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Three-dimensional aerodynamic structure estimation and wind field simulation for wide tree shelterbelts Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Wenwen Yuan, Nianfu Zhu, Lei Zhang, Ran Tong, Yongzhao Miao, Fang Zhou, G. Geoff Wang, Tonggui Wu
The structural parameters of tree shelterbelts have traditionally focused on overall density, inadvertently overlooking potential heterogeneity within the forest structure. This oversight has led to considerable errors in wind field numerical simulations. In this study, aerodynamic parameters (A) were calculated for and shelterbelts with two rows, based on the method reported by Zhou et al. The wind
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How does position affect the decomposition of fine woody debris in subtropical forest? Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Chunsheng Wu, Xi Yuan, Guanghui Yang, Dehe Ning, Yi Zhang, Yuanqiu Liu, G. Geoff Wang
Fine woody debris (FWD: 1 cm ≤ diameter ≤ 10 cm) may be intercepted by understory vegetation (including the branches of canopy trees). However, the decay dynamics of aerial FWD are often overlooked. In this study, we collected wood from four different tree species (, , , and ) from four forests in subtropical China, and the mesh bag method was used to measure the remaining mass and microbial respiration
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Tree species, mycorrhizal associations, and land-use history as drivers of cohesion in soil biota communities and microbe-fauna interactions Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Petr Heděnec, Hanan Almahasheer, Qiang Lin, Yan Peng, Haifeng Zheng, David Pessanha Siqueira, Kai Yue, Umar Hussaini bin Tarmizi, Mohamad Aqmal-Naser, Siti Norasikin Ismail, Amirah Alias, Johannes Rousk, Lars Vesterdal
Community cohesion is a recent concept in ecology referring to the varying levels of connectivity and integration between populations of different taxonomic or functional groups within ecosystems. Positive cohesion denotes positive interactions such as mutualism or facilitation, while negative cohesion implies negative interactions such as competitive exclusion or a preference for different habitats
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Variable leaf nitrogen-phosphorus ratios and stable resorption strategies of Kandelia obovata along the southeastern coast of China Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Xiaofang Shi, Lin Zhang, Chao Liu, Yamian Zhang, Mao Wang, Wenqing Wang
Coastal mangroves are strongly nutrient-limited, but a comprehensive understanding of nutrient concentration and resorption strategies in mangrove ecosystems is lacking. In this study, we measured leaf chemical stoichiometry of the mangrove species in winter (January) and summer (July) at six sites covering the latitudinal range of the species (19°N to 28°N) in China. Leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus
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Leaf traits of Central-European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and oaks (Quercus petraea/robur): Effects of severe drought and long-term dynamics Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Frank M. Thomas, Sebastian Preusser, Bernhard Backes, Willy Werner
In 2018—2020, Central-European forests suffered from extremely hot and dry summers. We used data from long-term forest monitoring of six stands of European beech () and two stands of oak (/) growing on different geological substrates in the climatically uniform state of Saarland (south-western Germany) for analyzing leaf traits of the period 2004—2021. We aimed at detecting overall effects of the drought
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Are uneven-aged forests in Central Europe less affected by natural disturbances than even-aged forests? Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Johannes Mohr, Dominik Thom, Hubert Hasenauer, Rupert Seidl
Natural disturbances from wind and bark beetles have increased strongly in recent decades across Central Europe. As climate change will likely amplify disturbance activity further, disturbances are increasingly threatening the sustainable supply of ecosystem services to society. Management strategies to mitigate disturbances are thus urgently needed. In Central Europe, managing for complex, uneven-aged
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Drought effects on growth and density of temperate tree regeneration under different levels of nitrogen deposition Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Viktoria Dietrich, Mona Lauritz, Marie M. Roggenhofer, Jérôme Redlin-Weiß, Michael Huber, Josefine Schulte, Andrea Wanninger, Jörg Niederberger, Markus Hauck
Temperate forests in Central Europe suffer from climate change-induced productivity and vitality reductions and increased tree mortality. Most field work assessing climate change effects in forests refers to mature trees and does not cover interaction between climate change and nitrogen deposition. Here we show in a study of 54 forest sites representing different combinations of climatic conditions
