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Morpho-Anatomical Characteristics and Volatile Profiles of Pinus nigra J.F.Arnold from the Balkan Peninsula and Southern Carpathians Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Zorica S. Mitić, Biljana M. Nikolić, Jelena P. Stojković, Snežana Č. Jevtović, Gordana S. Stojanović, Bojan K. Zlatković, Petar D. Marin
This is the first report on morpho-anatomical and phytochemical differentiation of 19 native populations representing different Pinus nigra J.F.Arnold subspecies (banatica (Borbás) Novák, dalmatica (Vis.) Franco, nigra, and pallasiana (Lamb.) Holmboe) in the Balkans and Southern Carpathians. The 9 morpho-anatomical characteristics and 10 headspace volatiles of needles were analyzed with multivariate
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Effects of Different Thinning Intensities on Carbon Storage in Pinus koraiensis Middle-Aged Plantations in Northeast China Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Nazmus Sakib, Tika Ram Poudel, Yuanqin Hao, Nathan James Roberts, Abdul-Qadir Iddrisu, Saraswoti Adhikari, Peng Zhang
Forest ecosystems are essential to the global carbon cycle because they are the biggest terrestrial carbon reserves. In the management of forests, thinning is a commonly employed strategy, impacting the respiration and biomass loss of trees, thereby modifying forest carbon dynamics. However, there is a lack of scientific research to confirm the impacts of thinning intensities on carbon storage in trees
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Characteristics of Bacterial Communities under Different Tree Species and Their Response to Soil Physicochemical Properties Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Zhe Chen, Suyan Li, Xiangyang Sun, Libing He, Wenzhi Zhou, Guanyu Zhao, Jiantao Yu, Xueting Bai, Jinshuo Zhang
This study investigates the structure of soil bacterial communities in the brown mountain soils beneath the deciduous broadleaf forests of Dongling Mountain and their response to soil physicochemical properties. Aiming to provide a scientific basis for soil conservation and sustainable forest development under deciduous broadleaf forests, this research utilized high-throughput sequencing technology
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Unveiling the Influence of Climate and Technology on Forest Efficiency: Evidence from Chinese Provinces Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Rizwana Yasmeen, Wasi Ul Hassan Shah
The objective of this study is to examine the impact of climate and technology on forest efficiency (FE) in China’s provinces from 2002 to 2020. First, the study used SBM-data envelopment analysis (SBM-DEA) to estimate Chinese provinces’ FE using multidimensional forest inputs and outputs. The climate influence is assessed using temperature, precipitation, sunlight hours, and carbon dioxide levels
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Drought Impact on Eco-Physiological Responses and Growth Performance of Healthy and Declining Pinus sylvestris L. Trees Growing in a Dry Area of Southern Poland Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Barbara Benisiewicz, Sławomira Pawełczyk, Francesco Niccoli, Jerzy Piotr Kabala, Giovanna Battipaglia
In recent years, several drought events hit Poland, affecting its forests. In Opole, Poland, tons of Pinus sylvestris L. deadwood is removed every year due to drought. Understanding the physiological mechanisms underlying tree vulnerability to drought, and tree responses, is important to develop forest management strategies to face the ongoing climate change. This research provides comprehensive local-scale
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Response of Soil Fungal-Community Structure to Crop-Tree Thinning in Pinus massoniana Plantation Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Qian Lyu, Huiqin Yang, Biran Yin, Yongqi Xiang, Kuangji Zhao, Guirong Hou, Gang Chen, Chuan Fan, Xianwei Li
To address the ecological challenges arising from pure forest plantations and the wood supply–demand imbalance, implementing sustainable forest management is paramount. Accordingly, we studied crop trees at three densities (100, 150, and 200 N/ha) in a subtropical Pinus massoniana plantation. Our study revealed that the dominant phyla and genera within the fungal community remained largely consistent
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Mixed-Species Stands Improve the Coordination between Leaf and Fine Root Traits in a Common Garden Experiment Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Yuxin Li, Cancan Zhang, Yiqing Cheng, Shiqi Zeng, Shiyun Yang, Xiaofan Lin, Jianmin Shi, Wensheng Bu
The coordination between leaf and root traits is conducive to an integrated understanding of whole-plant ecological strategies and reveals how community composition and diversity contribute to defining the functions and services of ecosystems. However, there is limited understanding regarding the impact of species richness and trait categories on the coordination between leaf and root traits. Based
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Combatting Climate Change within the EU Green Deal in Contemporary Forestry Administrative Systems: A Case Study of the Umbria Region Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Francesco Barbarese, Zacharoula S. Andreopoulou, Walter Mattioli, Loredana Oreti, Francesco Carbone
