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Enhanced post-wildfire vegetation recovery in prescribed-burnt Mediterranean shrubland: A regional assessment Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 José Manuel Fernández-Guisuraga, Paulo M. Fernandes
The primary objective of prescribed burning (PB) treatment is to promote increased ecosystem resistance to high fire severity and ecosystem adaptive resilience after unplanned wildfires under worsening climates. Yet, empirical evidence involving regional-scale assessments with enough spatial representativeness on how vegetation will respond to PB-wildfire interactions in Mediterranean shrublands is
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Over 20 years of treating conifers with methyl jasmonate: Meta-analysis of effects on growth and resistance Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Ngan B. Huynh, Paal Krokene, Adriana Puentes, Melissa H. Mageroy
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Relation between morphology and native climate in the resistance of different Pinus pinaster populations to pitch canker disease caused by Fusarium circinatum Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Raquel Díaz, Jorge Poveda, Esteban Torres-Sánchez, Tamara Sánchez-Gómez, Jorge Martín-García, Julio J. Diez
Maritime pine () is a forest species of great ecological and economic interest in the European Union, and especially in the Iberian Peninsula. Currently, one of the main threats this species has to face is the spread of the quarantine pathogenic fungus (A2 list) , causal agent of pine pitch canker disease. Since one of the main strategies for the control of the disease is the use of resistant clones
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Pedunculate oak is more resistant to drought and extreme events than narrow-leaved ash in Central European floodplain forests Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Soham Basu, Marko Stojanović, Jernej Jevšenak, Allan Buras, Jiří Kulhavý, Hana Hornová, Jan Světlík
The vulnerability of floodplain forests, a critically sensitive global ecosystem, is exacerbated by both hydrological management practices and the escalating frequency and severity of drought events caused by climate change. This issue is particularly acute in Central European floodplain forests, where river regulation and reduced groundwater levels have markedly contributed to increased water deficits
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European bison (Bison bonasus) increase plant species richness in forest habitats Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Lasse Gottlieb, Bjarke A. Schäfer, Rita M. Buttenschøn
Large herbivores are considered a natural and important determinant for high biodiversity in woodland habitats and have been increasingly reintroduced to nature areas across Europe with the aim of re-establishing natural processes to promote and protect biodiversity. One of the herbivore species playing an increasing role in ecological restoration initiatives is the European bison – the largest extant
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Exploring the interplay between within-stand variation and thinning practices in southern Sweden Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Magnus Persson, Martin Karl-Friedrich Bader, Emma Holmström
The state of within-stand variation (WSV) in boreal, coniferous production forests and how it is dealt with in thinning operations is a scarcely researched topic. In the autumn of 2018, we surveyed a series of Norway spruce ( (L.) Karst) or Scots pine ( L.) dominated production stands scheduled for first commercial thinning from below. Here, we evaluate the potential causes of WSV in basal area, how
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The response of mid-rotation Eucalyptus nitens to nitrogen fertiliser is non-linear and not influenced by phosphorus application Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 R.E. Brinkhoff, D. Mendham, M.A. Hunt, T.G. Britton, M.J. Hovenden
Maximising the growth and productivity of commercial plantations is critical for meeting global demands for wood and paper products, without resorting to unsustainable harvesting of native forests or increasing the plantation estate at the expense of other primary production systems. In Australia, productivity of plantation eucalypts is often limited by low nutrient availability and maintaining high
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Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) fruit consumption and preference by cloud forest birds: Implications for woody native species regeneration Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Angel J. Carpinteiro-Díaz, Claudio Mota-Vargas, Octavio R. Rojas-Soto, Fabiola López-Barrera
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Signature of logging in the Brazilian Amazon still detected after 17 years Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Nívia Cristina Vieira Rocha, Marcos Adami, David Galbraith, Lucas José Mazzei de Freitas
Selective logging in the Amazon Biome holds significant importance economically and environmentally. Due to its potential for forest degradation, monitoring these areas is of utmost importance. We assessed canopy openness in sustainably logged forest areas in Eastern Amazonia using hemispherical photos taken in areas that were logged in different years (2004, 2007, 2017, 2019, and 2021), along with
