical variables and management practices on forest water-use efficiency. It was found that water-use efficiency varies greatly with forest type, species, age, environmental conditions, and forest management practices. Climatic stresses often have negative effects on forest instantaneous water-use efficiency, and forest thinning can effectively improve water-use efficiency. These findings have important implications for managing the tradeoffs between carbon sequestration and water yield of forests.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Juan A. Blanco, Yueh-Hsin Lo
Summary: This review summarizes the main topics, trends, and challenges in current forest modeling based on recent literature. The major topics include data acquisition, productivity estimation, ecological pattern predictions, and forest management related to ecosystem services. These topics are converging towards integrated modeling approaches under the pressure of climate change, leading to mechanistic, cross-scale simulations of forest functioning and structure.
CURRENT FORESTRY REPORTS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Ecology
Carolina Puerta-Pinero, Juan A. Blanco, Leyre Jimenez-Eguizabal, Antonio Perez Luque, Mercedes Molina Morales, Gissell Lacerot, Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez, Alvaro Alonso, Susana Rodriguez-Echeverria, Yosune Miquelajauregui, Ignasi Bartomeus, Ivania Ceron-Souza
Article
Agronomy
Yang Liu, Ralph Trancoso, Qin Ma, Philippe Ciais, Lidiane P. Gouve, Chaofang Yue, Jorge Assis, Juan A. Blanco
Summary: In order to accurately estimate the size of forest carbon pools and identify the factors affecting them, national forest inventory data and additional field plots were used to estimate carbon storage and density in the Greater Khingan Mountains. From 1999 to 2018, there was an increase in vegetation carbon storage and density, with trees having the highest carbon stocks. The total carbon density in forest ecosystems was influenced by mean annual temperature, with positive effects observed below a certain temperature and negative effects observed above it. Natural and anthropogenic disturbances had weaker effects on carbon density compared to temperature and precipitation.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Ximena Herrera-Alvarez, Juan A. Blanco, Oliver L. Phillips, Vicente Guadalupe, Leonardo D. Ortega-Lopez, Hans ter Steege, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres
Summary: The study compiled and presented a database of timber species in the Amazon region, based on official information from nine South American countries and scientific references. They verified taxonomic names from each source and considered tree species with a diameter at breast height (DBH) ≥10 cm. Population estimates were obtained from tree inventory plots and the Amazon Tree Diversity Network. The database includes information on conservation, trade status, and population of each species.
Article
Forestry
Sadadi Ojoatre, Jos Barlow, Suzanne R. Jacobs, Mariana C. Rufino
Summary: This study evaluates the changes in a forest complex in Kenya and finds that within 20 years of disturbance, there is rapid recovery of aboveground biomass and carbon accumulation, and the species diversity remains high in these previously disturbed fragments.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Astor Torano Caicoya, Peter Biber, Miren del Rio, Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado, Catia Arcangeli, Robert Matthews, Hans Pretzsch
Summary: This study analyzed the effects of site and climate on the self-thinning line in Scots pine forests in Europe. The results showed that species tolerance, temperature, and precipitation influenced the slope of the self-thinning line. In terms of the intercept, latitude and radiation had compensating effects. Time did not show significant trends in the self-thinning line. The study highlights the need to adapt management strategies and models based on self-thinning to different latitudes. Climate change has not yet significantly impacted the self-thinning trajectory, but a continuous rise in temperature and high precipitation may accelerate the self-thinning process and result in increased biomass accumulation.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Haonan Zhang, Jianing Xu, Weiqi Meng, Zhonglin Li, Yanyan Ni, Weijie Li, Hao Chen, Xingshuo Zhang, Huanhuan Yuan, Zhi Wang
Summary: Secondary forests play a crucial role in ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity recovery. This study investigated the mechanisms underlying secondary succession in a restored secondary forest and found that deciduous tree species transition from diversity accumulators to repellents as they progress through different life history stages, while evergreen tree species can act as accumulators or remain neutral. The study also revealed the effects of density dependence on the mortality and regeneration of different tree species, and highlighted the importance of early-arriving tree species in facilitating the establishment and diversity of late-arriving counterparts.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Yierxiati Abulaiti, Zijian Huang, Guojiao Xie, Xiaojuan Zou, Qin Luo, Minhuang Wang, Qiong Yang, Ping Hu, Shixiao Yu
Summary: In this study, the resistance to pest infestation of native and exotic mangrove species was compared based on their traits and spectral reflectance. The results showed that exotic species exhibited higher resistance to pest infestation compared to native species.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Thomas Feiss, Vincent Robin, Delphine Aran, Joseph Levillain, Thierry Paul, Jean-Luc Dupouey