The integration of digital technologies into forest management is crucial for the European Union’s Green Deal, the Forestry Strategy 2030, and Italy’s national forestry strategy, aiming to enhance governance and efficiency. However, sustainable forest management’s administrative aspects are often overlooked, despite the potential for digital tools to significantly improve environmental performance
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Dynamic Change and Attribution Regarding Fractional Vegetation Coverage in Mengdong River Basin Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Dan Cao, Shizhi Wen
The situation of rocky desertification in the southwestern part of China is very serious and has been included as one of three major ecological problems. In this study, using Landsat images as the data sources, we estimated the fractional vegetation coverage (FVC) in the Mengdong River Basin in the Hunan Province over the past 40 years, analyzed its spatio-temporal variation characteristics, and explored
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Plant Adaptation to Extreme Environments in Drylands—Series II: Studies from Northwest China Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Xiao-Dong Yang, Sai-Qiang Li, Guang-Hui Lv, Nai-Cheng Wu, Xue-Wei Gong
Arid and semi-arid lands cover more than one-third of the Earth’s terrestrial area [...]
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Wood Basic Density in Large Trees: Impacts on Biomass Estimates in the Southwestern Brazilian Amazon Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Flora Magdaline Benitez Romero, Thais de Nazaré Oliveira Novais, Laércio Antônio Gonçalves Jacovine, Eronildo Braga Bezerra, Rosana Barbosa de Castro Lopes, Juliana Sousa de Holanda, Edi Flores Reyna, Philip Martin Fearnside
Wood basic density (WD) plays a crucial role in estimating forest biomass; moreover, improving wood-density estimates is needed to reduce uncertainties in the estimates of tropical forest biomass and carbon stocks. Understanding variations in this density along the tree trunk and its impact on biomass estimates is underexplored in the literature. In this study, the vertical variability of WD was assessed
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Phytophthora Communities Associated with Agathis australis (kauri) in Te Wao Nui o Tiriwa/Waitākere Ranges, New Zealand Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Shannon Hunter, Ian Horner, Jack Hosking, Ellena Carroll, Jayne Newland, Matthew Arnet, Nick Waipara, Bruce Burns, Peter Scott, Nari Williams
Studies of Phytophthora impact in forests generally focus on individual species without recognition that Phytophthora occur in multispecies communities. This study investigated community structure of Phytophthora species in the rhizosphere of Agathis australis (kauri) in Te Wao Nui o Tiriwa/Waitākere Ranges, New Zealand, in the context of kauri dieback disease expression. Soil sampling and tree monitoring
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Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning-Based Predictive Models for Fine Dead Fuel Moisture of Subtropical Forest in China Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Xiang Hou, Zhiwei Wu, Shihao Zhu, Zhengjie Li, Shun Li
The moisture content of fine dead surface fuel in forests is a crucial metric for assessing its combustibility and plays a pivotal role in the early warning, occurrence, and spread of forest fires. Accurate prediction of the moisture content of fine dead fuel on the forest surface is a critical challenge in forest fire management. Previous research on fine surface fuel moisture content has been mainly
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Pine-YOLO: A Method for Detecting Pine Wilt Disease in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Remote Sensing Images Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Junsheng Yao, Bin Song, Xuanyu Chen, Mengqi Zhang, Xiaotong Dong, Huiwen Liu, Fangchao Liu, Li Zhang, Ying-Bo Lu, Chang Xu, Ran Kang
Pine wilt disease is a highly contagious forest quarantine ailment that spreads rapidly. In this study, we designed a new Pine-YOLO model for pine wilt disease detection by incorporating Dynamic Snake Convolution (DSConv), the Multidimensional Collaborative Attention Mechanism (MCA), and Wise-IoU v3 (WIoUv3) into a YOLOv8 network. Firstly, we collected UAV images from Beihai Forest and Linhai Park
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Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: An Innovative Tool for Rapid Identification of Hylurgus ligniperda, an Invasive Pest Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Jianlin Wang, Jing Tao, Zhijun Dong, Jiaqiang Zhu
Hylurgus ligniperda is an imported quarantine plant pest in China. Its identification is usually based on morphological characteristics; therefore, species identification needs high professional requirements of staff and professionals with high experience accumulated through long-term training. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is a rapid identification