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Ground-based calibration for remote sensing of biomass in the tallest forests Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Stephen C. Sillett, Mark E. Graham, John P. Montague, Marie E. Antoine, George W. Koch
Forest biomass is a critical component of the terrestrial carbon cycle. The highest-biomass forests are those dominated by the tallest species, . We use ground-based measurements and allometric equations to estimate tree biomass in primary forests (40–42° N latitude) recently subjected to spaceborne and airborne laser scanning (GEDI and ALS, respectively), and we develop new biomass allometry using
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Competition effects can mislead selection in eucalypt breeding trials Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Filipe Manoel Ferreira, Saulo Fabrício da Silva Chaves, Osmarino Pires dos Santos, Andrei Caíque Pires Nunes, Evandro Vagner Tambarussi, Guilherme da Silva Pereira, Gleison Augusto dos Santos, Leonardo Lopes Bhering, Kaio Olimpio das Graças Dias
The assessment of plant performance and the accuracy of genetic selection can be significantly affected by genetic competition among individuals. In addition to genetic causes, competition is influenced by external factors such as environment and age. This research uses multi-location multi-age trials to answer four questions: i) Are there major changes when competition effects (both genetic and residual)
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Post-windthrow forest development in spruce-dominated mountain forests in Central Europe Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Natalie Piazza, Peter Bebi, Giorgio Vacchiano, Andreas Rigling, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Alessandra Bottero
Natural disturbances play an important role in shaping the dynamics of mountain forests, yet their effects on essential ecosystem services, such as protection against natural hazards, can be significant. With the challenges posed by climate change and increasing disturbances, as well as the complexities of salvage logging, there is a growing interest in understanding post-disturbance development in
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Historical changes in abundance and structure of oak populations under management in Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Cecilia Alfonso-Corrado, Montserrat Gorgonio-Ramírez, Victor Aguirre-Hidalgo, Mario Enrique Fuente, Jesús V. Jorrín-Novo, Jorge E. Campos, Ciro Aquino-Vázquez, Ricardo Clark-Tapia
Harvesting tree species for local and commercial use can lead to habitat losses potentially affecting ecosystem dynamics and the biodiversity of temperate forests. For example, selective extraction of conifer species in Sierra Juárez (Mexico) has led to a loss of ecologically significant species such as oaks. This study examines the impact of three different management systems (viz., local use, silvicultural
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Edge history modulates the depth of edge influence: Evidence from ground beetles with different feeding traits Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Tibor Magura, Gábor L. Lövei
Anthropogenic habitat loss and fragmentation are major concerns to conservationists, since these processes lead to species decline and extinction. Edge effect is one of the most important causes of biodiversity losses in fragmented habitats. The depth of edge influence, the distance over which the edge effect penetrates into the adjacent habitat is a central issue, as it fundamentally determines whether
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Effects of air warming and soil warming on ecophysiological processes of leaves and fine roots of Cunninghamia lanceolata saplings Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Xulong Du, Jinxue Huang, Decheng Xiong, Zhijie Yang, Teng-chiu Lin, Shidong Chen, Xiaofei Liu, Chao Xu, Yusheng Yang
Uncertainties about the ecophysiological response of plants to elevated temperature limit our ability to predict the impact of climate change on plants, especially in tropical and subtropical forests. One important source of the uncertainties is that the vast majority of warming studies manipulated only aboveground or only belowground temperature when in the real word warming takes place both aboveground
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Well-connected trials show low genotype-by-environment interaction in Pinus radiata Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Duncan McLean, Luis A. Apiolaza, Mark F. Paget, Jaroslav Klápště
Selection in the New Zealand radiata pine ( D. Don) breeding program relies on wide-scale testing to adequately sample environmental variation. The program uses genomic selection for the early selection of parents for the next breeding cycle, but genomic selection may not perform as expected in the presence of crossover-type genotype-by-environment interaction (GxE) if such environments are poorly
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Structural and physiological responses to water availability provide insights into the maintenance of Mauritia flexuosa (Arecaceae) seedling banks Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Tarcísia da Silva Almeida, Leonardo Monteiro Ribeiro, Cristina de Paula Santos Martins, Thays Lima Barbosa, Maria Olívia Mercadante-Simões, Edson de Oliveira Vieira, Yule Roberta Ferreira Nunes, Paulo Sergio Nascimento Lopes