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Patterns and predictors of mammalian taxonomic and functional species diversity in naturally fragmented Southern Mistbelt Forests in South Africa Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Mbalenhle T. Sosibo, David A. Ehlers Smith, Yvette C. Ehlers Smith, S. Thobeka Gumede, Samukelisiwe P. Ngcobo, Colleen T. Downs
Anthropogenic land-use change generally affects species movement, resource use, beta diversity and causes declines and changes in species diversity. In Africa, forest mammals are strongly affected by such anthropogenic factors. Functional diversity metrics have been used to understand changes in the landscape and how these affect species communities. Our study aimed to evaluate the response of forest
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Exploring the effects of forest management on tree diversity, community composition, population structure and carbon stocks in sudanian domain of Senegal, West Africa Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Niang Fatimata, Marchand Philippe, Sambou Bienvenu, Fenton Nicole
Human disturbances lead to forest degradation and a drastic reduction in forest area. In Africa, the most affected continent by this phenomenon, selective cutting of trees remains the main forest management strategy. However, the effects of management on biodiversity are insufficiently known, particularly in Africa. We investigated how forest management affects tree species diversity, composition,
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The influence of clearcut harvesting on bird communities in an adjacent protected area in Nova Scotia: Implications for buffer implementation Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 John Brazner, Frances MacKinnon, Jake Walker, Rob Cameron, Tara Crewe
Human activities adjacent to protected areas have been intensifying as human population grows, with protected areas in some regions effectively becoming islands within a sea of human development. Studies examining the effects of forest harvesting and deforestation on the biodiversity of adjacent protected areas have primarily focused on study areas within the tropics. Due to concerns about impacts
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Long-term effects of different harvesting intensities on soil microbial communities in a hardwood temperate forest Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Marie-Ève Roy, Yann Surget-Groba, David Rivest
Soil microbial communities regulate the fate of soil organic matter and allow plants to adjust to external conditions, tolerate stresses and modulate their nutrition in forest ecosystems. Yet, the long-lasting effects of different forest harvesting intensities on soil microbial communities remain poorly understood. We assessed even-aged (clear-cuts) and uneven-aged (partial harvests; 30% by single-tree
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Alliance between invasive plants management and farming: Cutting and livestock browsing reduce resprout and fruit production in an invasive shrub Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Lisandro Fernández, Carolina Carrizo García, David L. Vergara-Tabares
Biological invasions and land use change for extensive livestock are among the main threats to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the Anthropocene. Mechanical management actions against invasive plants are important to restore some of nature's contributions to people (, water provisioning). Mountain Chaco Woodlands in central Argentina have been occupied by livestock production for centuries
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Corrigendum to “Seasonal variation in Norway spruce response to inoculation with bark beetle-associated bluestain fungi one year after a severe drought” [For. Ecol. Manag. 496 (2021) 119443] Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Petter Öhrn, Mats Berlin, Malin Elfstrand, Paal Krokene, Anna Maria Jönsson
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Winter greening on the Tibetan Plateau induced by climate warming over 2000-2021 Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Jinxia Lv, Wei Yang, Miaogen Shen, Eryuan Liang, Yuan Jiang, Jin Chen, Xuehong Chen, Nan Jiang, Licong Liu, Wenwu Zhao, Josep Peñuelas
Climate warming is expected to increase growth and expansion of evergreen vegetation in many cold regions, with substantial influences on ecological and atmospheric processes. Nevertheless, the direction and magnitude of changes in productivity (greenness) of evergreen vegetation, as well as their potential drivers, remain unclear in many parts of the world. The woody evergreen vegetation on the Tibetan
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Soil factors and genetic variation regulate intraspecific growth in Norway spruce (Picea abies) Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Matti J. Salmela, Sannakajsa M. Velmala, Katri Himanen, Tiina Ylioja, Taina Pennanen
