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Forests, Volume 10, Issue 2

February 2019 - 124 articles

Cover Story: Natural forests that have not been disturbed for many decades are called old-growth forest (OGF.) These forests are important as stores of carbon and biodiversity, but are rare and threatened, particularly in Europe where very little remains. We demonstrate that publically available satellite images combined with Random Forest image classification can be used to identify OGF in the Ukrainian Carpathians. The identification and protection of OGF is a priority for environmental organisations, and we hope our research can encourage the use of remote sensing in this important work. View this paper.
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Articles (124)

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,587 Views
13 Pages

20 February 2019

Metering of actual volume of rainfall flowing under deciduous stock canopy is essential for correct calculation of the water balance of forest watersheds of small rivers. This article includes the results of a physical (experimental) simulation of ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
7,731 Views
18 Pages

Caribou Conservation: Restoring Trees on Seismic Lines in Alberta, Canada

  • Angelo T. Filicetti,
  • Michael Cody and
  • Scott E. Nielsen

20 February 2019

Seismic lines are narrow linear (~3–8 m wide) forest clearings that are used for petroleum exploration in Alberta’s boreal forest. Many seismic lines have experienced poor tree regeneration since initial disturbance, with most failures oc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,935 Views
18 Pages

Attribution Analysis for Runoff Change on Multiple Scales in a Humid Subtropical Basin Dominated by Forest, East China

  • Qinli Yang,
  • Shasha Luo,
  • Hongcai Wu,
  • Guoqing Wang,
  • Dawei Han,
  • Haishen Lü and
  • Junming Shao

20 February 2019

Attributing runoff change to different drivers is vital in order to better understand how and why runoff varies, and to further support decision makers on water resources planning and management. Most previous works attributed runoff change in the ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
57 Citations
6,361 Views
16 Pages

Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth, Photosynthesis, and Nutrient Uptake of Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) Makino Seedlings under Salt Stress

  • Jinping Wang,
  • Zhiyuan Fu,
  • Qiong Ren,
  • Lingjun Zhu,
  • Jie Lin,
  • Jinchi Zhang,
  • Xuefei Cheng,
  • Jieyi Ma and
  • Jianmin Yue

20 February 2019

Salinity is the primary restriction factor for vegetation conservation and the rehabilitation of coastal areas in Eastern China. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been proved to have the ability to alleviate salt stress in plants. However, the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
6,125 Views
20 Pages

20 February 2019

Individual tree growth models are flexible and commonly used to represent growth dynamics for heterogeneous and structurally complex uneven-aged stands. Besides traditional statistical models, the rapid development of nonparametric and nonlinear mach...

  • Article
  • Open Access
110 Citations
7,303 Views
12 Pages

20 February 2019

Global changes and human disturbances can strongly affect the quantity of aboveground litter entering soils, which could result in substantial cascading effects on soil biogeochemical processes in forests. Despite extensive reports, it is unclear how...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,138 Views
22 Pages

20 February 2019

This work deals with the quality of birch (Betula pendula) wood from different sites and the impact of heat treatment on it. Two degrees of heat treatment were used, 170 °C and 190 °C. The resulting property values were compared with referenc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
85 Citations
7,591 Views
14 Pages

20 February 2019

A detailed understanding of species distribution is usually a prerequisite for the rehabilitation and utilization of species in an ecosystem. Paeonia veitchii (Paeoniaceae), which is an endemic species of China, is an ornamental and medicinal plant t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,132 Views
14 Pages

20 February 2019

Deforestation is an event of loss of forest cover to another cover. Sulawesi forests have the potential to be deforested as with Sumatra and Kalimantan. This study aims to provide information on deforestation events in Sulawesi from 1990 to 2018. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,072 Views
11 Pages

19 February 2019

Torreya jackii Chun is an endangered species (Taxaceae) confined to a few localities in China. However, the species status of T. jackii within Torreya Arn. has not been clearly elucidated under a phylogenetic context. In this study, phylogenetic anal...

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Forests - ISSN 1999-4907