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Plant Species and Functional Diversity of Novel Forests Growing on Coal Mine Heaps Compared with Managed Coniferous and Deciduous Mixed Forests Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Jawdat Bakr, Agnieszka Kompała-Bąba, Wojciech Bierza, Agnieszka Hutniczak, Agnieszka Błońska, Damian Chmura, Franco Magurno, Andrzej M. Jagodziński, Lynn Besenyei, Barbara Bacler-Żbikowska, Gabriela Woźniak
(1): The Upper Silesia region of Poland is one of the most extensively altered regions of Europe due to human activity, especially coal mining. (2): We used cluster analysis to examine the floristic composition of three classified forest communities: forests developed on post-coal mine mineral heaps (HF), mixed deciduous forests (DECI), and managed secondary coniferous forests (CON). Vegetation data
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Interacting Sentinel-2A, Sentinel 1A, and GF-2 Imagery to Improve the Accuracy of Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation in a Dry-Hot Valley Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Zihao Liu, Tianbao Huang, Xiaoli Zhang, Yong Wu, Xiongwei Xu, Zhenhui Wang, Fuyan Zou, Chen Zhang, Can Xu, Guanglong Ou
Carbon absorption and storage in forests is one of the important ways to mitigate climate change. Therefore, it is essential to use a variety of remote-sensing resources to accurately estimate forest aboveground biomass (AGB) in dry-hot valley regions. In this study, satellite images from the Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-2A, and Gaofen-2 satellites were utilized to estimate the forest AGB in Yuanmou County
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Drivers of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus Infections in the Inner-Alpine Valleys of Northwestern Italy Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Guglielmo Lione, Silvia Ongaro, Simona Prencipe, Marianna Giraudo, Paolo Gonthier
Fraxinus excelsior L. (ash) is a key forest tree species challenged by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (T. Kowalski) Baral, Queloz, Hosoya, the causal agent of ash dieback. The goals of this study were (I) to assess the presence, spatial distribution, and incidence of H. fraxineus in the inner-alpine valleys of northwestern Italy, along with the severity of ash dieback; (II) to model the probability of infection
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Mixed Chinese Fir Plantations Alter the C, N, and P Resource Limitations Influencing Microbial Metabolism in Soil Aggregates Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Han Zhang, Yongzhen Huang, Yahui Lan, Yaqin He, Shengqiang Wang, Chenyang Jiang, Yuhong Cui, Rongyuan Fan, Shaoming Ye
Assessing the limitations of microbial metabolic resources is crucial for understanding plantation soil quality and enhancing fertility management. However, the variation of microbial resource limitations at the aggregate level in response to changes in stands remains unclear. This research explores carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) limitations affecting microbial metabolism in bulk soils
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The Nitrogen Cycle of a Cool-Temperate Deciduous Broad-Leaved Forest Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Ruoming Cao, Siyu Chen, Shinpei Yoshitake, Takeo Onishi, Yasuo Iimura, Toshiyuki Ohtsuka
The nitrogen (N) cycle, a major biogeochemical cycle in forest ecosystems, notably affects ecosystem multifunctionality. However, the magnitude and role of organic N and the snow season remain uncertain in this cycle. We assessed the N flux and pool data of a temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest to clarify N cycle processes. The results showed that the most important component of the N pool was
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Predicting Fine Dead Fuel Load of Forest Floors Based on Image Euler Numbers Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Yunlin Zhang, Lingling Tian
The fine dead fuel load on forest floors is the most critical classification feature in fuel description systems, affecting several parameters in the manifestation of wildland fires. An accurate determination of this fine dead fuel load contributes substantially to effective wildland fire prevention, monitoring, and suppression. This study investigated the viability of incorporating image Euler numbers
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Review on the Application of Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Forest Planning and Sustainable Management Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Jiajia Zhao, Clive Davies, Charlotte Veal, Chengyang Xu, Xinna Zhang, Fengzhen Yu
Despite growing recognition of nature-based solutions (NBS), there remains a research gap in understanding their implementation in urban areas, which poses a significant challenge for urban forest development. Therefore, our paper aims to explore the intersection of NBS with urban forests (UF), identify current barriers, propose strategies to maximize the potential of urban forests as nature-based
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Synergistic Impacts of Built-Up Characteristics and Background Climate on Urban Vegetation Phenology: Evidence from Beijing, China Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Xuecheng Fu, Bao-Jie He