is an ecologically and economically important Amazonian palm. It has an expanded distribution to flooded ecosystems (“veredas”) in the markedly seasonal Cerrado biome. The species' seeds are sensitive to desiccation, which limits the formation of soil seed banks, although there are indications that can form seedling banks in microenvironments subject to water stress conditions. We evaluated this issue
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Resilient forests need joint forces for better inventorying and monitoring Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Marco Ferretti, Arthur Gessler, Nathalie Cools, Stefan Fleck, Rossella Guerrieri, Tamara Jakovljević, Manuel Nicolas, Tiina M. Nieminen, Diana Pitar, Nenad Potočić, Stephan Raspe, Marcus Schaub, Kai Schwärzel, Volkmar Timmermann, Monika Vejpustková, Lars Vesterdal, Petteri Vanninen, Peter Waldner, Lothar Zimmermann, Tanja GM Sanders
Forests are increasingly affected by global change. Building resilient forests requires – amongst others - leveraging the wealth of knowledge from existing ground-based, field inventory and monitoring programs as well as Earth Observation systems to better assess the status, detect changes, understand processes, predict future dynamics, and guide forest management. A proposal from the European Commission
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Post-fire Pinus radiata invasion in a threatened biodiversity hotspot forest: A multi-scale remote sensing assessment Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 C. Leal-Medina, J. Lopatin, A. Contreras, M.E. González, M. Galleguillos
Biological invasions are one of the most relevant factors of biodiversity loss, especially after fire disturbances. Wildfires can accelerate invasions of fire-prone species, like and dramatically alter ecosystems. However, how to assess the main impacts of this invasion process on the composition, structure, and functionality of ecosystems, including the post-fire revegetation processes, has not been
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Forest resilience and post-fire conifer regeneration in the southern Cascades, Lassen Volcanic National Park California, USA Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Dani Niziolek, Lucas B. Harris, Alan H. Taylor
Contemporary fire regimes in Californian forests are shifting, with fires becoming larger, more frequent, and increasingly severe. As landscapes transition back to active fire regimes, understanding how the physical environment and biological legacies of past disturbance interact with and determine forest development becomes an increasingly important management concern. We surveyed post-fire regeneration
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Detrimental impacts of flooding conditions on native tree recruitment but not on invasive plants Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Ezekiel J. Herrera-Bevan, Inés Ibáñez
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Tamm review: A meta-analysis of thinning, prescribed fire, and wildfire effects on subsequent wildfire severity in conifer dominated forests of the Western US Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Kimberley T. Davis, Jamie Peeler, Joseph Fargione, Ryan D. Haugo, Kerry L. Metlen, Marcos D. Robles, Travis Woolley
Increased understanding of how mechanical thinning, prescribed burning, and wildfire affect subsequent wildfire severity is urgently needed as people and forests face a growing wildfire crisis. In response, we reviewed scientific literature for the US West and completed a meta-analysis that answered three questions: (1) How much do treatments reduce wildfire severity within treated areas? (2) How do
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Do plants directly absorb nitrogen derived from deposition of wildfire smoke? Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Ziyan Huang, Xiaoyu Zhan, Yuanfan Ma, Pingxin Zhao, Mulualem Tigabu, Guangyu Wang, Haichuan Lin, Futao Guo
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Does soil nutrient heterogeneity affect the competition and adaptation of Vernicia montana? Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Yunlong Pan, Yue Fan, Can Chen, Han Lin
Plants respond to variations in soil nutrient distribution and the presence of neighboring plants, yet consensus is lacking on the impact of naturally heterogeneous soil nutrient environments on plant competition. This study employs pot experiments to simulate homogeneous and heterogeneous forest soil nutrient environments and designs neighbor competition experiments for , , and , to assess the impact
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Regeneration patterns of native and introduced oak species in Sweden: Investigating the roles of latitude, age, and environmental gradients Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Markus Franzén, Marcus Hall, Johanna Sunde, Anders Forsman
Oak species worldwide face substantial challenges in natural recruitment, significantly affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Oaks are a keystone species in northern temperate zones, influencing ecosystem dynamics. This study analysed oak regeneration patterns from 29 oak stands ( spp.) across southern Sweden up to the species’ northern range limit. The study focused on two native species
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Response of Ips bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to prescribed fire in South Carolina Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 J. Forest Palmer, David R. Coyle, W. Cory Heaton, John T. Nowak, Jess A. Hartshorn