Genotypic tradeoffs along environmental gradients help maintain diversity in functional traits in the wild and limit the range of suitable environments for each genotype in tree breeding programmes. Little is still known of the capacity of abiotic and biotic soil variation to generate marked shifts in genotypic performance ranks. We examined the potential of belowground soil factors to bring about
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Broadcast burning has persistent, but subtle, effects on understory composition and structure: Results of a long-term study in western Cascade forests Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Charles B. Halpern, Ann L. Lezberg, Richard E. Bigley
Approaches to forest management have changed markedly in the Pacific Northwest in recent decades, yet legacies of past management persist on the landscape. Following clearcut logging, woody residues were typically burned to reduce future fire hazard, create planting spots, facilitate natural recruitment, and retard growth of competing vegetation. We asked whether legacies of broadcast burning persist
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Calibration models for diameter and height growth of Norway spruce growing in uneven-aged stands in Finland Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Daesung Lee, Jaakko Repola, Simone Bianchi, Jouni Siipilehto, Mika Lehtonen, Hannu Salminen, Jari Hynynen
The great interest in continuous cover forestry (CCF) in Finland has increased the need for tools to predict tree growth in uneven-aged stands. Growth predictions are commonly obtained with stand simulators like MOTTI, which is primarily targeted at even-aged stands for rotation forestry (RF) in Finland. The aims of this study were: 1) to test how the existing individual tree growth models of MOTTI
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Drought decreases symbiotic nitrogen fixation and nitrogen transfer in a Populus tomentosa-Hippophae rhamnoides mixed plantation on the semiarid Loess Plateau, China Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Yakun Tang, Lina Wang, Ying Zhou, Xueqi Geng, Xu Deng, Zeling Zhang
Nitrogen-fixing tree species (NFTs) have been widely planted in mixed plantations to increase ecosystem available N. However, it is not clear whether symbiotic nitrogen fixation by NFTs, interspecific N transfer in mixed plantations, and the factors that affect them vary under different soil water conditions in semiarid regions. Therefore, symbiotic N fixation by and N transfer from to in a mixed plantation
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Flammulated owl distribution and habitat associations during the breeding season in the western United States Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Robert A. Miller, Zachary P. Wallace, Robert C. Skorkowsky, Jennifer A. Blakesley, Markus Mika, Joseph B. Buchanan, Jay D. Carlisle, Michael Green
The flammulated owl is a small insectivorous owl that occupies forests in western North America during the spring and summer breeding season. The species has not been extensively studied across its range but is considered sensitive or at risk by many states, provinces, and forest management agencies. We implemented the largest survey ever performed for this species across multiple western states to
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Shrub interaction with oak seedlings under high herbivory pressure: The role of ontogeny, drought, and plant competition Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Miquel Capó, Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada, Marta Peláez, Guillermo Carranza, Daniel Gambra, Ramón Perea
Land use changes occurring during the last decades have caused new challenges in forest management of Mediterranean ecosystems, such as overpopulation of wild ungulates. This is causing serious impacts on forest regeneration, particularly increased seedling mortality of dominant tree species. This study aims to unravel whether oak seedlings could be facilitated by non-palatable shrubs under herbivory
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Rare spatio-temporal interactions between conspecific species mingling and size inequality in a diverse Afromontane forest Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Arne Pommerening, Graham Durrheim, Anna Mariager Behrend
Spatial indices of tree diversity have often been proposed as surrogates of direct measures of biodiversity. They are comparatively straightforward to measure as part of forest ecosystem monitoring designed to alert to potentially negative effects of ongoing climate change. The loss of biodiversity, which is thought to be related to a decline in tree diversity, is perceived as a substantial threat
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Forest fire susceptibility mapping based on precipitation-constrained cumulative dryness status information in Southeast China: A novel machine learning modeling approach Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Longlong Zhao, Yuankai Ge, Shanxin Guo, Hongzhong Li, Xiaoli Li, Luyi Sun, Jinsong Chen
Frequent forest fires cause severe damage to the ecological service functions of forest ecosystems. Machine learning (ML) techniques have gained widespread use for forest fire susceptibility mapping due to their potent nonlinear learning capabilities. However, prior research has devoted insufficient attention to negative sample sampling, leading to overestimated fire susceptibility. Furthermore, the