Vegetation is an important strategy for mitigating heat island effects, owed to its shading and evaporative cooling functions. However, urbanization has significantly affected regional vegetation phenology and can potentially weaken the cooling potential of vegetation. Previous studies have mainly focused on national and regional vegetation phenology, but local-scale vegetation phenology and dynamic
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Predicting the Spatial Distribution of the Mangshan Pit Viper (Protobothrops mangshanensis) under Climate Change Scenarios Using MaxEnt Modeling Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Zeshuai Deng, Xin Xia, Mu Zhang, Xiangying Chen, Xiangyun Ding, Bing Zhang, Guoxing Deng, Daode Yang
This study explores the critical issue of understanding the potential impacts of climate change on the habitat suitability of the highly endangered forest-dwelling Mangshan pit viper (Protobothrops mangshanensis) in China. Through the application of the MaxEnt model, high-resolution bioclimatic datasets, and species occurrence data, the research aims to elucidate the spatial and temporal dynamics of
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Spatial-Temporal Evolution Characteristics and Driving Force Analysis of NDVI in Hubei Province, China, from 2000 to 2022 Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Peng Chen, Hongzhong Pan, Yaohui Xu, Wenxiang He, Huaming Yao
Exploring the characteristics of vegetation dynamics and quantitatively analyzing the potential drivers and the strength of their interactions are of great significance to regional ecological environmental protection and sustainable development. Therefore, based on the 2000–2022 MODIS NDVI dataset, supplemented by climatic, topographic, surface cover, and anthropogenic data for the same period, the
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Temperature and Precipitation Significantly Affect Resource Allocation in Dioecious Plants: A Meta-Analysis Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Mingjie Zhao, Xinna Zhang, Chengyang Xu, Pin Li, Raffaele Latortezza
Dioecious plants are often used in landscaping because of sex differences in individual appearance, resistance and ornamental value. Although a large number of studies have investigated the overall differences in resource allocation between different sexes in dioecious plants, the effects of environmental factors such as temperature and precipitation on resource allocation in sex-dimorphic plants are
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Mycorrhizal Associations between Helvella bachu and Its Host Plants Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Caihong Wei, Mengqian Liu, Jianwei Hu, Lili Zhang, Caihong Dong
Helvella bachu, a prized edible and medicinal fungus, is primarily found in the forests of Populus euphratica, an ancient and endangered species crucial to desert riparian ecosystems. Despite extensive efforts, the isolation of pure cultures and cultivation of fruiting bodies of H. bachu have remained elusive. While some species within the Helvella genus have been confirmed as ectomycorrhizal fungi
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Effect of the Hole Diameter in Mechanical Properties of Wood: Experimental and Numerical Approaches Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Arthur B. Guidoti, Arthur B. Aramburu, Andrey P. Acosta, Darci A. Gatto, André L. Missio, Rafael Beltrame, Maikson L. P. Tonatto, Rafael A. Delucis
Introducing openings or holes into wooden structures is a common practice for providing utility services. However, this practice leads to stress concentration, resulting in a reduction in stiffness and load-carrying capacity. Therefore, understanding the effects of holes on beam properties is important for design considerations. This study investigates the mechanical behavior of a wooden beam made
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A Comparison of Unpiloted Aerial System Hardware and Software for Surveying Fine-Scale Oak Health in Oak–Pine Forests Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Benjamin T. Fraser, Larissa Robinov, William Davidson, Shea O’Connor, Russell G. Congalton
Spongy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar) has caused considerable damage to oak trees across eastern deciduous forests. Forest management, post-outbreak, is resource intensive and typically focused on ecosystem restoration or resource loss mitigation. Some local forest managers and government partners are exploring developing technologies such as Unpiloted Aerial Systems (UASs, UAVs, or drones) to enhance
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Changes in Potentially Suitable Areas for Fruit Utilization of Acer truncatum in China under Climate Change Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Yitong Liu, Yuqing Wang, Hui Guo, Di Wu, Sha Wu, Xuebin Xin, Shunxiang Pei
Acer truncatum is a unique multipurpose woody oil species in China. It is crucial to study the geographical distribution patterns of fruit utilization of A. truncatum under climate change scenarios to ensure the rational site selection and germplasm resource protection of this tree. In this study, the Maxent model and Geographic Information System (GIS) spatial analysis technology were used to construct