bark beetles ( species; Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) play an important role in forest ecosystems by attacking injured, stressed, or dying pine () trees. Management of bark beetles has largely focused on prevention by maintaining tree health through silvicultural treatments including thinning to reduce basal area or prescribed fire. However, there is conflicting evidence of whether prescribed
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Forest habitat loss and human land use alter predation of artificial ground nests Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Sari Holopainen, Vesa Selonen, Heidi Krüger, Janne Kotanen, Toni Laaksonen, Elmo Miettinen, Aleksi Nurmi, Linda Uusihakala, Veli-Matti Väänänen
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European Atlantic deciduous forests are more resilient to fires than Pinus and Eucalyptus plantations Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Óscar Cruz, Sheila F. Riveiro, Juan García-Duro, Mercedes Casal, Otilia Reyes
In this study, we assess how ecosystem type affects the short-term post-fire resilience of fire-prone forests, which are the predominant ecosystems in South West (SW) Europe. For this purpose, we focused on three forest systems, widespread across the European Atlantic coast, which are highly susceptible to fires at their SW distribution boundary, namely the European thermophilous Atlantic deciduous
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Diverse leaf functional and phenotypic traits in hybrid oak individuals: Unveiling genetic variation, adaptation, and evolutionary potential within Quercus Species Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Xuan Li, Yongfu Li, Yousry A. El-Kassaby, Yanming Fang
Hybridization emerges as a formidable evolutionary force, countering differentiation and fostering adaptive variation within populations. Hybridization crafts novel plant traits suited for unique ecological niches, thus significantly contributing to evolutionary dynamics. Here, we collected 300 individuals from a mixed forest, home to four native oak species - and ( group), and and var. ( group). To
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Twenty-year responses of aspen stands to forest tent caterpillar defoliation and overstory dieback in Northeastern Ontario, Canada Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Rongzhou Man
Forest tent caterpillar ( Hbn.) is a major forest defoliator in North American boreal forests. This pest periodically affects hardwood trees such as trembling aspen ( Michx.) and balsam poplar ( L.) across large areas, causing mortality and altering stand attributes and long-term dynamics. In this study, I quantified the responses of aspen stands to forest tent caterpillar defoliation and overstory
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Trade-off of NSC allocation in response to the phosphorus limitation caused by increased stand age in Pinus massoniana Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Xiuxiu Deng, Wenfa Xiao, Lixiong Zeng, Lei Lei, Jin Xu, Xuebing Xin, Shunxiang Pei
The nutrient limitation due to increasing stand age is one of the reasons for affecting the growth of trees. However, non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) play an important role in plant adaptation to stress environment. Yet, little is known about the adaptation mechanism of NSC when faced with nutrient limitation caused by the increasing stand age. Here, we selected a chronosequence of Lamb. plantations
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Quantitative diagnosis of internal wood damage in living trees and its relationship with soil physicochemical properties: The case of an endangered desert riparian forest in Xinjiang, NW China Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Tayierjiang Aishan, Wen Jiang, Qian Cheng, Ümüt Halik, Florian Betz, Asadilla Yusup
Internal wood damage poses a significant threat to tree health, impacting wood quality, mechanical stability, and wind resistance, therby challenging forest resource conservation and sustainable management efforts. The health of , a keystone species, is crucial for the stability and sustainability of desert riparian forest ecosystems. Consequently, quantitatively diagnosing internal wood damage in
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Remotely-sensed phenoclusters of Wisconsin’s forests, shrublands, and grasslands for biodiversity applications Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 E.M.O. Silveira, A.M. Pidgeon, M. Persche, V.C. Radeloff
Heterogeneous vegetation supports higher species richness than homogenous vegetation, which is why efficiently identifying heterogenous vegetation can be useful for biodiversity conservation. Satellite remote-sensing data provide an opportunity to generate vegetation heterogeneity metrics and to explore the phenology of vegetation patterns. Phenoclusters are vegetation types with similar phenological
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Tamm review: Drought-induced Scots pine mortality – trends, contributing factors, and mechanisms Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Arun K. Bose, Arthur Gessler, Ulf Büntgen, Andreas Rigling
A recent increase in the intensity and frequency of climate extremes under global warming is likely to continue to cause unprecedented rates of forest dieback in different habitats around the world. As one of the most widely distributed tree species, Scots pine ( L.) has experienced widespread mortality over the past two decades and many of those forests transitioned to broadleaved dominance inducing
