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Agronomy
Martin Beland, Dennis D. Baldocchi
Summary: This study investigated the vertical profiles of foliage clumping and its impact on canopy photosynthesis in deciduous broadleaf forests. The research findings suggest that considering vertical profiles of foliage clumping can increase canopy photosynthesis through a greater contribution from shaded leaves in different canopy levels, leading to an optimization of photosynthesis. The study indicates that incorporating foliage clumping vertical profiles in TBMs could improve the accuracy of estimating canopy photosynthesis.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Heather Kay, Maurizio Santoro, Oliver Cartus, Pete Bunting, Richard Lucas
Summary: Forest structure is a complex and diverse system globally, which can be explained and evaluated using the nearly global coverage provided by ICESat GLAS LiDAR footprint data and a simple allometric model. The relationship between canopy height and density varies across different ecoregions, and the single parameter of the allometric model is associated with the maximum canopy density and height values globally.
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Agronomy
Luca Mortarini, Cleo Q. Dias-Junior, Otavio Acevedo, Pablo E. S. Oliveira, Anywhere Tsokankunku, Matthias Sorgel, Antonio Ocimar Manzi, Alessandro C. de Araujo, Daiane V. Brondani, Ivan Mauricio Cely Toro, Umberto Giostra, Daniela Cava
Summary: This study investigates the influence of stability on the vertical structure of turbulent flow above and within the Amazon Forest, revealing that coherent structures are generated by hydrodynamical instabilities triggered by an inflection in the mean wind speed profile. The analysis also shows the dependence of separation length scale on shear length scale, with different behaviors in different stability regimes. The vertical time scale and separation length scale exhibit variations with stability, with maximum values under slightly unstable conditions.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Daniela Cava, Cleo Q. Dias-Junior, Otavio Acevedo, Pablo E. S. Oliveira, Anywhere Tsokankunku, Matthias Soergel, Antonio Ocimar Manzi, Alessandro C. de Araujo, Daiane V. Brondani, Ivan Mauricio Cely Toro, Luca Mortarini
Summary: Understanding the processes of mixing and transporting substances within and above the Amazon Forest is crucial for environmental applications. This study analyzes the impact of atmospheric stability on the roughness sublayer (RSL) and investigates the different airflow patterns and substance transport under different stability conditions.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
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Ecology
Xiaoling Wang, Mohammad A. Rahman, Martin Mokros, Thomas Roetzer, Nayanesh Pattnaik, Yulan Pang, Yaru Zhang, Liangjun Da, Kun Song
Summary: This study aimed to determine the relationship between the cooling effects of urban forests and the canopy structure, and found that the vertical canopy structure had a significant contribution to the cooling effects, even surpassing the effects of leaf area index and canopy coverage during noon and nighttime. Therefore, in future planning, the vertical canopy structure must be considered along with canopy density and horizontal structure to optimize the cooling potential of urban forests.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Ling Zhu, Wentao Wei, Ruobing Wu, Xiaoyue Zhang, Hongrong Guo, Dingyi Wang, Fuzhong Wu
Summary: Enzyme activity plays a crucial role in leaf litter decomposition, but the variation in enzyme activity between the forest canopy and forest floor has not been well understood. This study examined the activity of eight enzymes related to carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus mineralization during Castanopsis carlesii leaf litter decomposition in the forest canopy and on the forest floor. The results showed that enzyme activity was generally lower in the forest canopy compared to the forest floor during litter decomposition, except for acid phosphatase, polyphenol oxidase, and peroxidase activities. The study also revealed that carbon and phosphorus were the limiting factors for microbial activity during litter decomposition, with stronger carbon limitation on the forest floor and higher phosphorus limitation in the forest canopy.
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Ecology
Meifang Zhao, Shihong Tian, Yu Zhu, Zhiqiang Li, Suping Zeng, Shuguang Liu
Summary: Chinese trees display unique height-diameter allometries compared to trees in other continental forests worldwide, showing flexible phenotypic responses to heterogeneous light conditions.