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Spatial Patterns and Associations of Tree Species in a Temperate Forest of National Forest Park, Huadian City, Jilin Province, Northeast China Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Longhui Lin, Xin Ren, Hideyuki Shimizu, Chenghuan Wang, Chunjing Zou
Analyzing the spatial patterns and associations among tree species may help to elucidate the importance of the ecological processes behind population formation and the mechanisms of species coexistence. To explore this mechanism, we mapped and studied eight dominant tree species in Korean pine broad-leaved mixed forests in a temperate forest region in Jilin Province, Northeast China. The spatial distribution
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Confocal Microscopy and Molecular Analyses Reveal Anal Secretory Apparatus in Immatures and Recover Transcontinental Clade of Gall Mites (Eriophyoidea) from Tamarisks Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Philipp E. Chetverikov, Nompumelelo P. Ngubane-Ndhlovu, Sivu Situngu, Ashraf Elhalawany, James Amrine
Tamarisk is an invasive evergreen shrub native to arid regions of Africa and Eurasia and is considered a weed in some countries with dry climates. The complex of gall mites from tamarisks includes fourteen species from four genera of the family Eriophyidae. We reinvestigated the type species of the genus Dicruvasates, D. tamaricis from Egypt, described D. ngubani n. sp. from Tamarix usneoides from
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A Novel Bamboo–Wood Composite Utilizing High-Utilization, Easy-to-Manufacture Bamboo Units: Optimization of Mechanical Properties and Bonding Performance Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Yifan Ma, Yu Luan, Lin Chen, Bin Huang, Xun Luo, Hu Miao, Changhua Fang
Bamboo–wood composites have found extensive applications in the container flooring, furniture, and construction industries. However, commonly utilized bamboo units such as four-side-planed rectangular bamboo strips and bamboo scrimber suffer from either low utilization rates or high adhesive content. The recently developed bamboo-flattening technology, which employs softening methods with saturated
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Effect of Vegetation Structure on Lift-off and Dispersal Velocities of Diaspores with Different Morphological Characteristics in Secondary Wind Dispersal Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Xiangrong Li, Quanlai Zhou, Zhimin Liu, Shimin Che, Yan Jiang, Jiaqi Zhang, Hang Yu, Lu Zong, Liang Tian, Yongcui Wang
Diaspore dispersal is crucial in shaping plant population dynamics, biodiversity, and ecosystem functions. The effect of the vegetation structure on the secondary wind dispersal of diaspores with different appendage types is not well understood. Using a wind tunnel and a high-definition video camera, we accurately measured the lift-off and dispersal velocities of diaspores from sixteen plant species
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Response of Plant Phenology on Microclimate Change Depending on Land Use Intensity in Seoul, Central Korea Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 A-Reum Kim, Jaewon Seol, Bong-Soon Lim, Chi-Hong Lim, Gyung-Soon Kim, Chang-Seok Lee
The difference in the leaf unfolding date of Mongolian oak obtained through MODIS image analysis between the urban center and the outskirts of Seoul was found to be seven days. The difference in the flowering date of cherry obtained through field observations was also found to be seven days between the urban center and the outskirts. The frequency of the abnormal shoot of Korean red pine differed by
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AutoST-Net: A Spatiotemporal Feature-Driven Approach for Accurate Forest Fire Spread Prediction from Remote Sensing Data Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Xuexue Chen, Ye Tian, Change Zheng, Xiaodong Liu
Forest fires, as severe natural disasters, pose significant threats to ecosystems and human societies, and their spread is characterized by constant evolution over time and space. This complexity presents an immense challenge in predicting the course of forest fire spread. Traditional methods of forest fire spread prediction are constrained by their ability to process multidimensional fire-related
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Balance of Anthropogenic and Natural Greenhouse Gas Fluxes of All Inland Ecosystems of the Russian Federation and the Contribution of Sequestration in Forests Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Anna Romanovskaya, Vladimir Korotkov
In order to achieve global climate goals, it is necessary to estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes from ecosystems. To obtain a comprehensive assessment of CO2, CH4, and N2O natural fluxes for the Russian Federation, we used the “bottom-up” method and updated estimates for forest ecosystems based on State Forest Inventory data and satellite monitoring of forest disturbances. For grassland ecosystems
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Influence of Soil Quality on the Browsing Intensity of Ungulate Herbivores on Tree Species in European Forests Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Aklilu Bajigo Madalcho, Anna Gazda, Tomasz Wanic, Jerzy Szwagrzyk