Summary: Fagus sylvatica L. is a competitive tree in European temperate deciduous forests, but often sporadic or absent in present-day stands where Quercus spp. are dominant. Through soil charcoal analysis in the Lorraine Plateau in France, the presence of Fagus and Quercus in mature Quercus stands was confirmed. Radiocarbon dating results indicated that historical forest management caused the replacement of Fagus by Quercus, starting from the Bronze Age.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Paula Halbig, Anne-Sophie Stelzer, Peter Baier, Josef Pennerstorfer, Horst Delb, Axel Schopf
Summary: The incidence of oak processionary moth in Central Europe has been increasing, posing severe threats to oak trees, humans, and animals. To address this issue, researchers have developed an online early warning system that provides phenological forecasts and decision support for the protection of oak trees and human health.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Jean-Baptiste Ndamiyehe Ncutirakiza, Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, Philippe Lejeune, Xavier Bry, Catherine Trottier, Frederic Mortier, Adeline Fayolle, Francois Muhashy Habiyaremye, Leopold Ndjele Mianda-Bungi, Gauthier Ligot
Summary: This study examines the influence of canopy structure on tropical tree growth using data collected through unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and field measurements. The results show that combining UAV and field data can improve the prediction of tree diameter increment. Diameter at breast height and crown area are complementary predictors, and crown-based competition indices significantly enhance prediction models. The calibrated model at one site can accurately predict growth at another site.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Abebe Damtew, Emiru Birhane, Christian Messier, Alain Paquette, Bart Muys
Summary: Restoring degraded dryland requires a diverse mixture of trees and shrubs. Shading and species diversity can improve seedling survival and vitality. Shaded conditions led to higher seedling survival, vitality, and chlorophyll content, while increasing species richness improved seedling vitality in non-shaded conditions.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Francois Hebert, Isabelle Delisle, Marc Tremblay, Pascal Tremblay, Jean- Francois Boucher, Yan Boucher, Daniel Lord
Summary: Regeneration failures in the closed-crown boreal forest, resulting in the creation of open lichen woodlands, can be restored through clear-cutting, scarification, and natural seeding. Clear-cutting combined with scarification promotes seedling establishment, and scarification creates suitable microsites for germination. Seedling growth in lichen woodlands is higher when logging and scarification are combined, but lower compared to feather moss stands. Afforestation through natural seeding following scarification could be a cost-effective option for restoring lichen woodlands.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Bianca Wulansari Kassun, A. Maarit I. Kallio, Erik Tr Omborg, Meley Mekonen Rannestad
Summary: Mapping and analyzing forest ecosystem services in dry and mountain forests can provide valuable knowledge for sustainable forest management strategies.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Michael Premer, Eric Turnblom, Aaron Weiskittel
Summary: Managed forests serve as a natural climate change solution by sequestering carbon and storing it in harvested wood products, while also providing ecosystem services and wildlife habitat. This study focused on the stem sinuosity of juvenile coastal Douglas-fir and found that genetic improvement, silviculture practices, and local growing conditions can impact stem sinuosity. Factors such as tree spacing, vegetation control, and climate variables also affect the severity of stem sinuosity.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Bronwyn Lira Dyson, Rhea Herpel, Peter Karasch, Jorg Mueller, Dominik Thom, Claus Baessler
Summary: The study aimed to assess the effects of different forest management strategies, dead wood types, and microclimates on Fomes fomentarius. The results showed that the occupancy of Fomes fomentarius was lower in control stands, while the percent cover occupied on snags under a closed canopy was higher. Increasing the number of snags and maintaining dense forest canopies could enhance the presence of Fomes fomentarius as well as provide important microhabitats for various arthropods.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Di Liu, Chaofan Zhou, Xiao He, Xiangdong Lei, Huiru Zhang, Xianzhao Liu
Summary: Canopy structure plays a significant role in the distribution and growth of saplings. Traditional canopy metrics are inadequate in irregular stands. The innovative framework of canopy triangular units provides a comprehensive understanding of the canopy's three-dimensional attributes. Through this framework, we can analyze the differences in various triangular unit types and the spatial dispersion of saplings.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Amalia Valeria Ibanez Moro, Fabian Borghetti, Leonardo Galetto, Juan M. Cellini, Sandra J. Bravo
Summary: This study evaluated the size and persistence of soil seed banks (SSB) of six native woody species in dry subtropical forests of the western Argentine Chaco region. The results showed that SSB size was influenced by different sites and sampling years, and forest disturbances had varying effects on SSB.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Stephanie Landry, Marc-Andre Villard, Gaetan Pelletier, Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Summary: In many regions of the world, excessive browsing by ungulates has reached unsustainable levels, threatening biodiversity and forest regeneration. Moose, as ecological engineers, have severe impacts on forest structure and composition through overbrowsing. The distribution of forage and cover patches affects moose browsing pressure, and this relationship has been explored in conifer-dominated stands but not in hardwood-dominated landscapes.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)