Article
Agronomy
Yupeng Zhu, Su Wang, Yunhao Li, Dan Wei, Ning Luo, Pu Wang, Qingfeng Meng
Summary: This study investigated the interaction between above-ground canopy and below-ground root system in different maize hybrids under dense planting. The results showed that XY335 had the highest grain yield and superior root system characteristics at a density of 7.5 x 104 plants hm-2.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Julia H. Olszewski, John D. Bailey
Summary: Fuel reduction treatments and ecosystem resilience restoration are crucial in forest management, especially in the face of high-intensity wildfire risks. This study used LiDAR data to assess changes in fuel structure after a large-scale forest restoration project, providing forest managers with a new option for evaluating treatment effectiveness.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Prakash Chandra Aryal, Chandramani Aryal, Kiran Bhusal, Devendra Chapagain, Man Kumar Dhamala, Sanu Raja Maharjan, Parveen K. Chhetri
Summary: Urban forest ecosystems are affected by anthropogenic disturbances, potentially leading to the loss of native and sensitive species. This study found that forest structural attributes and anthropogenic disturbances play a significant role in regulating invasion success in urban forests. Maintaining forest structural attributes, particularly stands with large-sized trees, is crucial for controlling invasion in the context of urbanization.
Article
Ecology
K. C. Cushman, Matteo Detto, Milton Garcia, Helene C. Muller-Landau
Summary: This study used drone photogrammetry to measure spatial variation in canopy disturbance rates in a 1500 ha forest in Central Panama. The results showed that soil type, forest age, and topography were the main predictors of disturbance rate variation.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Francesco Solano, Giuseppe Modica, Salvatore Pratico, Olivia F. Box, Gianluca Piovesan
Summary: This study proposes a UAV-based framework for monitoring the top canopy structure of an old-growth beech forest in Italy. The canopy profile, gap properties, and their spatial distribution patterns were analyzed using a canopy height model derived from UAV surveys. The results demonstrate the potential of this low-cost UAV-DAP workflow to generate realistic old-growth forest canopy attributes at a very fine scale.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Anand Nainar, Koju Kishimoto, Koichi Takahashi, Mie Gomyo, Koichiro Kuraji
Summary: The research investigated the impact of ground litter removal and forest clearing on surface runoff using paired runoff plots, showing a significant increase in surface runoff in LRBC and AC phases. API(11) had a major influence on surface runoff in the LRBC phase, while the AC phase had high surface runoff regardless of API(11).
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Forestry
Yaozhan Xu, Han Y. H. Chen, Zhiqiang Xiao, Dan Wan, Feng Liu, Yili Guo, Xiujuan Qiao, Mingxi Jiang
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between species richness, crown complementarity, functional diversity, and forest productivity in a 25 ha forest plot in central China. The results showed that species richness promoted crown complementarity and forest productivity. Crown complementarity was positively related to functional diversity and forest productivity.
Article
Ecology
Libin Liu, Haojun Xia, Xinghua Quan, Yunquan Wang
Summary: In this study, we comprehensively investigated intraspecific variations in 12 traits of plants in three different succession stages of subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests in eastern China. We found that plants in the early-stage forest exhibited traits for a resource conservative strategy, while those in the medium- and late-stage forests showed traits for a resource acquisitive strategy. High intraspecific variations were observed in fine root specific length, leaf area, specific leaf area, and fine root tissue density.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Toshiyuki Satoh, Tomohiro Yoshida, Satoshi Koyama, Akira Yamagami, Mamoru Takata, Hayato Doi, Takuma Kurachi, Shinya Hayashi, Takuya Hirobe, Yasuo Hata
INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY
(2016)
Article
Forestry
Tomohiro Yoshida, Ayaka Tokinoya, Yuya Fukano
JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2018)
Article
Forestry
Tomohiro Yoshida, Tomohiro Miyamatsu, Yoshiko Ayabe
JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2017)
Article
Forestry
Aya Matsushita, Tomohiro Yoshida, Naoki Hijii, Chisato Takenaka
JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2017)
Article
Ecology
Tomohiro Yoshida, Yutaro Ban, Akihiro Nakamura
BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Forestry
Tomohiro Yoshida, Tomohiro Miyamatsu, Yoshiko Ayabec
JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2018)
Article
Forestry
T. Yoshida, M. Hasegawa, M. T. Ito, T. Kawaguchi, T. Seino, A. Y. C. Chung, K. Kitayama
JOURNAL OF TROPICAL FOREST SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Takuo Hishi, Saori Fujii, Seikoh Saitoh, Tomohiro Yoshida, Motohiro Hasegawa
ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yoshiko Ayabe, Tomohiro Yoshida, Tsutomu Kanasashi, Akane Hayashi, Akihisa Fukushi, Naoki Hijii, Chisato Takenaka