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Nutrient addition increases insect herbivory in Nothofagus antarctica on North-Patagonian forests Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Lucía C. Martínez, Joana P. Haedo, Néstor Pérez-Méndez, Facundo Fioroni, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Hugo J. Marrero
The change in nutrient availability in the soil can affect key functions of forest ecosystems, such as insect herbivory. Although insect herbivory is particularly relevant because it can impact on the growth and mortality of forest plant species, the evidence of the impacts of fertilizers addition on herbivory patterns is limited. In this study, we specifically evaluated how herbivory frequency on
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Extraction of the spatial structure of Chinese fir plantations stands based on unmanned aerial vehicle and its effect on AGB Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Xiang Huang, Yichen Chen, Hongru Tan, Yao Zhang, Shuhan Yu, Xiangyu Chen, Kunyong Yu, Jian Liu
As the most dominant fast-growing timber species in China, exploring the response of aboveground biomass to stand spatial structure parameters in Chinese fir () is of great significance for improving forest quality and carbon sequestration capacity. In this study, we used unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) point cloud data to extract forest parameters and constructed weighted Voronoi diagrams to determine
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Above- and belowground carbon stocks under differing silvicultural scenarios Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Anne Ola, William Devos, Mathieu Bouchard, Marc J. Mazerolle, Patricia Raymond, Alison D. Munson
Despite the need for climate change mitigation and altered forest management practices, little is known about the impacts of silvicultural practices such as partial-cuts and clear-cuts on forest ecosystem carbon (C) dynamics. Specifically, the effect of these two overstory treatments on C pools other than the aboveground biomass of trees remains poorly understood. Here, C stocks were estimated for
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Functional and structural attributes of Brazilian tropical and subtropical forests and savannas Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Cléber Rodrigo de Souza, Fernanda Coelho de Souza, Renata Dias Françoso, Vinícius Andrade Maia, José Roberto Rodrigues Pinto, Pedro Higuchi, Ana Carolina Silva, Jamir Afonso do Prado Júnior, Camila Laís Farrapo, Eddie Lenza, Henrique Mews, Helena L. Lemos Rocha, S.ílvia L. Mota, Ana L.ívia de Carvalho Rodrigues, André Maciel da Silva-Sene, Denise Madeira Moura, Felipe de Carvalho Araújo, Fernanda de
Across tropical and subtropical forests and savannas, variation in temperature, precipitation, and edaphic preferences is related to functional characteristics turnover across space. Here we use a unique dataset of 133 woody community sites (127 ha sample and 1351 species included) covering six forest and savanna vegetation types, to reexamine structural and functional patterns and their environmental
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Regional variability and determinants of tree growth in Araucaria angustifolia plantations Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Gabriela Morais Olmedo, Leonardo Marques Urruth, Juliano Morales de Oliveira
Tree plantations with native species combine economic and environmental gains but are still underrepresented in the plantations of tropical countries. In Brazil, is one of the most relevant native species considered for plantation. This conifer characterizes the mixed rainforests from southeast of South America, which were overexploited over the 20th to early 21st century due to the valuable timber
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Detection and evaluation of anthropogenic impacts on natural forest ecosystems from long-term tree-ring observations Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Mikhail I. Bogachev, Andrey A. Grigoriev, Nikita S. Pyko, Alexey N. Gulin, Alena V. Grigorieva, Alexander S. Chindyaev, Airat R. Kayumov, Denis V. Tishin
Anthropogenic interventions lead to various direct and indirect impacts on natural ecosystems that are often hindered by natural long-term variability, and thus their detection and evaluation remain challenging. Ecological systems are strongly affected by climate variations that typically exhibit long-term correlations capable of imitating or hindering external trends in finite-time observations, thus
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Habitat heterogeneity shapes multiple diversity dimensions of fruit-feeding butterflies in an environmental gradient in the Brazilian Cerrado Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Geraldo de Brito Freire Jr., Ivone Rezende Diniz, Danielle M. Salcido, Hernani Fernandes Magalhães Oliveira, Chanchanok Sudta, Thayane Silva, Hanna Rodrigues, João Paulo Dias, Lee A. Dyer, Fabrícius Maia Chaves Bicalho Domingos
