Article
Forestry
Rock Ouimet, Louis Duchesne, Stephane Tremblay
Summary: The study highlights the significant influence of soil characteristics on a soil's sensitivity to increased forest biomass harvesting in the long term. Different types of soil respond differently to whole-tree harvesting and stem-only harvesting, with site productivity being lower after whole-tree harvesting in two coarse-textured granitic soil provinces.
Article
Forestry
C. Tattersall Smith, Christopher Preece, Inge Stupak, Russell D. Briggs, Bruna Barusco, Brian E. Roth, Ivan J. Fernandez
Summary: Global trends indicate increasing forest management intensity due to rising demand for forest products and decreasing forest area. However, a study in north-central Maine suggests that whole-tree harvesting for bio-economy feedstock production in spruce-fir forests is sustainable, with no significant negative impacts on tree and stand-level growth and nutrition observed. Further research is needed to confirm these findings over the entire rotation period.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Iveta Desaine, Annija Karklina, Roberts Matisons, Anna Pastare, Andis Adamovics, Zane Libiete, Aris Jansons
Summary: Research compared the economic performance of different forest types and management methods, finding that Norway spruce stands have good potential for independence, even when stumps are removed in the previous rotation.
Article
Forestry
David E. Rothstein, Daphna Gadoth-Goodman
Summary: We studied the changes in ecosystem nutrient pools after whole-tree harvesting (WTH) on sandy soils using a 10-site, 42-year chronosequence of jack pine plantations. We developed locally-derived allometric equations to predict nutrient contents of jack pine and estimated nutrient stocks in aboveground biomass. We also quantified nutrient pools in organic horizons, mineral soils, and leaching losses for four years post harvest. The results showed that the accumulation of nutrients in aboveground biomass followed a sigmoidal pattern, with nitrogen having the highest stock and magnesium and phosphorus having the lowest stocks.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Abdelwahab Bessaad, Isabelle Bilger, Nathalie Korboulewsky
Summary: This study provides quantitative data on biomass removal at nine fuelwood harvesting sites in Central France, with significant variability in aboveground biomass estimates between sites, but less variation in sites managed as coppice-with-standards. Most sites left amounts of woody debris below the recommended minimum retention levels, indicating the need for more technical efforts and management measures to ensure sustainable biomass harvesting.
Article
Forestry
Patrick A. Levasseur, Jessica Galarza, Shaun A. Watmough
Summary: Mining and smelting activities degrade landscapes, resulting in heavily eroded, acidic soils contaminated with toxic metals and depleted of nutrients. Regreening these degraded landscapes by increasing forest cover has been recognized as a crucial measure for carbon mitigation and biodiversity protection. A study in the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, which has one of the largest regreening programs, showed that the regreening efforts successfully increased aboveground biomass and nutrient pools, supporting healthy tree growth up to 40 years after regreening. However, as the regreening stands age, nutrient limitation may become a concern for future tree growth.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiai Zhu, Xin Zou, Enfu Lu, Yun Deng, Yan Luo, Hui Chen, Wenjie Liu
Summary: Significant differences in litterfall biomass, chemical composition, and nutrient return were observed between tropical karst and non-karst forests, with lower turnover rate and higher phosphorus and potassium use efficiency in karst forests.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Stefan Lofgren, Johan Stendahl, Erik Karltun
Summary: There is a growing societal demand to increase the use of forest biomass for substitution of fossil fuels, but the Critical Biomass Harvesting (CBH) indicator is criticized for not accounting for all relevant processes and exaggerating sensitivity, correlating poorly to actual forest soil conditions. It is suggested that the risk assessment and policy implications for forest biomass harvesting guidelines need to be based on solid scientific methods and data availability may not allow the indicator to be calculated at a high enough spatial resolution for forest management advice.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Review
Forestry
Mingxia Yang, Xiaolu Zhou, Zelin Liu, Peng Li, Jiayi Tang, Binggeng Xie, Changhui Peng
Summary: Understanding the biomass, characteristics, and carbon sequestration of urban forests is crucial for maintaining and improving the quality of life and ensuring sustainable urban planning. This review evaluates recent developments in urban forest research methods, compares the accuracy and efficiency of different methods, and identifies emerging themes in urban forest assessment.