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Atsuko S. Fukamachi, Naoaki Watanabe, Yoshinobu Hoshino, Masato Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Yoshida
ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Masahiro Nakamura, Chisato Terada, Kinya Ito, Kazuaki Matsui, Shigeru Niwa, Masae Ishihara, Tanaka Kenta, Tetsuro Yoshikawa, Taku Kadoya, Tsutom Hiura, Hiroyuki Muraoka, Ken Ishida, Naoki Agetsuma, Ryosuke Nakamura, Hitoshi Sakio, Masahiro Takagi, Akira S. Mori, Megumi K. Kimura, Hiroko Kurokawa, Tsutomu Enoki, Tatsuyuki Seino, Atsushi Takashima, Hajime Kobayashi, Kazuho Matsumoto, Koichi Takahashi, Ryunosuke Tateno, Tomohiro Yoshida, Tatsur Nakaji, Masayuki Maki, Kazutaka Kobayashi, Karibu Fukuzawa, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Kazuhide Ohta, Keito Kobayashi, Motohiro Hasegawa, Satoshi N. Suzuki, Michinori Sakimoto, Yoichiro Kitagawa, Akiko Sakai, Hirofumi Kondo, Tomoaki Ichie, Koji Kageyama, Ayaka Hieno, Shogo Kato, Tatsuya Otani, Yasuhiro Utsumi, Tomonori Kume, Kosuke Homma, Koju Kishimoto, Kazuhiko Masaka, Kenta Watanabe, Motomu Toda, Dai Nagamatsu, Yuko Miyazaki, Tamon Yamashita, Naoko Tokuchi
Summary: This study presents the largest freely available EcoPlate dataset for Japan, collected from a network of natural forest sites in East Asia. The dataset provides a multifunctional index of soil microbial communities and can be used for comparative studies and testing hypotheses in community ecology and ecosystem function.
ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Kenichiro Watanabe, Tomohiro Yoshida, Akihiro Nakamura
Summary: Water-filled treeholes are important habitats for aquatic invertebrates in forests. This study investigated the relationships between different species within these treeholes and the effects of leaf litter fragmentation on the composition and structure of invertebrate assemblages. The results suggest that fragmentation of leaf litter may have different effects on dominant species.
ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Atsuko S. Fukamachi, Tomohiro Yoshida, Yoshinobu Hoshino, Naoaki Watanabe
Summary: The effects of deer exclusion on understory vegetation in a temperate deciduous forest in a mountainous area of Japan were investigated. The study found that overgrazing by deer weakened the correlation between plant functional traits and topographic factors, resulting in homogenized plant communities.
JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Tomohiro Yoshida, Yasunori Kusunoki, Yuya Fukano, Naoki Hijii
Summary: Vertical stratification of forests results in different arthropod assemblages between vertical layers, with temperature and precipitation affecting the abundance and movement of arthropods. Wandering and flying arthropods showed varying responses to weather conditions, highlighting the importance of vertical distribution in a temperate conifer forest.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
He Zhang, Aurore Degre, Caroline De Clerck, Shuangshuang Li, Jinshan Lian, Yuanyuan Peng, Tao Sun, Lindan Luo, Yanan Yue, Guihua Li, Jianfeng Zhang
Summary: The continuous expansion of sandy soil poses a threat to crop security. The use of chitin-rich organic material and attapulgite as soil amendments can improve degraded soil by increasing nutrient content and enzyme activity and altering bacterial community structure. This study provides insights into the link between soil properties, bacterial community structure, and microbial carbon metabolism function.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Xian Zhou, Yi Jiang, Ganghua Leng, Wanting Ling, Jian Wang
Summary: Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) residues have significant impacts on soil pollution remediation. The addition of exogenous functional microbial consortium and glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) can promote the degradation of bound PAH residues. This study fills the cognitive gap of GRSP in regulating the degradation of bound PAH residues in soil.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Review
Soil Science
Xinyu Zhao, Evrim Elcin, Lizhi He, Meththika Vithanage, Xiaokai Zhang, Jie Wang, Shuo Wang, Yun Deng, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Sabry M. Shaheen, Hailong Wang, Zhenyu Wang
Summary: The increase of cultivated varieties of Chinese herbal remedies, the expansion of cultivation area, and long-term monoculture cropping have led to aggravated problems of soil diseases, yield loss, and quality reduction. Biochar, as a carbon-rich material, has the potential to improve soil quality and alleviate continuous crop obstacles for Chinese herbal remedies.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Editorial Material
Soil Science
Melanie M. Pollierer, Anton Potapov, Andrey Zaitsev
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Yajie Wang, Jiefeng Li, Yongfen Wei, Zhiyi Deng, Xiaodi Hao, Fusheng Li
Summary: This study investigates the impacts of heavy metal pollution caused by coal production on soil microbial ecology in the semi-arid region of Heilongjiang. The results reveal negative correlations between heavy metals and bacterial abundance and diversity. Twelve sensitive bacterial taxa and corresponding models were identified. Water content and total phosphorus were also found to play vital roles in regulating the bacterial community in the soil.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Sujit Das, Sunanda Biswas, B. Ramakrishnan, T. K. Das, T. J. Purakayastha, B. H. Gawade, Priya Singh, Partha Sarathi Ghorai, Saloni Tripathy, Kanchan Sinha