The impact of ungulate browsing on tree saplings has been found to have a negative effect on the regeneration of temperate forests. However, it remains ambiguous whether a relationship exists between browsing intensity and soil quality in natural forests. Therefore, we conducted a study in Roztoczańskie National Park to investigate the relationship between soil quality and browsing intensity for tree
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Integrated Metabolome and Transcriptome Analyses Provide New Insights into the Leaf Color Changes in Osmanthus fragrans cv. ‘Wucaigui’ Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Songyue Zhang, Hanruo Qiu, Rui Wang, Lianggui Wang, Xiulian Yang
Osmanthus fragrans, belonging to the family Oleaceae, is listed as one of the most important traditional ornamental plant species in China. A new cultivar O. fragrans ‘Wucaigui’ has a very diversified form in terms of leaf colors, in which the leaf color changes from red to yellow-green and finally to dark green. To understand the mechanisms involved in leaf color changes, metabolome and transcriptome
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Attraction and Retention Green Place Images of Taipei City Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Lankyung Kim, Ching Li
This study investigates levels of green place image and their association with different types of greenspace by examining residents’ perceptions of urban greenspaces. Place image refers to an individual’s comprehensive perception of a location, formed through various interactions, and it encompasses two distinct aspects: attraction and retention. The former can be established without extensive interaction
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Non-Native Plants Influence Forest Vegetative Structure and the Activity of Eastern Temperate Insectivorous Bats Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Morgan Mark, Evan Drake, Kathleen Kerwin, Brooke Maslo
Temperate insectivorous bats value high prey abundance and appropriate vegetative structure when selecting foraging habitats. Forests, particularly in the eastern United States, provide prime foraging habitats for bats but can be heavily impacted by non-native plants, which may alter arthropod diversity and abundance, as well as vegetative structure. To investigate the associations between non-native
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The Relationships between Biomass and Soil Respiration across Different Forest Management Practices Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Chen Hu, Jing-Pin Lei, Ji-Zhong Wan
Soil respiration (Rs) is a widely monitored parameter in global forest management that results in activities that contribute to ecosystem functions. Rs can vary depending on different disturbance levels and ecosystem types as a result of changes in forest management practices. Understanding the mechanisms through which different forest management practices affect Rs can provide a general reference
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Effects of Planting Position, Seedling Size, and Organic Nitrogen Fertilization on the Establishment of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway Spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst) Seedlings Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Bodil Häggström, Jörgen Hajek, Annika Nordin, Jonas Öhlund
The forest regeneration phase in Sweden commonly involves mechanical soil preparation followed by the planting of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) or Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst) seedlings. The prepared soil offers planting positions with different properties, including reduced damage by pine weevils (Hylobius abietis L.). Nitrogen fertilization can be applied at the time of planting to aid
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Opportunities to Capitalize on Transylvanian Wood Pastures through Nature-Based Tourism: A Case Study of Viscri Village, Brașov County, Romania Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Iuliana Vijulie, Mihaela Preda, Andreea Nita, Anca Tudoricu
European wood-pastures are complex socio-ecological systems, valuable from ecological and cultural perspectives. Over time, they have gone through a decline in area coverage due to overgrazing, abandonment of traditional agricultural practices or the development of intensive agriculture. In Transylvania (Romania), such landscapes are still preserved, but they are very vulnerable. Restoring them and
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Seasonal Photosynthetic Activity in the Crown Compartments of European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Robert Stanislaw Majewski, Miloš Barták, Jan Weger, Jan Čermák, Josef Urban
Leaves facing different directions (north, south, east, and west) receive differing levels of illumination, resulting in spatial differences in photosynthesis PN in the crowns of mature trees. We measured diurnal trends in PN for a semi-solitary European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) over spring, summer, and autumn and compared these data with leaf biometric traits and leaf area distribution. The highest