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Incidence and severity of Phoracantha-induced decline within high-elevation eucalypt woodlands are strongly associated with elevation and land management Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Matthew Theodore Brookhouse, Roger Farrow, Jozef Meyer, Keith McDougall, Jessica Ward-Jones, Genevieve T. Wright
Observations suggest that sudden canopy decline and death of widely dispersed individual trees, associated with wood-borer infestations, has recently expanded and intensified within high-elevation and stands on the Kosciuszko massif, southeast Australia. Despite reports of insect infestations and associated tree decline over four decades, the phenomenon has been poorly understood and the identity of
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Facilitating early boreal forest succession on waste rock using Ramial Chipped Wood mulch: A five-year study Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Simon Taurines, Marie Guittonny, Armand Séguin
After a mine is closed, waste rock storage areas must be revegetated to facilitate the return of ecosystem services and meet legal and social expectations. The restoration of forest ecosystems on waste rock through spontaneous colonization associated with primary succession can take decades and is still poorly studied. Adding a mulch of ramial chipped wood (RCW) could improve the physicochemical properties
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Verbenone (SPLAT® Verb) delays Ips typographus (L.) infestation and reduces infestation risk and severity in windthrown Norway spruce in Southwest Germany Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Tobias Frühbrodt, Helge Löcken, Baoguo Du, Christopher J. Fettig, Peter H.W. Biedermann, Jürgen Kreuzwieser, Tim Burzlaff, Horst Delb
Outbreaks of European spruce bark beetle, , often follow storms, and can result in losses of Norway spruce, , that largely exceed those caused by storms alone. Management actions to reduce losses attributed to mainly consist of salvage and sanitation logging of windthrown , which are sometimes limited by logistic capacities and constraints. Recent outbreaks across Europe have destroyed large areas
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A dendrochronological examination of a recent decline of chestnut oak across southern Indiana Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Cameron Dow, James J. Jacobs, Michael R. Saunders, Philip Marshall, Michael A. Jenkins
Oak () species are a major component of much of the eastern forest. Unfortunately, multiple species have experienced well-documented episodes of decline and mortality over the past century. A mortality event in chestnut oak () across southern Indiana in 2016 sparked concern about the health of chestnut oak, leading to an effort to identify factors that triggered and contributed to the event. We evaluated
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Estimating fine fuel loads in Eucalypt forests using forest inventory data and a modelling approach Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Trung H. Nguyen, Simon Jones, Karin J Reinke, Mariela Soto-Berelov
Eucalypt forests are vital for biodiversity and fire dynamics, with fine fuels serving as the primary ignition source and critical factors in determining fire intensity. Accurate measurement of fine fuel via destructive field methods is location and time-restricted, hindering the tracking of their dynamic variations across diverse landscapes. In response, this study utilised forest inventory data collected
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Assessing species composition and structural attributes across different habitats to evaluate changes and management effectiveness of protected mangroves Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Rignolda Djamaluddin, Rachael Holmes, Brama Djabar
Conservation and restoration of mangroves are necessary to meet global commitments for tackling the climate and biodiversity crises as well as reducing poverty. Management success is typically evaluated by estimating changes in vegetation cover, while changes in species composition and structural attributes across different habitats are often not considered. Here, we evaluated changes in mangrove composition
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Main drivers of productivity of Acacia mangium plantations in Vietnam Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Sang Minh Phan, Dung Pham, Cuong Chu
is one of the most important hardwood plantation species in the tropics. The question of how to grow productively and sustainably remains a major issue for the forestry sector in many tropical countries. We analyzed the productivity of plantations across five contrasting ecological zones in Vietnam. These covered gradients in rainfall from 1750 mm to 3060 mm and a mean annual temperature range of 22
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Tree improvement increases the growth of white spruce (Picea glauca): Evidence from 15-year-old operational plantations in Alberta Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Shes K. Bhandari, Bradley D. Pinno, Barb R. Thomas
The timber producing forest land-base in Alberta, Canada, is decreasing due to the increase in allocation of land to other uses such as agriculture, infrastructure, energy development and conservation areas, while the demand for forest products continues to increase. Tree improvement, first implemented in Alberta in 1975, is one strategy used for increasing forest productivity to meet an increasing