Habitat heterogeneity affects species distribution, and a better understanding of this relationship can inform biodiversity conservation. To understand how habitat heterogeneity affects multiple dimensions of biodiversity, we sampled fruit-feeding butterflies within savannah woodlands and gallery forests from July 2012 to June 2013 in the Cerrado. A total of 3459 individuals representing 56 species
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Infestation patterns of two bark beetle species in multi-species coniferous forests on Kunashir Island in North Pacific Ocean region Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Aleksandr Karpov, Nana Pirtskhalava-Karpova, Aleksei Trubin, Pavel Mezei, Maria Potterf, Rastislav Jakuš
Bark beetle outbreaks are a significant cause of high tree mortality rates, dramatically impacting the resilience of forests. Understanding the triggers and impacts of these outbreaks is critical for effective forest management strategies. In this context, we studied windfall and bark beetle outbreaks in the period 2015–2021 in the southern part of Kurilskiy Nature Reserve, North Pacific Ocean region
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Linking plant traits to ecosystem service provision through a management gradient in a tropical dry forest Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Giacomo Sellan, W.W.M.Anuradha B. Medawatte, Sudheera M.W. Ranwala, Mohamed C.M. Iqbal, Francis Q. Brearley
The exploitation of pristine forests decreases their functional diversity and ecosystem service provision. The forest management strategies of some rural societies, though, can increase the provision of specific ecosystem services useful to the community. This is tightly linked to shifts in forest functional traits, but few studies have investigated the changes to multiple provisioning, cultural and
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Bio-fertilisation with native plant growth promoting rhizobacteria increases the tolerance of the neotropical legume tree Caesalpinia spinosa to water deficit Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Irene Cordero, José J. Pueyo, Ana Rincón
Bio-fertilisation with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can be extremely beneficial for plant development and growth under harsh environments. PGPR have been recently successfully applied in restoration programmes, but locally adapted strains are needed for successful outcomes. In this study, we evaluated the effect of bio-fertilisation with selected native PGPR strains on the growth and
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Acclimation of thinned lodgepole pine trees to wind Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Mark Rudnicki, Candace C. Serben, Victor J. Lieffers, Rick Pelletier
This study investigated the wind-driven sway patterns of 10 trees in an even-aged lodgepole pine stand ten years following thinning. This stand was previously investigated by Rudnicki (2003), who documented the changed patterns of mapped stem frequency distribution of boles on half of the trees shortly after thinning. Ten years later, the same trees were re-instrumented to evaluate the changes patterns
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Contribution of environmental factors to post-typhoon litterfall stability in subtropical montane cloud forests of the Asia-Pacific region Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Cho-ying Huang, Hung-Chi Liu, Chih-Hsin Chung
Tropical cyclones are primary perturbations in some tropical/subtropical regions, and Taiwan is one of the most frequently perturbed tropical cyclone (named “typhoon” in the region) areas in the world. Assessing ecological stability is challenging due to the high temporal frequency of typhoon occurrence. Surprisingly, there was a rare nontyphoon year in 2018. Along with regular (2017) and extreme (2016)
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The downhill positions exhibit higher microbial network complexity and ecosystem multifunctionality compared to the upper slopes Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Dan Xiao, Xunyang He, Wei Zhang, Meifeng Chen, Peilei Hu, Hanqing Wu, Xionghui Liao, Kelin Wang
Soil microbial communities play a crucial role in regulating multiple ecosystem functions. However, the specific influence of functional microbiomes, such as protists, bacteria, and fungi, and their interactions in response to ecosystem multifunctionality along slope positions remains largely unknown. We investigated the relationship between ecosystem multifunctionality and microbial index in the downhill
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Promotion of cold stress tolerance in transplanted Pinus densiflora seedlings after long-term moderate drought hardening Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Siyeon Byeon, Seohyun Kim, Jeonghyun Hong, Tae Kyung Kim, Woojin Huh, Kunhyo Kim, Minsu Lee, Hojin Lee, Sukyung Kim, Chanoh Park, Wookyung Song, Ah Reum Han, Changyoung Oh, Umashankar Chandrasekaran, Hyun Seok Kim