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Landscape Ecological Risk Assessment of Saihanba under the Change in Forest Landscape Pattern Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Jiemin Kang, Jinyu Yang, Yunxian Qing, Wei Lu
Examining the Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm, this study utilized Landsat remote sensing data from 1987, 1997, 2001, 2013, and 2020 to interpret land use from the Support Vector Machine (SVM) method, and to decipher evolving land use patterns over the last four decades. Grounded in landscape ecology theory, an innovative evaluation index for landscape ecological risk was introduced, leading to the
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Isolation and Characterization of the Sulfate Transporter Gene Family and Its Expression Pattern in Response to Selenium and Abiotic Stress in Walnuts (Juglans regia L.) Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Simin Zhang, Yansheng Xue, Ningfang Liu, Danzeng Quzhen, De Qiong, Yongling Liao, Weiwei Zhang, Jiabao Ye, Qijian Wang, Feng Xu
The sulfate transporter (SULTR) is responsible for the transport and uptake of sulfate, which plays an indispensable role in the growth cycle of plants and adaptation to plant stress. However, there are few reports on the response and regulation of SULTR gene family members in walnuts (Juglans regia L.) to sodium selenate, low temperatures, high temperatures, and simulated drought stress. In this study
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The Potential Threats of Spodoptera frugiperda on Six Economic Tree Species in the Tropical Region Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Jiabao Xue, Yi Chen, Xiangyi Kong, Ruizong Jia, Xiaoqi Jiang, Jingyuan Guo, Yunling Guo, Yan Yang
Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) is a highly significant agricultural pest that poses a threat to crop production worldwide. It is polyphagous, has a strong migratory ability, and is difficult to control, which makes it a threat not only to crops but also to woody plants. However, research on its adaptability to woody plants is limited. This study compares the feeding adaptations (survival rate,
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Image-Based Evaluation of Cracking Degrees on Wood Fiber Bundles: A Machine Learning Approach Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-14 Zheming Chai, Heng Liu, Haomeng Guo, Jinmei Xu, Yanglun Yu, Jianhua Yang
In this study, a machine learning-based method to assess and predict the cracking degree (CD) on wood fiber bundles (WFB) was developed, which is crucial for enhancing the quality control and refining the production process of wood scrimber (WS). By roller-cracking poplar wood one to three times, three distinct CD levels were established, and 361 WFB specimens were analyzed, using their water absorption
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A Copula Approach for Predicting Tree Sap Flow Based on Vapor Pressure Deficit Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Ying Ouyang, Changyou Sun
While using sap-flow sensor measurements is a well-established technique for quantifying leaf water transpiration in tree species, installing and maintaining a large number of sensors and data loggers in large-scale plantations to obtain accurate measurements is both costly and time-consuming. We developed a copula-based approach to predict sap flows based on readily available vapor pressure deficits
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Evolutionary Characterization of tubulin Gene Family in the Desert Biomass Willow (Salix psammophila) and Expression of the β-tubulin Gene SpsTUB10 during Different Stresses Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Yujiao He, Lijiao Fan, Ruiping Wang, Shengli Han, Guirong Sun, Fengqiang Yu, Qi Yang, Haifeng Yang, Guosheng Zhang
Microtubules, polymerized from α-tubulin (TUA) and β-tubulin (TUB) monomers, play a pivotal role in shaping plant morphogenesis according to developmental and environmental cues. Salix psammophila C. Wang & C. Y. Yang is an important shrub plant in sand-fixing afforestation in arid regions, with three significantly distinct plant types shaped under various environments, namely, upright, intermediate
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Genome-Wide Identification and Expression of the AP2/ERF Gene Family in Morus notabilis Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Hao Dou, Tiantian Wang, Xin Zhou, Xi Feng, Wu Tang, Jin’e Quan, Huitao Bi
The AP2/ERF gene family, referring to an exclusive class of transcription factors unique to plants, is involved in various biological processes, including plant growth and responses to environmental stresses like high salt and drought. In this study, the AP2/ERF gene in M. notabilis was comprehensively identified and bioinformatically analyzed based on the genomic data of M. notabilis. 106 members
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Experimental Investigation of Quasi-Static and Dynamic Impact Resistance in Thin Wood Veneer Laminates Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Johannes Reiner, Yasir Gousul Irshad, Sergio Orellana, Thomas Feser, Matthias Waimer, Matt Jennings, Mahbube Subhani