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Mode coupling and signal energy distribution in an open-grown European beech tree Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Sven Kolbe, Frederik Kammel, Annette Schmitt, Alexander Reiterer, Dirk Schindler
The wind-induced response of the branches, the stem, and the roots of an open-grown European beech ( L.) was investigated to determine how the airflow’s kinetic energy transferred to the tree is dissipated. The instrumentation in the above-ground tree parts consisted of 69 Tree Response Sensors. The response of the primary roots to the wind load was recorded with six Tree Strain Sensors. The measurements
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Interactions between leaf traits and environmental factors help explain the growth of evergreen and deciduous species in a subtropical forest Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Yuanzhi Qin, Congrong Wang, Tianyang Zhou, Yanan Fei, Yaozhan Xu, Xiujuan Qiao, Mingxi Jiang
It is well known that evergreen and deciduous species possess different functional traits and utilize different strategies in growth and adaptation to environments. However, little work has been done to elucidate whether leaf habits mediate the effect of trait-environment interactions on plant performance. In this study, our subjective was to illuminate whether relative growth rate of deciduous and
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Quantifying current and potential future impacts of balsam woolly adelgid infestation on forest biomass Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Michael J. Campbell, Justin P. Williams, Erin M. Berryman, William R.L. Anderegg
Balsam woolly adelgid ( BWA) is an invasive forest pest in the US whose infestation in fir forests can cause widespread tree mortality. A growing body of evidence suggests that the severity of BWA’s effects is linked to climatic conditions, where sites featuring seasonally warmer temperatures tend to demonstrate higher degrees of insect-induced forest degradation. Thus, a warming climate may promote
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Bottom-up population regulation of Orthotomicus erosus on irrigated and fertilized Pinus eldarica: A comprehensive field study Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Mona Ghorbanian, Azadeh Karimi-Malati, Mahdi Jalaeian, Mahmood Fazeli Sangani
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Mapping alien and native forest dynamics in Chile using Earth observation time series analysis Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Pilar Martin-Gallego, Christopher G. Marston, Adison Altamirano, Aníbal Pauchard, Paul Aplin
Chile is a global biodiversity hotspot and hosts a large proportion of the southern hemisphere’s temperate forests. The Chilean Valdivian temperate forest is a vulnerable ecosystem containing a highly ecologically valuable species assemblage. Productive forest plantations have involved deforestation of, and alien species introduction into, this ecosystem. This process has already severely impacted
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Fire effects on the reproductive potential of two dominant woody species along an elevation gradient in central Argentina Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Julieta Alinari, Ana M. Cingolani, Axel R. von Müller, Iván Barberá, Daniel Renison, Marcelo Cabido
Fire and elevation affect reproduction of woody species and, therefore, their distribution in the landscape; however, the effect of both factors are often confounded. In addition, plant size may also influence reproduction. Our objective was to investigate the combined effects of fire, elevation and pre-fire size on woody species reproductive potential in a seasonally dry mountain ecosystem. We tested
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Moderate-severity silvicultural methods generate better forest reorganization than other silvicultural methods in temperate rainforests four decades after implementation Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Pablo J. Donoso, Tomás Riquelme-Buitano, Celso Navarro, Daniel P. Soto, Anthony W. D’Amato
Silvicultural regeneration methods promote regeneration of new tree cohorts following the harvest of mature trees and include a gradient of options from cutting all (clearcuts) or some (selection cuts) trees resulting in even- or uneven-aged forests. For forest managers and landowners, it is essential to have the best possible information on how forests reorganize following these different methods
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Evidence of mesophication following selective cutting and shelterwood in Virginia’s eastern deciduous forest, USA Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Suzanne M. Ryan, Carolyn A. Copenheaver, David R. Carter, Jean H. Lorber
The replacement of oaks () with mesic tree species in the eastern deciduous forests of North America involves a positive feedback loop being driven by fire suppression and climate change. In this study, we explored the impact of timber harvesting as a potential facilitator of mesophication. Young stands resulting from shelterwoods (on federal lands) and selective cutting (on private lands) were sampled
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Population-level effects of prescribed fires on terrestrial salamanders Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Alison E. Ochs, Robert K. Swihart, Mike R. Saunders
