Article
Rehabilitation
Roger E. Montgomery, Yue Li, Tilak Dutta, Pamela J. Holliday, Geoff R. Fernie
Summary: The study found that mobility scooters generally underperformed in winter conditions when traversing snow and ice, but winter tires can improve performance, though there is still room for improvement.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2021)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Susan E. Dickerson-Lange, Julie A. Vano, Rolf Gersonde, Jessica D. Lundquist
Summary: The study presents a decision tree framework based on forest-snow relations, predicting the impact of forests on snow storage based on different combinations of wind speeds and air temperatures. The framework provides a reference for management decisions, optimizing water storage in forests and reducing wildfire hazard.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Yana Korneeva, Natalia Simonova, Nina Shadrina
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between psychosocial risk factors at work and the general functional state of a body, working capacity, and stress among shift workers in a logging enterprise in the Far North. The findings show that a majority of the employees have a favorable general functional state of the body, high working capacity, and low stress levels. The study highlights the differential interconnections between the general functional state of a body, stress, and working capacity with psychosocial factors at work.
Article
Remote Sensing
Xiongxin Xiao, Tao He, Shunlin Liang, Xinyan Liu, Yichuan Ma, Shuang Liang, Xiaona Chen
Summary: This study aimed to develop a robust and enhanced algorithm for estimating fractional snow cover (FSC) in vegetated areas. By integrating multiple sub-models and incorporating various variables, the FSC retrieval models showed improved accuracy and robustness. Canopy correction method also enhanced the accuracy of FSC prediction.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Max Gersh, Kelly E. Gleason, Anton Surunis
Summary: Following a forest fire, the surface snow albedo darkens while the landscape snow albedo brightens. The duration and variability of post-fire snow albedo recovery remain unknown. A study found that the annual landscape snow albedo increased continuously over 18 years following a fire, with the rate of increase varying depending on burn severity. The post-fire snow albedo recovery resembled open meadows rather than pre-fire unburned forests.
Article
Water Resources
R. Dan Moore, Diana Allen, Lucy MacKenzie, David Spittlehouse, Rita Winkler
Summary: The Upper Penticton Creek watershed experiment is one of a few forestry-focused paired catchment experiments in the snow-dominated zone of western North America, involving an undisturbed control catchment and two treatment catchments. With decades of hydrological monitoring and research, the dataset provides valuable support for analyzing hydrological responses to forest dynamics and climatic variability.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2021)
Editorial Material
Biodiversity Conservation
David A. Keith
Summary: The extensive high severity fire was a disaster for the swamp wallaby in question, but did not affect its population as many others were able to detect and evade the approaching fire, thus escaping its lethal heat.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yu Zhuang, Natalie Piazza, Aiguo Xing, Marc Christen, Peter Bebi, Alessandra Bottero, Lukas Stoffel, Julia Glaus, Perry Bartelt
Summary: Snow avalanche-induced air-blasts can cause significant damage and casualties. Predicting their destructive properties is crucial for avalanche hazard mitigation. This study proposes a model that considers turbulent fluctuations to simulate the dynamics of air-blasts and presents a dataset of tree breakage induced by air-blasts. The proposed model and dataset can quantify the destructiveness of air-blasts and be used for avalanche hazard assessment.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Ewa Referowska-Chodak, Bozena Kornatowska
Summary: This study aimed to trace the impact of Poland's forestry evolution over the last 75 years on forest biodiversity at the landscape level, showing differences in the effects of socialism and democracy eras on the forest ecosystems and landscape. Despite challenges, the changes in biodiversity protection at the forest landscape level were considered positive.
Article
Plant Sciences
Travis G. Britton, Shane A. Richards, Mark J. Hovenden
Summary: Interactions among neighbouring plants are crucial for plant growth. Common competition indices calculate the summed size of neighbouring plants or the ratio of neighbour size relative to focal plant size. However, focal-dependent indices may lead to biased estimates of neighbourhood effects on plant growth when growth is size-dependent.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiang Zhang, Chula Sa, Quansheng Hai, Fanhao Meng, Min Luo, Hongdou Gao, Haochen Zhang, Chaohua Yin, Yuhui Zhang, Hui Sun
Summary: Snow is important for vegetation growth on the Mongolian Plateau, but its changes due to climate change have impacted the vegetation's growth date. In this study, the CASA model was used to estimate the start of growing season net primary productivity for different vegetation types from 2001 to 2019. The spatial changes and influencing factors of vegetation growth are of great significance for ecosystem maintenance.
Article
Water Resources
Hannah M. Bonner, Mark S. Raleigh, Eric E. Small
Summary: This study investigates the influence of forest canopy on snow density and snow water equivalent. Results show that forest processes have some impact on snow density and water content, with delivery effects having the greatest impact on density and mass effects and radiation effects having the greatest impact on differences in snow water equivalent between forest and open areas.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2022)
Article
Water Resources
Hannah M. Bonner, Mark S. Raleigh, Eric E. Small
Summary: Understanding the influence of forest canopy on snowpack density and snow water equivalent is crucial for accurate model predictions. The study found that delivery effects have the greatest impact on snowpack density, while mass effects and radiation effects have the greatest impact on the differences in snow water equivalent between forest and open areas.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Xiaowen Ge, Jiaojun Zhu, Deliang Lu, Danni Wu, Fengyuan Yu, Xiaohua Wei
Summary: Seasonal snow cover in temperate forests provides a thermally stable and humid refuge for overwintering plants. Canopy composition affects snow depth and below-the-snow temperature. Higher proportion of Korean pine in the canopy leads to higher snow interception rate, lower peak snow depth, faster snow melting rate, and shorter snow cover duration. The performance of different forest types varies in different snowfall years and slopes.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Editorial Material
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kathleen A. Fairman
Summary: Critical historical analysis suggests that conflicts over pandemic-mitigation policies reveal dominant and minority scientific paradigms, indicating the need for possible epistemological shifts. The importance of multidisciplinary scientific engagement is highlighted in addressing challenges to behavioral and social well-being and evaluating policy benefits and harms in public health crises.
ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)