Article
Forestry
Marleen A. E. Vos, Jan den Ouden, Marcel Hoosbeek, Martin Valtera, Wim de Vries, Frank Sterck
Summary: The sustainability of tree harvest is questioned due to increased nutrient losses, which may reduce nutrient stocks in forest soils. This study assesses the forest nutrient balance and quantifies nutrient stocks and uptake rates in mature forest stands under different management scenarios.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Takuyuki Yoshioka, Tomoki Tomioka, Toshio Nitami
Summary: This study discussed effective methods for harvesting unutilized small-diameter trees in Japan, finding that continuous felling of five trees was the most cost-effective and increased the number of trees harvested. Increasing the reach of the felling head to cut trees deeper inwards was also effective but had limits for minimizing harvesting costs. Suggestions for future policy included improving machine velocity and capacity, as well as optimizing moving time among operation points.
Article
Forestry
C. Tattersall Smith, Russell D. Briggs, Inge Stupak, Christopher Preece, Adriana Rezai-Stevens, Bruna Barusco, Brian E. Roth, Ivan J. Fernandez, Myrna J. Simpson
Summary: Intensive harvesting of forest biomass for bioenergy can potentially degrade forest soils and reduce productivity. However, this long-term study found that while whole-tree harvesting led to a reduction in carbon and nitrogen content in the forest floor, stem-only harvesting partially mitigated this reduction. The study also revealed that the downward translocation of soil organic matter played a significant role in maintaining the ecosystem's carbon stocks. Overall, whole-tree harvesting did not significantly affect the total carbon and nitrogen stocks, as well as the extractable nutrient pools, in the mineral soil.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Eduardo Tolosana, Raquel Bados, Ruben Laina, Narcis Mihail Bacescu, Teresa de la Fuente
Summary: Research compared BioBaler with a chain mulcher in systematically mulching post-wildfire regenerated Mediterranean pine stands, showing better performance for both technologies when a lower percentage of the total surface was cleared, but less than theoretically predicted. BioBaler was not economically competitive with the conventional treatment, mainly constrained by its low collection efficiency.
Article
Forestry
Luiz Otavio Rodrigues Pinto, Cleber Rodrigo de Souza, Marcela de Castro Nunes Santos Terra, Jose Marcio de Mello, Natalino Calegario, Fausto Weimar Arcebi Junior
Summary: Obtaining high-quality information on vegetation attributes linked to ecosystem services in tropical forests is crucial for conservation planning. Defining the optimum vegetation sample plots size is an important step in obtaining this information.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Remote Sensing
Zhanmang Liao, Xia Liu, Albert van Dijk, Chao Yue, Binbin He
Summary: Optical data records have been widely used for monitoring forest aboveground biomass dynamics. This study proposes a method that utilizes dynamic time-series information of reflectance to enhance the accuracy of aboveground biomass estimation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Charlotte Moller, Marti March-Salas, Jonas Kuppler, Pieter De Frenne, J. F. Scheepens
Summary: Climate change leads to earlier leaf-out and shading of the forest floor. Forest understorey herbs respond to these changes by varying traits at different levels of organization. Little is known about how variation at the intra-individual level responds to environmental changes.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Merkebu Getachew, Kris Verheyen, Kassaye Tolassa, Ayco J. M. Tack, Kristoffer Hylander, Biruk Ayalew, Pascal Boeckx, Dries Landuyt, Pieter De Frenne
Summary: Shade trees are widely used in coffee production systems and can have significant impacts on soil biogeochemistry and coffee bean quality. However, quantitative data on these effects are scarce. This study found that N-fixing shade tree species had a negative impact on soil pH and base cation concentrations, while Albizia gummifera L. enhanced phosphorus availability. The study highlights the importance of careful selection and integration of shade tree species for sustaining soil chemical properties in coffee agroecosystems.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Merkebu Getachew, Pascal Boeckx, Kris Verheyen, Kassaye Tolassa, Ayco J. M. Tack, Kristoffer Hylander, Stijn Luca, Beyene Zewdie, Pieter De Frenne
Summary: The present study aimed to quantify the relative importance of biophysical variables affecting coffee bean quality and evaluate a near infrared spectroscopy-based model for coffee quality prediction. The study found large within farm variability, indicating the importance of coffee plant-level conditions for physical attributes and cupping scores of green coffee beans. Elevation appeared to be the key variable driving all measured coffee bean quality attributes at the farm level, while canopy cover was the most important variable at the coffee plant level.
AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Irena Adia Koelemeijer, Johan Ehrlen, Pieter De Frenne, Mari Joensson, Peter Berg, Kristoffer Hylander
Summary: Forest fragmentation increases the number of edges in the landscape. Differences in wind, radiation, and vegetation structure create edge-to-interior gradients in forest microclimate. The effects of climate extremes on edge influences are amplified by drought, suggesting that fragmentation effects are aggravated when droughts become more frequent and severe. Dense edges and buffer zones with high canopy cover can mitigate negative drought impacts in forest edges.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Stef Haesen, Jonas J. Lembrechts, Pieter De Frenne, Jonathan Lenoir, Juha Aalto, Michael B. Ashcroft, Martin Kopecky, Miska Luoto, Ilya Maclean, Ivan Nijs, Pekka Niittynen, Johan van den Hoogen, Nicola Arriga, Josef Bruna, Nina Buchmann, Marek Ciliak, Alessio Collalti, Emiel De Lombaerde, Patrice Descombes, Mana Gharun, Ignacio Goded, Sanne Govaert, Caroline Greiser, Achim Grelle, Carsten Gruening, Lucia Hederova, Kristoffer Hylander, Juergen Kreyling, Bart Kruijt, Martin Macek, Frantisek Malis, Matej Man, Giovanni Manca, Radim Matula, Camille Meeussen, Sonia Merinero, Stefano Minerbi, Leonardo Montagnani, Lena Muffler, Roma Ogaya, Josep Penuelas, Roman Plichta, Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Jonas Schmeddes, Ankit Shekhar, Fabien Spicher, Mariana Ujhazyova, Pieter Vangansbeke, Robert Weigel, Jan Wild, Florian Zellweger, Koenraad Van Meerbeek
Summary: Microclimate research has gained renewed interest in the past decade, and its importance for ecological processes is increasingly recognized. To improve ecological models, there is a growing need for high-resolution microclimatic temperature grids across broad spatial extents. In this study, we present a new set of open-access bioclimatic variables for microclimate temperatures of European forests at a resolution of 25 x 25 m(2).
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Alistair G. Auffret, Pieter Vangansbeke, Pieter De Frenne, Inger Auestad, Sofia Basto, Ulf Grandin, Hans Jacquemyn, Anna Jakobsson, Rein Kalamees, Marcus A. Koch, Rob Marrs, Bryndis Marteinsdottir, Markus Wagner, Renee M. Bekker, Hans Henrik Bruun, Guillaume Decocq, Martin Hermy, Malgorzata Jankowska-Blaszczuk, Per Milberg, Inger E. Maren, Robin J. Pakeman, Gareth K. Phoenix, Ken Thompson, Hans Van Calster, Vigdis Vandvik, Jan Plue
Summary: Responses to climate change often lag behind warming rates. Soil seed banks can buffer unsuitable conditions, containing species with warm and wide climatic ranges. Seed banks may play a role in climate-driven community shifts and the spread of generalist species.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Tom E. E. Verhelst, Pieter Vangansbeke, Pieter De Frenne, Barbara D'hont, Quentin Ponette, Luc Willems, Hans Verbeeck, Kim Calders
Summary: Forest edges are important for biodiversity, but their potential is dependent on forest structure. However, current methods lack accuracy in characterizing forest edge abruptness. In this study, we used three-dimensional forest structural data and biodiversity monitoring to assess the influence of forest edge structure on habitat suitability. Our results demonstrate clear differences in the structural metrics and recorded soundscapes, but no correlation was found between acoustic indices and bird species richness.