Prescribed fires are widely used for oak () regeneration in hardwood forests, but the reported effects on terrestrial salamanders are variable, with some authors describing little to no effect of prescribed fire on salamanders and others reporting negative results. Factors such as variable fire intensity, sampling methodology, and imperfect salamander detection, which vary by study, may influence the
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Thinning intensity inhibits microbial metabolic limitation and promotes microbial carbon use efficiency in natural secondary forests in the Qinling Mountains Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Yahui Song, Hang Yang, Dongcai Huang, Chenglong Yan, Haibin Kang, Haiyu Qi, Hang Yu, Dexiang Wang
Forest ecosystems are important carbon (C) pools in terrestrial ecosystems, and the decomposition of soil organic matter depends on soil microbial metabolism. This study aimed to determine how forest thinning affects microbial metabolic limitation and microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE). We determined microbial metabolic limitations via extracellular enzymatic stoichiometry and microbial CUE by using
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Sustainable dry forest management for cattle ranching: The effects of deschampado practices on the shrub layer and the light environment in comparison to roller chopping Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Aranzazú Guevara, Ignacio Garzarón, Silvana A. Castrillo, Elena J. Condori, Gisela S. Córdoba, Melisa Méndez, Jonathan M. Caro, Florencia Reckziegel, María Cristina Camardelli
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Perspectives – Academic career in ecology: Effect of gender, caregiving labor, and the working environment Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Silvia B. Lomáscolo, María L. Sandoval-Salinas, Agustina Novillo, Gabriela Fontanarrosa, Ma. Gabriela Núñez Montellano, María Piquer-Rodríguez, Marisa Alvarez, Valeria Aschero, Verónica Chillo, María Elisa Fanjul, Fernanda Martínez-Gálvez, Edgardo J.I. Pero, Daniela Rodríguez, Natalia Schroeder, Lucía Zarbá
True meritocracy is only fair when a leveled playing field is guaranteed. Scientists with caregiving responsibilities, often women, carry a heavy burden of unpaid labour, and therefore suffer downfalls in performance. Centered on an online survey that circulated among Argentinean ecologists between March and June 2020, we explored some of the mechanisms that may be behind differential performance and
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Neighborhood competition modulates the link between crown structure and tree ring variability in monospecific and mixed forest stands Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Shamim Ahmed, Torben Hilmers, Enno Uhl, Martin Jacobs, Luke Bohnhorst, Bohdan Kolisnyk, Miren del Río, Hans Pretzsch
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Cascade effects of forest thinning on microbial composition and function of various tree species and multiple decomposition time series: Insights from deadwood decomposition in tropical forests Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 David Anderson, Yu-Ting Wu
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Corrigendum to “The effect of structural diversity on the self-thinning line, yield level, and density-growth relationship in even-aged stands of Norway spruce” [For. Ecol. Manag. 556 (2024) 121736] Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Hans Pretzsch, Torben Hilmers, Miren del Río
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Detection of green attack and bark beetle susceptibility in Norway Spruce: Utilizing PlanetScope Multispectral Imagery for Tri-Stage spectral separability analysis Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Aleksei Trubin, Giorgi Kozhoridze, Khodabakhsh Zabihi, Roman Modlinger, Vivek Vikram Singh, Peter Surový, Rastislav Jakuš
The detection of susceptible and attacked trees is a key factor in the management of bark beetle infestations. The challenge of early detection of infestations, due to invisible changes in the canopy color, consequently hinders the control of outbreaks in a timely manner. While many studies have examined the spectral characteristics during the green-attack stage, with no discernible needle discoloration
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Responses of a bird community to sporadic outbreaks of woody herbivorous insects in a temperate beech forest in Japan Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Kazuma Yasuda, Toru Taniwaki, Tatsuya Amano, Shinsuke Koike
Sporadic large outbreaks of herbivorous insects alter forest ecosystems via a top-down effect, and a high frequency of outbreaks led to the death of the trees on which the insects fed. The top-down effect of predators, such as other insects and birds, often regulates the outbreaks. Predator insects exert effective top-down control on outbreaks of herbivorous insects, but the effect of bird predation
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Damage prediction for planted longleaf pine in extreme winds Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Andrew W. Whelan, Seth W. Bigelow, Christina L. Staudhammer, Gregory Starr, Jeffery B. Cannon
Severe wind disturbances are forecast to increase in frequency and intensity with climate change putting forest trees at greater risk of wind damage. Of particular concern are mature and old-growth forests of wind-prone regions which host considerable biodiversity. Landscape configuration, stand structure, and tree characteristics affect susceptibility to wind damage. In managed forests and restoration