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Forests, Volume 13, Issue 5

May 2022 - 183 articles

Cover Story: Trees have been found to move their branches in a diurnal pattern, settling down during the night and rising up in the morning, but the causes of this movement have been unclear. We investigated the effect of tree water status on branch position using terrestrial laser scanning in the laboratory and the field and found that tree water status explained up to 95% of the variation in branch position. Branches moved upwards as leaf water content decreased and vice versa. Based on our findings, the increasing mass of water in leaves and branches due to refilling of water storages causes the downward movement of tree branches during the night. View this paper
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Articles (183)

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,076 Views
19 Pages

Growth and Adaptive Capacity of Douglas Fir Genetic Resources from Western Romania under Climate Change

  • Georgeta Mihai,
  • Alexandru-Lucian Curtu,
  • Alin-Madalin Alexandru,
  • Ion-Andrei Nita,
  • Elena Ciocîrlan and
  • Marius-Victor Birsan

20 May 2022

The most recent climate change scenarios show that Southern and Eastern Europe will be affected by a significant increase in temperature and drought frequency by the end of the 21st century. Romania has already recorded very high temperatures and lon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,423 Views
14 Pages

Differed Adaptive Strategies to Nutrient Status between Native and Exotic Mangrove Species

  • Ying Wang,
  • Ziming Zhang,
  • Kehong He,
  • Zhangcai Qin,
  • Luhua Xie,
  • Yihan Liu,
  • Yaobei Lin,
  • Jing Wei and
  • Fan Wang

20 May 2022

To rapidly rehabilitate mangrove forests, exotic mangrove species characterized by high growth rates have been introduced in China, which would undoubtedly affect the nutrient status, nutrient acquisition and utilization strategies of mangrove plants...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,836 Views
19 Pages

Habitat Associations of Overwintering Bats in Managed Pine Forest Landscapes

  • Brett R. Andersen,
  • Liam P. McGuire,
  • Thomas Bently Wigley,
  • Darren A. Miller and
  • Richard D. Stevens

20 May 2022

Research Highlights: Seasonal variation in environmental conditions coinciding with reproductive and energetic demands might result in seasonal differences in species-specific habitat use. We studied a winter assemblage of insectivorous bats and foun...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,584 Views
18 Pages

Habitat Characteristics of Magnolia Based on Spatial Analysis: Landscape Protection to Conserve Endemic and Endangered Magnolia sulawesiana Brambach, Noot., and Culmsee

  • Julianus Kinho,
  • Diah Irawati Dwi Arini,
  • Lutfy Abdulah,
  • Ruliyana Susanti,
  • Arif Irawan,
  • Mira Yulianti,
  • Subarudi Subarudi,
  • Rinaldi Imanuddin,
  • Marfuah Wardani and
  • Denny Denny
  • + 5 authors

20 May 2022

Based on habitat preferences, in this study, we investigated the spatial distribution of the Magnolia genus in the northern part of Sulawesi. Habitat characteristics, especially temperature, precipitation, and topography, were determined using spatia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,193 Views
19 Pages

20 May 2022

The main objective of this paper is to develop methods for assessing the deterioration of wooden panels of iconic heritage objects and the effectiveness of consolidation treatments, methods that are easy to apply to the field of wood restoration. Dur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,484 Views
13 Pages

Linking Changes in Fatty Acid Composition to Postharvest Needle Abscission Resistance in Balsam Fir Trees

  • Gaye E. MacDonald,
  • Rajasekaran R. Lada,
  • Claude D. Caldwell,
  • Chibuike C. Udenigwe and
  • Mason T. MacDonald

20 May 2022

Balsam fir needle retention and fatty acid profile changes due to cold acclimation throughout autumn, but little is known about the relationship between these two phenomena. The objective was to examine differences in FAs in contrasting needle abscis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,971 Views
21 Pages

19 May 2022

In the context of global aging, people’s awareness of health is deepening, and the rapid economic development has drawn widespread attention to the health tourism industry. As a way of experiencing health, forest health tourism is becoming incr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
12,319 Views
32 Pages

19 May 2022

In the face of accelerating forest degradation and deforestation, forest certification emerged in the early 1990s as a voluntary and market-based mechanism to promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable managemen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,922 Views
16 Pages

19 May 2022

After hurricane disturbances in tropical forests, the size structure and species composition are affected by immediate mortality, and subsequent recruitment and individual growth. Often, immediate post-disturbance stand-level data are presented but u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,539 Views
11 Pages

19 May 2022

In order to evaluate the physical and mechanical properties of plantation Japanese larch wood, various physical and mechanical indicators were measured with reference to Chinese national standards. The characteristics of the growth ring on the end fa...

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