Cold stress is one of the abiotic stresses experienced by trees. Especially, the first winter after transplantation to the forest is critical for the survival of a tree. Drought hardening could improve various abiotic and biotic stress tolerance. Therefore, we applied different drought hardening intensity, from ‘moderate’ or ‘severe,’ to seedlings and assessed which drought hardening intensity improve
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Invasion of Red Turpentine Beetles led to the increase of native trunk-boring beetles in Chinese pine stands Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Yizhou Liu, Bingtao Gao, Liangliang Bian, Lili Ren, Youqing Luo
The Red Turpentine Beetle () is a forest pest that invaded China from North America. There is few research on the damage characteristics of in China, particularly given the changes in its biological and ecological characteristics compared to its original habitat. The impact of this exotic bark beetle native insects is also insufficiently studied. In our study, we felled 12 damaged trees, categorizing
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Iterative nearest neighbour age-height curve adjustment: Addressing the impact of spatial heterogeneity on longitudinal forestry provenance trial data Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Kate F. Peterson, Tongli Wang
Spatial heterogeneity in long term forestry genetics trials can obscure genetic variation and influence conclusions made based on the data. Nearest neighbour adjustment methods have been employed to account for spatial patterns, however such methods are limited in their applicability to longitudinal provenance trial data because of the need to account for repeated measures as well as the interest in
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Early detection of bark beetle (Ips typographus) infestations by remote sensing – A critical review of recent research Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Markus Kautz, Joachim Feurer, Petra Adler
Bark beetle disturbances increasingly threaten structure and functionality of temperate and boreal forests globally. The early detection of bark beetle-infested trees, i.e. before beetles’ emergence from the breeding tree, is essential for an effective outbreak mitigation. Terrestrial control surveys as traditionally employed for infestation detection, however, are resource-intensive and approach their
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Changes in in-stream wood characteristics and riparian vegetation across a forest rotation in New Zealand’s plantation forests Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Brenda Robin Baillie, Mark Owen Kimberley
Information on wood dynamics across a forest rotation in streams within plantation forests is sparse. Understanding temporal changes in in-stream wood in plantation forests can assist in identifying when additional targeted interventions aimed at maintaining in-stream wood supplies may be ecologically beneficial. This study measured changes in in-stream wood and riparian vegetation in 14 streams in
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Species and landscape variation in tree regeneration and 17 years of change in forested wetlands invaded by emerald ash borer Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Scott R. Abella, Karen S. Menard, Timothy A. Schetter, Constance E. Hausman
Understanding variation in tree regeneration among species and sites, and how well forest size class distribution (seedlings, saplings, and trees) portends long-term species compositional change, may assist managing forests during contemporary global change rapidly altering forests, such as after invasion by introduced pests. In northwestern Ohio, one of the North American regions longest invaded by
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Floodplain and in-channel large wood storage in the fluvial corridor of an actively meandering river Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Tomáš Galia, Lenka Kuglerová, V.áclav Škarpich
Large wood (LW) found in both the river channel and the floodplain significantly influences geomorphic processes in the fluvial corridor and plays a vital role in ecological processes. In this study, we investigate the spatial distribution, characteristics, and sources of LW within the entire fluvial corridor of the actively meandering Odra River in Czechia. This region has been subject to long-term
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Large wood recruitment, retention and mobilization in low-order streams of the Brazilian Savanna Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Sarah Oliveira Saraiva, Paulo Santos Pompeu
The delivery of wood to streams varies in space and time and may occur continuously or episodically. Once in a stream, wood may be retained or transported due to the balance between driving (water flow) and resisting forces (channel features and wood characteristics). Despite there being few studies directly measuring wood mobility, notable variations in annual transport rates and mean travelled distances