Summary: This study assessed the impact of conservation agriculture on the biological soil health index in a rice-wheat system in the Indo-Gangetic Plains. The results showed that zero till direct seeded rice and crop residue incorporation could improve soil organic carbon, enzyme activities, and microbial population. Specifically, the inclusion of mungbean residues and sesbania brown manuring significantly increased the abundance of the nifH gene in the soil.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Xingxiu Huang, Genxing Pan, Lianqing Li, Xuhui Zhang, Hailong Wang, Nanthi Bolan, Bhupinder Pal Singh, Chongjian Ma, Fuwei Liang, Yanjie Chen, Huashou Li
Summary: The study evaluated the effects of using a mixture of biomass waste ash and biochar on soil pH, heavy metal remediation, and plant growth. The results showed that the mixed use could ameliorate soil acidification, reduce absorption of cadmium and lead by plants, and promote plant growth. The special fertilizer prepared from the mixture can be used to promote crop growth and reduce environmental pollution.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Astrid C. H. Jaeger, Martin Hartmann, Rafaela Feola Conz, Johan Six, Emily F. Solly
Summary: This study investigates the effects of tree mortality on soil microbial communities using a mesocosm experiment. The results show that tree death influenced soil microbial abundance and composition, with the potential to affect soil processes in forest ecosystems.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Dane C. Elmquist, Subodh Adhikari, Ina Popova, Sanford D. Eigenbrode
Summary: This study investigated the effects of soil arthropod communities from cereal-based agroecosystems on wheat plant growth and above-belowground interactions. The results showed that wheat grown in soils with arthropod communities had better growth and defense against aphids, compared to wheat grown in soils without arthropod communities.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Lei Wang, Jing Wang, Zhonghou Tang, Jidong Wang, Yongchun Zhang
Summary: This study found that the application of organic fertilizer enhances carbon and phosphorus cycling enzyme activities in soil, reshapes the soil microbial community structure, and regulates the interactions between these crucial indicators through soil organic carbon.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Review
Soil Science
M. Pawlett, N. T. Girkin, L. Deeks, D. L. Evans, R. Sakrabani, P. Masters, K. Garnett, N. Marquez-Grant
Summary: The modern funeral industry faces environmental risks and challenges, and natural burial offers a more sustainable alternative. However, there is a lack of research comparing the risks and benefits of natural burial practices, including groundwater contamination and atmospheric emissions. More scientific research is needed to understand and regulate funeral options, as well as cultural incentives for natural burial.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Zhongcheng Wang, Jin Zhao, Dan Xiao, Meifeng Chen, Xunyang He
Summary: Root AMF colonization, diversity, and interactions vary with soil depth. Higher soil nutrient levels and root biomass promote colonization but suppress diversity and interactions in the upper soil layer compared to deeper layers.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Zhiyang Zhang, Shiting Zhang, Riikka Rinnan
Summary: This study revealed the mechanisms behind the effects of dung deposition on soil heterotrophic respiration, providing insights for grassland management and carbon feedback prediction in grazed ecosystems.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Ismail Ibrahim Garba, Graham R. Stirling, A. Marcelle Stirling, Alwyn Williams
Summary: Integrating diverse cover crops into dryland crop-fallow rotations can enhance soil nutrient and water retention, suppress soil-borne pests, and improve soil health. The effects on soil nematode communities are modulated by the functional type and mixture composition of the cover crops. Selecting cover crops with appropriate traits can improve soil health through suppression of plant-parasitic nematodes, promotion of free-living nematodes, and enhancement of soil food web complexity.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Min Li, Chao He, Miao Wei, Junmeng Long, Jingru Wang, Xinrong Yang, Kehan Wang, Xueli He
Summary: In extreme desert environments, black septate endophytes (DSE) can benefit the relict plant Gymnocarpos przewalskii by assisting it to survive and maintain ecosystem stability. The colonization of DSE in the roots of G. przewalskii varies significantly with seasons and sites, with soil properties being a major factor affecting the composition of DSE. Additionally, the functional metabolite composition of DSE strains varies greatly with different drought levels and isolates, indicating the potential complementarity between different strains in helping hosts cope with drought stress.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)