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Forestry
Eva Ring, Stefan Lofgren, Lars Hogbom, Mikael Ostlund, Magda -Lena Wiklund-McKie, Brendan G. Mckie
Summary: Maintaining forest buffers along the shorelines of surface water bodies during logging is a common measure to protect freshwater habitats. This study found that streams surrounded by a higher density of broadleaf trees after selective thinning exhibited better water quality and supported a higher proportion of benthic organisms, indicating the importance of managing forest composition for maintaining ecosystem health.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Forestry
Elly C. Knight, R. Mark Brigham, Erin M. Bayne
Summary: This study focused on the habitat use of the Common Nighthawk in post-disturbance habitats, finding that they prefer to nest in open habitats with lower amounts of residual vegetation. The research highlights the importance of understanding the context-dependence of species responses to disturbance for effective forest management.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Geography, Physical
Zhou Wang, Jian-Guo Huang, Nina Ryzhkova, Jingye Li, Alexander Kryshen, Victor Voronin, Rui Li, Yves Bergeron, Igor Drobyshev
Summary: The study reveals a changing trend in fire activity in the Transbaikal region of southeastern Siberia, with significant relationships to climate factors such as drought and Arctic Oscillation. Granger causality analysis highlights the important role of drought in driving forest fires.
GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
(2021)
Review
Forestry
Lee E. Frelich, Rebecca A. Montgomery, Peter B. Reich
Summary: The southern boreal forests of North America may undergo large changes in species composition as the climate warms, with several mechanisms potentially leading to these changes. The impacts may include significant effects on forest productivity, ecosystem services, and wildlife habitat.
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Forestry
F. Wayne Bell, Holly D. Deighton, Jennifer Dacosta, Isabelle Aubin, Steven G. Newmaster, Eric B. Searle, Shelley Hunt
Summary: The study examines the response traits of woody and herbaceous understory plants in northern temperate and boreal forest communities to linked-press and compounded-pulse disturbances. The results show that these traits are affected in unique ways, with logarithmic or hump-shaped patterns observed. The interactions between linked-press and compounded-pulse disturbances have non-linear effects on the response traits, varying with trait, understory layer, and type of disturbance.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
K. Nelson, D. Thompson, C. Hopkinson, R. Petrone, L. Chasmer
Summary: Boreal peatlands play a critical role in the global climate system, storing a large quantity of soil carbon. However, with climatic warming, these carbon stores are at risk, potentially transitioning from carbon sink to source. While negative ecohydrological feedback mechanisms may initially compensate for increased carbon loss, factors such as climatic warming and anthropogenic peatland fragmentation could drive a positive carbon feedback cycle.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Review
Ecology
Aphrodite Kantsa, Consuelo M. De Moraes, Mark C. Mescher
Summary: Mediterranean-type ecosystems (MTEs) are found in five distinct global regions and include centers of agricultural production and hotspots of extratropical biodiversity. There has been considerable research on the persistence of diverse biological communities in MTEs, but important questions remain about the limits of ecological resilience in the face of accelerating environmental change.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Pierre-Luc Couillard, Serge Payette, Martin Lavoie, Mathieu Fregeau
Summary: The dynamics of boreal forests during the Holocene have been influenced by various disturbances, with stable environmental conditions favoring forest regeneration and potential shifts to alternative states if post-disturbance recovery fails. Although fire is a major disturbance factor, the long-term resilience of most forest ecosystems remains largely unknown. Most closed-crown forests show resilience post-fire, but some forests have transformed into lichen woodlands after fire, indicating precarious resilience.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
M. Torre Jorgenson, Dana R. N. Brown, Chris A. Hiemstra, Helene Genet, Bruce G. Marcot, Richard J. Murphy, Thomas A. Douglas
Summary: By analyzing historical data and photo interpretation, we assessed the changes in ecotypes in central Alaska. Fire was found to be the primary driver, affecting 46.5% of the region. The increasing area of thermokarst is projected to have significant impacts on future ecotype distributions.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
R. Skay, M. A. Windmuller-Campione, M. B. Russell, L. F. Reuling
Summary: The study examined productive black spruce stands in northern Minnesota across different levels of EDM infection severity, revealing changes in stand structure and species composition. Uninfected stands were dominated by black spruce, while stands with higher levels of infection showed more black spruce affected by EDM, potentially leading to tree mortality and forest composition changes.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Review
Ecology
Jacqueline H. T. Hoppenreijs, R. Lutz Eckstein, Lovisa Lind