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Integration of tree-ring data, Landsat time series, and ALS-derived topographic variables to quantify growth declines in black spruce Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Alexandre Morin-Bernard, Alexis Achim, Nicholas C. Coops, Joanne C. White
Forest ecosystems and timber products are expected to play a determining role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. As the frequency and severity of natural disturbances increase, remote sensing technologies prove crucial for detecting and assessing the impact of natural disturbance on forest condition and productivity. Although satellite-based remote sensing is commonly used for measuring the
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Variations in fine root biomass, morphology, and vertical distribution in both trees and understory vegetation among Chinese fir plantations Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Gaochao Zheng, Xiangping Su, Xiaolin Chen, Mingyan Hu, Wen Ju, Bingzhang Zou, Sirong Wang, Zhenyu Wang, Dafeng Hui, Jianfen Guo, Guangshui Chen
The nutrient limitation hypothesis has often been used to explain the late stage decline in productivity of tree plantations. However, few studies have considered the role of fine roots (≤ 2 mm) may play in the process, and even fewer have considered the impact of understory vegetation. Here we assessed how fine root morphological traits, such as specific root length (SRL) and root tissue density (RTD)
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Winter diet overlap among moose, roe deer and red deer in coniferous and mixed forests depends on snow cover depth Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Mirosław Ratkiewicz, Eric Coissac, Magdalena Świsłocka, Magdalena Czajkowska, Rafał Kowalczyk, Marta Czernik, Pierre Taberlet
Several sympatric deer species that utilize the same, limited resources during the lean season may compete for food resources and thus strongly affect forest regeneration and increase wildlife-forestry conflicts. Using fecal DNA metabarcoding, we studied winter diet compositions, food preferences, and dietary niche partitioning among moose, roe deer, and red deer in NE Poland during harsh (snowy) and
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Satellite-detected decreases in caribou lichen cover, Cladonia (Cladina) spp., over Eastern Canada during the last three decades Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Liming He, Wenjun Chen, Robert H. Fraser, Isabelle Schmelzer, André Arsenault, Sylvain G. Leblanc, Julie Lovitt, H. Peter White, Sabrina Plante, Alexis Brodeur
Caribou lichens, Cladonia () spp., are a slow-growing, vital winter forage for caribou that are likely to be influenced by global warming. However, the large-scale response of caribou lichens to changing global climate remains unclear. Here, we derived caribou lichen cover maps for two time periods ∼30 years apart (i.e., the late 1980 s, and 2020 s) using Landsat satellite imagery for a region (0.59
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Montane Central Appalachian forests provide refuge for the critically endangered rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Mark J. Hepner, Ellison Orcutt, Kyle Price, Karen Goodell, T’ai Roulston, Robert P. Jean, Rodney T. Richardson
The mountains of Central Appalachia are rich with environmental variance and host a wide variety of community types and diverse flora and fauna. The once common rusty patched bumble bee (RPBB, ) has experienced widespread declines and was believed to have been extirpated throughout the Lower Midwest, Northeast and Appalachian regions of the United States (U.S.). We document the occurrence and environmental
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Examining spatial dynamics and interactions of planted alien, native, and invasive alien species in China’s largest artificial mangrove forest Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Kai Liu, Yuanhui Zhu, Xuewei Dang, Soe W. Myint, Lin Liu, Jingjing Cao
The planted alien mangrove species (i.e., , SOA) was deliberately introduced to control the growth and spread of invasive species (i.e., , SA) and restore mangrove ecosystems in Qi’ao Island, the largest artificially planted mangrove reserve of China. However, the effects of the alien species triggered a debate over whether they invaded or restored the mangrove vegetation. There is a gap in observing
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Causes of a seedling recruitment advantage for an encroaching oak over a historically dominant oak in a fire-restored open oak woodland Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 G.L. Williams, J. Stephen Brewer
The lack of natural oak regeneration within forests is one of the most pressing conservation issues facing oak-dominated ecosystems in eastern North America. Although the restoration of suitable fire regimes appears to favor oaks over fire-sensitive mesophytes in many cases, differences in the effects of fire restoration on different species of oak have not received nearly as much attention. In particular