The incorporation of sustainability into the design of transport vehicles has become increasingly important in recent years. A low carbon footprint makes wood-based structures attractive to replace other lightweight materials such as aluminum or fiber-reinforced plastics. This paper investigates and compares the static and dynamic impact behavior of thin Beech wood veneer laminates in standardized
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Forest Fire Smoke Detection Based on Multiple Color Spaces Deep Feature Fusion Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Ziqi Han, Ye Tian, Change Zheng, Fengjun Zhao
The drastic increase of forest fire occurrence, which in recent years has posed severe threat and damage worldwide to the natural environment and human society, necessitates smoke detection of the early forest fire. First, a semantic segmentation method based on multiple color spaces feature fusion is put forward for forest fire smoke detection. Considering that smoke images in different color spaces
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Identification and Expression Analysis of the FAD Gene Family in Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Based on Genome-Wide Data Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Xue Song, Yabei Xu, Sainan Zhang, Meng Li, Yu Xing, Jing Tao, Fengying Han
Pheromones play an important role in mate choice in insects, and pheromone synthesis pathways are potential targets for the control of harmful insects, among which desaturation is of great significance in pheromone structural diversity. However, little is known about the desaturase genes regulating pheromone synthesis in Coleoptera. In this study, taking the internationally significant pest Anoplophora
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Detection of Pine-Wilt-Disease-Affected Trees Based on Improved YOLO v7 Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Xianhao Zhu, Ruirui Wang, Wei Shi, Xuan Liu, Yanfang Ren, Shicheng Xu, Xiaoyan Wang
Pine wilt disease (PWD) poses a significant threat to global pine resources because of its rapid spread and management challenges. This study uses high-resolution helicopter imagery and the deep learning model You Only Look Once version 7 (YOLO v7) to detect symptomatic trees in forests. Attention mechanism technology from artificial intelligence is integrated into the model to enhance accuracy. Comparative
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Forestry Subsidies, Forestry Regulatory Policies, and Total Factor Productivity in Forestry—Plot-Scale Micro-Survey Data from A Heterogeneous Forest Types Perspective Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Lanfang Cao, Cheng Jiang, Qiqi Xiao, Tao Xu, Shuangshuang Lan, Jiali He, Shishi Peng
Enhancing the total factor productivity in forestry is an important part of deepening the reform of the collective forest rights system. Based on the survey data of 295 forest plots in 12 towns of Liuyang City, Hunan Province, China, the study utilized a three-stage DEA model to assess the total factor productivity of forestry at the plot level. The empirical study employs Tobit and fractional regression
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Short-Term Simulated Warming Changes the Beta Diversity of Bacteria in Taiga Forests’ Permafrost by Altering the Composition of Dominant Bacterial Phyla Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Yunbing Jiang, Song Wu, Libin Yang, Yongzhi Liu, Mingliang Gao, Hongwei Ni
Permafrost is widely degraded in the context of global warming. The spatial distribution of soil microbes in these cold habitats has received a lot of attention. However, knowledge on the changes in permafrost microbial communities following permafrost thaw is still limited. We used permafrost soil from a taiga forest for indoor experiments using pristine soil as a control (CK, −2 °C), simulating warming
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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Toona ciliata var. pubescens Seedlings Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Xue-Ru Jiang, Jian-Feng Pan, Ming Zhao, Xiao-Yan Guo, Qiong Wang, Lu Zhang, Wei Liu
Toona ciliata var. pubescens, known as “Chinese mahogany”, has high commercial value and is classified as a level II priority protected wild plant in China. However, due to overexploitation and its poor natural regeneration capacity, natural T. ciliata var. pubescens forests show varying degrees of decline in habitat adaptability. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) symbiosis presents a potential strategy
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Visible Light-Induced Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue Using Copper-Doped Carbon Dots One-Step Derived from CCA-Wood Forests (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Dan Xing, Jingfa Zhang, Sara Magdouli, Yubo Tao, Peng Li, Hassine Bouafif, Ahmed Koubaa
Developing novel eco-friendly broad-spectrum visible light photocatalysts for dye removal is one of the urgent problems for water treatment. Here, copper-doped carbon dots (CDs) were reported to be directly fabricated from chromated copper arsenate (CCA) wood waste for the photocatalytic degradation of the methylene blue dye. The properties of the resulting CDs were thoroughly characterized and analyzed