Summary: Riparian zones, as species-rich and functionally important ecotones, are influenced by various anthropogenic pressures. These pressures, including flow regulation, climate change, forestry, and land use change, can lead to the decrease and degradation of riparian zones, posing threats to aquatic systems and dependent organisms.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yingtong Zhang, Curtis E. Woodcock, Shijuan Chen, Jonathan A. Wang, Damien Sulla-Menashe, Zhenpeng Zuo, Pontus Olofsson, Yetianjian Wang, Mark A. Friedl
Summary: The arctic and boreal biomes are undergoing changes in disturbance events due to increasing temperatures. The study used the CCDC algorithm to analyze Landsat observations and map causes of disturbance such as fire, logging, and pest damage. Disturbance rates due to logging remained constant while fires were more episodic, and insect damage was highest between 2005 and 2010.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Adrianna C. Foster, Jacquelyn K. Shuman, Brendan M. Rogers, Xanthe J. Walker, Michelle C. Mack, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Sander Veraverbeke, Scott J. Goetz
Summary: Forest characteristics, structure, and dynamics in the North American boreal region are influenced by wildfire intensity, severity, and frequency. Increasing temperatures may result in more intense and frequent fires, but an increase in deciduous forest cover could decrease flammability. A forest model was used to analyze the bottom-up (fuels) and top-down (climate) controls on fire activity and project future dynamics. The model showed good agreement with observations and predicted changes in biomass and fire probability.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Alexis Gardiner Jorgensen, Raquel Alfaro-Sanchez, Steven G. Cumming, Alison L. White, Genevieve eliane Degre-Timmons, Nicola Day, Merritt Turetsky, Jill F. Johnstone, Xanthe J. Walker, Jennifer L. Baltzer
Summary: Climate change is causing an increase in fires in the boreal biome of North America. The recovery of vegetation after fire is influenced by time after fire and local environmental conditions, with soil moisture being the most significant factor. This study provides valuable insights into postfire vegetation recovery and highlights the importance of soil moisture for predicting the impacts of increased fire activity. Overall, this research is of great importance for northern communities and land managers.
Article
Forestry
Cathryn H. Greenberg, Christopher E. Moorman, Katherine J. Elliott, Katherine Martin, Mark Hopey, Peter Caldwell
Summary: In 2016, mixed-severity wildfires in the southern Appalachians provided a unique opportunity to study forest structures and breeding bird response. Over a period of 5 years, the researchers measured the forest structure and breeding bird communities across a fire-severity gradient. The results showed that high-severity burns had the greatest impact on tree mortality, shrub recovery, and breeding bird abundance, richness, and diversity.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Ornithology
Matthew W. Reudink, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Lauren S. Steele, Andrew G. Pillar, Peter P. Marra, Ann E. McKellar
Article
Ecology
Michael T. Hallworth, T. Scott Sillett, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Keith A. Hobson, Peter P. Marra
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2015)
Article
Ornithology
Hannah B. Vander Zanden, Michael B. Wunder, Keith A. Hobson, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Leonard I. Wassenaar, Jeffrey M. Welker, Gabriel J. Bowen
JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY
(2015)
Article
Ornithology
Nina Seifert, Martin Haase, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Christian C. Voigt, Angela Schmitz Ornes
JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Ornithology
Rebecca L. Holberton, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Adrienne J. Leppold, Keith A. Hobson
JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY
(2015)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Elizabeth M. Beck, Brennan Obermayer, Timothy Joyce, Brett Weddle
AVIAN CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY
(2015)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Keith A. Hobson, Steve L. Van Wilgenburg, Erica H. Dunn, David J. T. Hussell, Philip D. Taylor, Douglas M. Collister
AVIAN CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY
(2015)
Article
Ornithology
Juan Arizaga, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Daniel Alonso, Jose A. Cortes, Michel Leconte, Hamid Rguibi, Thijs Valkenburg, Pablo Vera, Keith A. Hobson
Article
Ornithology
Erin Bayne, Lionel Leston, C. Lisa Mahon, Peter Solymos, Craig Machtans, Hedwig Lankau, Jeffrey R. Ball, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Steve G. Cumming, Trish Fontaine, Fiona K. A. Schmiegelow, Samantha J. Song
Article
Ecology
Alain Caizergues, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Keith A. Hobson
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH
(2016)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Scott J. Werner, Keith A. Hobson, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Justin W. Fischer
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Peter Solymos, Kevin J. Kardynal, Matthew D. Frey
AVIAN CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Patrick J. Turgeon, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Kiel L. Drake
AVIAN CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Keith A. Hobson, Kevin J. Kardynal, Elizabeth M. Beck
AVIAN CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Ornithology
Christian K. Asante, Timothy D. Jardine, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Keith A. Hobson
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)