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Assessing spatial patterns of burn severity for guiding post-fire salvage logging in boreal forests of Eastern Canada Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Victor Danneyrolles, Charlotte Smetanka, Richard Fournier, Jonathan Boucher, Luc Guindon, Kaysandra Waldron, Jean-François Bourdon, Djoan Bonfils, Milène Beaudoin, Jacques Ibarzabal, Sergio Rossi, Yan Boucher
Areas affected by forest fires are increasing worldwide, making salvage logging (i.e., harvesting fire-affected trees) an increasingly used practice to reduce the economic impacts of fire on forestry. However, salvage logging can have strong ecological impacts, notably on post-fire forest regeneration and biodiversity. Burn severity (i.e., the degree to which fires impact the vegetation and soil) is
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Restoring farmland to forest increases phosphorus limitation based on microbial and soil C:N:P stoichiometry-a synthesis across China Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Hong Chen, Shuting Zhang, Changwei Ma, Yangzhou Xiang, Jianping Wu
Soil and microbial biomass C:N:P ecological stoichiometry can indicate element balance and energy flow, which plays a vital role in the terrestrial biogeochemical cycle. However, comprehensive understanding is still lack on the belowground stoichiometric balance and the related factors in large-scale returning farmland to forest lands. Here, a meta-analysis with 2469 pair observations was used to explore
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Nitrogen fertilization increases N2O emission but does not offset the reduced radiative forcing caused by the increased carbon uptake in boreal forests Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Mats G. Öquist, Hongxing He, Anna Bortolazzi, Mats B. Nilsson, Mirco Rodeghiero, Roberto Tognetti, Maurizio Ventura, Gustaf Egnell
Net primary production in boreal coniferous forests is generally severely limited by N deficiency. Nitrogen fertilization has thus the potential to strongly increase forest tree biomass production in the boreal region and consequently increase the biosphere uptake of atmospheric CO. Increased N availability may though increase the production and emission of soil NO, counteracting the climate mitigation
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Consequences of tree species mixture for growth and damage based on large-scale inventory data in Finland Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Helena M. Henttonen, Aino Smolander, Harri Mäkinen
Interest in growing mixed species stands has increased in recent years, and the cultivation of mixed stands is promoted in silvicultural guidelines and forest certification systems. Mixtures of tree species have often increased biomass production, but the effect of species mixture on productivity has been small in studies conducted in the Nordic countries. However, several previous studies are based
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Forest soil classification for intensive pine plantation management: “Site Productivity Optimization for Trees” system Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Rachel Cook, Thomas R. Fox, Howard Lee Allen, Chris W. Cohrs, Vicent Ribas-Costa, Andrew Trlica, Matthew Ricker, David R. Carter, Rafael Rubilar, Otávio Campoe, Timothy J. Albaugh, Pete Kleto, Ed O’Brien, Kirk McEachern
Forest productivity and response to silvicultural treatments are dependent on inherent site resource availability and limitations. Trees have deeper rooting profiles than agronomic crops, so evaluating the impacts of soils, geology, and physiographic province on forest productivity can help guide silvicultural management decisions in southern pine plantations. Here, we describe the Forest Productivity
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Flood dynamics and tree resilience: First-year seedlings of five floodplain forest species responding to diverse inundation scenarios Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 John E. Tracy, Ajay Sharma, Matthew Deitch, James Colee, Mack Thetford, Daniel Johnson
Altered river hydrology caused by anthropogenic and climatic influences is a global issue causing riparian vegetation species shifts and decline. To help inform efforts to mitigate forest composition shifts through floodplain flow restoration, we tested the first-year responses of three common swamp species, water tupelo ( Ogeechee tupelo and pop ash ), and two common bottomland hardwood species, overcup
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Perspective: Flawed assumptions behind analysis of litter decomposition, steady state and fire risks in Australia Forest Ecol. Manag. (IF 3.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Mark A. Adams, Mathias Neumann
Assumptions first made in the 1960’s that litter (1) decomposes to completion, (2) accumulates following a negative exponential pattern, (3) reaches a steady state limit and (4) is constant thereafter, remain overwhelmingly used to parameterize models and predict litter mass and fire risk in south-eastern Australian forest and woodlands. None of these assumptions hold. There is no evidence that any