REMOTE SENSING IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Joan Diaz-Calafat, Jaime Uria-Diez, Jorg Brunet, Pieter De Frenne, Pieter Vangansbeke, Adam Felton, Erik Ockinger, Sara A. O. Cousins, Juergen Bauhus, Quentin Ponette, Per-Ola Hedwall
Summary: Forest canopies play a crucial role in buffering the macroclimate and mitigating climate-warming impacts on forest ecosystems. However, our knowledge about the effects of forest structure, composition, and their interactions with macroclimate is limited. This study found that forest density is the key determinant of understory temperatures, and the proportion of broadleaves and forest density have varying importance on different response variables. Climate factors outside forests also influence understory temperature buffering.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Cristina Gasperini, Elisa Carrari, Sanne Govaert, Camille Meeussen, Karen De Pauw, Jan Plue, Pieter Sanczuk, Thomas Vanneste, Pieter Vangansbeke, Giovanni Iacopetti, Pieter De Frenne, Federico Selvi
Summary: This study investigates the effects of macro- and microclimatic gradients on the juvenile plant communities from the realized seed bank of temperate forests in Italy and Belgium. The results show that taller communities develop at the forest edge due to higher light availability and warmer temperatures. However, the shadier and cooler microclimate of the forest core reduces the mean leaf area, dry weight, height, and leaf number in the communities realized from the edge soil. Global warming may result in a functional shift of the understorey due to early filtering effects and adaptive trait adjustments to temperature increase.
APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Arne Verstraeten, Nicolas Bruffaerts, Fabiana Cristofolini, Elena Vanguelova, Johan Neirynck, Gerrit Genouw, Bruno De Vos, Peter Waldner, Anne Thimonier, Anita Nussbaumer, Mathias Neumann, Sue Benham, Pasi Rautio, Liisa Ukonmaanaho, Paeivi Merilae, Antti-Jussi Lindroos, Annika Saarto, Jukka Reiniharju, Nicholas Clarke, Volkmar Timmermann, Manuel Nicolas, Maria Schmitt, Katrin Meusburger, Anna Kowalska, Idalia Kasprzyk, Katarzyna Kluska, Lukasz Grewling, Malgorzata Malkiewicz, Lars Vesterdal, Morten Ingerslev, Miklos Manninger, Donat Magyar, Hugues Titeux, Gunilla Pihl Karlsson, Regula Gehrig, Sandy Adriaenssens, Agneta Ekebom, Asloeg Dahl, Marco Ferretti, Elena Gottardini
Summary: The effects of tree pollen on precipitation chemistry are not fully understood, which may lead to misinterpretations of element deposition in European forests. The study found that tree pollen has an impact on the element fluxes in forest throughfall, but the extent of the impact varies among different tree species.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Pieter Sanczuk, Karen De Pauw, Emiel De Lombaerde, Miska Luoto, Camille Meeussen, Sanne Govaert, Thomas Vanneste, Leen Depauw, Jorg Brunet, Sara A. O. Cousins, Cristina Gasperini, Per-Ola Hedwall, Giovanni Iacopetti, Jonathan Lenoir, Jan Plue, Federico Selvi, Fabien Spicher, Jaime Uria-Diez, Kris Verheyen, Pieter Vangansbeke, Pieter De Frenne
Summary: Macroclimatic changes have global impacts on ecosystems. Forest floors under dense tree canopies buffer the impacts of macroclimate change on forest biodiversity, while canopy opening exacerbates these impacts. A cross-continental transplant experiment was conducted to understand the role of forest microclimates in shaping future plant distributions.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
E. Dhiedt, L. Baeten, P. De Smedt, K. Verheyen
Summary: Trees have a strong influence on soil properties, even after they are removed. This study investigated the effects of soil legacies of tree species richness on tree seedling growth and how these legacies interact with irrigation frequency. The results showed that species richness did not have a significant effect on plant performance or response to irrigation frequency. However, the effect of irrigation frequency varied depending on the species identity of the seedlings. These patterns can be attributed to the young age of the forest and the previous agricultural land use, which have a greater impact on soil characteristics and plant response to drought than species diversity.
Article
Plant Sciences
Eline Lorer, Kris Verheyen, Haben Blondeel, Karen De Pauw, Pieter Sanczuk, Pieter De Frenne, Dries Landuyt
Summary: Species are adjusting their phenology in response to warming temperatures. This study focuses on understory plants in forests, which experience different light and temperature conditions compared to open environments due to tree canopy shading. The researchers recorded the flowering patterns of 10 temperate forest understory plant species in mesocosm experiments to understand how phenology is influenced by sub-canopy warming and illumination. They found that flowering onset is advanced by an average of 7.1 days per 1 degree Celsius warming, with warm-adapted species showing greater advances. The study suggests that considering sub-canopy temperature and light availability is crucial for understanding future phenological responses of understory plants.
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)
