Forests, Volume 13, Issue 9

The precipitation changes induced by climate warming have substantially increased extreme precipitation and seasonal drought events. Different plant functional types (PFTs) could exert an important role in resisting extreme climate. However, the patt...

Kulangsu is a famous scenic area in China and a World Heritage Site. It is important to obtain knowledge with regard to the status of soundscape and landscape resources and their interrelationships in Kulangsu before it became a World Heritage. The o...

The short- to long-distance dispersal (SDD and LDD) of propagules is critical for the regeneration of mangrove forests. Mark–recapture experiments are considered to be a good tool for assessing such dispersal patterns. However, dense mangrove r...

Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) is an important forestry species in Japan. C. japonica ‘Spiralis’ is a mutant with twisted needles. The mutant is called Yore-sugi in Japan and is known as ‘Rasen’ in other countries. The twi...

Although numerous studies have explored the role of government, conservation managers and local residents in the governance of protected areas, little attention has been paid to the role of tourists. Based on a field survey and a network-based conten...

Considering the uncertainty of upper-stem diameter measurements and the fact that there are few studies on the accuracy of diameters using the Mantax Black caliper with Gator Eyes (Haglöf, Långsele, Sweden), the aim of this research is to...

Chinese pistache tree (Pistacia chinensis Bunge, Anacardiaceae) is an important oil, ornamental and afforestation tree species. Seeds of this species are known due to their erratic germination, so it is urgent to determine the causes of such dormancy...

Meeting ever-tightening emission regulations and ambitious climate targets requires drastic efficiency improvements and emission reduction across all sectors. Hybridization as an intermediary step towards electrification is a prominent approach to ac...

Afforestation has been a popular restoration procedure for spoil heaps in the sites affected by coal open-cast mining in the Czech Republic. Forest replantation is a frequent restoration variant when spoil heaps are recovered, but unreclaimed sites a...

The work of tree climbers is a hazardous activity during which many risks of occupational accidents must be faced. Numerous injuries happen during the performance of this professional activity. This is why our research was conducted, and the principl...

The beetle Coraebus undatus, during its larval stage feeds, and excavates galleries on the cork-generating layer of Quercus suber L. trees, seriously affecting the cork quality with significant economic losses for the cork industry. This work compare...

In recent years, extreme weather has become more and more frequent. The extreme heat in summer is a serious threat to human health. Chongqing is one of the hottest cities in China, and the high temperature in summer can cause skin cancer and heat str...

Stumps left behind after the felling of trees represent an important source of renewable energy that could be used for fuel mixtures as a sustainable solution. The subject of this research was to determine the influence of tree species, stump diamete...

Evaluation of the carrying capacity and spatial pattern matching of urban–rural construction land is critical for solving problems associated with irrational land use and the destruction of ecosystems. Here, we present a case study exploring the spat...

Karst rocky desertification is a common phenomenon in terrestrial ecosystems, and the deterioration of soil quality has a serious side effect on the aboveground vegetation and underground environmental factors. To clarify the variety of soil quality...

Understanding the patterns and underlying drivers of forest structure is critical for managing landscape processes and multiple resource management. Merging several landscape-scale datasets, including long-term fire histories, airborne LiDAR, and dow...

Picea sitchensis, Sitka spruce, is of interest to forestry as both a conservation species and a highly productive crop. Its native range stretches from Alaska to California, and it is hence distributed across a large environmental cline with areas of...

The massive amounts of dust formed during bamboo CNC milling presents serious risks to human health and equipment. The present study aimed to determine the particle size distribution (PSD) and shape characteristics of bamboo milling dust derived from...

Delineating riparian management zones (RMZ) around streams to protect riparian ecological functions is critical during forest management. This study compared the area dedicated to RMZ using the USFS functional-based riparian buffer approach versus in...

Initiated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) more than a decade ago in North Kivu, single-species plantations of Eucalyptus saligna and Grevillea robusta constitute, with other village plantations, the current legal source of wood-energy for the commun...

Understanding the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality is popular topic in ecological research. Although scale is an important factor driving changes in biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality, we still know little...

Tilia amurensis Rupr. is a crucial species widely used in our life, because its wood is easy to process due to its low specific gravity and good elasticity. To understand the effect of the latitudinal gradients on T. amurensis metabolites profiles, w...

Cremastraappendiculata (Orchidaceae) is a perennial medicinal herb, which is included in the national second-class protected plant catalog in China. Due to the influences of climate change and anthropogenic activities, in conjunction with soaring com...

Tree resistance to uprooting can be estimated as the critical turning moment in tree-pulling experiments. The depth at the center point of rotation (Dcp) in tree-pulling experiments is measured as an indicator of below-ground traits and is related to...

The New European Union Forest Strategy for 2030 has been controversially discussed by all relevant interest groups: member states, forest owners, forest-related industry, environmental NGOs. The analysis reveals two central conflicts characterizing t...

Whether the tree growth–climate relationship is consistent in subtropical China has not yet been reported. To fill this gap, we chose Pinus taiwanensis which grow on Lushan Mountain in a subtropical region of China as the target tree species, e...

Straw mulching and salvage logging are common management techniques after forest wildfires. However, these post-fire actions may result in an additional disturbance in burned soils, which may hamper the natural regeneration of forest species, especia...

Exotic pine plantations, installed mainly for timber production and carbon sequestration purposes, cover an ever-expanding area of equatorial and tropical regions; however, their economic and environmental benefits are under debate due to their poten...

Known as “living fossils”, large old trees play an important role in ecology, landscape, and culture and are an important part of ecosystems and human settlements. The aim of this paper is to provide suggestions for the protection of urba...

The aim of this research was to investigate the influence of an electric field and gamma radiation upon the germination of spruce seeds. In order to carry out the research, spruce seeds from different provenances have been subjected to different trea...

Wood in outdoor applications is exposed to various environmental factors that cause weathering. Weathering is important, primarily from an aesthetic standpoint and predominantly in wooden claddings. However, not all parts of claddings are equally exp...

Secondary forests, i.e., those arising after the clearance and abandonment of previously forested land, dominate tropical forest landscapes, rapidly sequester carbon, provide essential ecosystem services and are prone to re-clearance. Secondary cloud...

The woodwasp Sirex noctilio Fabricius is a worldwide quarantine pest for forestry that mainly harms conifers, especially Pinus species. Sirex nitobei Matsumura, a native species from China and closely related to S. noctilio. Olfaction and gustation p...

The triploid Chinese white poplar (Populus × tomentosa Carrière) features desirable growth traits and wood properties, making it the preferred species in the pulp and paper industries and the sawn timber industry. In this study, we chara...

Cadmium (Cd) and selenium (Se) could jointly affect plant growth. To investigate the affect of Se on the Cd accumulation in Juglans regia and the physiological mechanism by which Se regulates Cd-induced oxidative stress, in this study, the effects of...

Empirically, viewing nature landscapes, including mountains, can promote relaxation. This study aimed to examine the physiological and psychological effects of visual stimulation using an autumn foliage mountain landscape image on autonomic nervous a...

In light of climate change, pedunculate oak (Q. robur L.) was marked as the most threatened European tree species. Pedunculate oak is particularly jeopardized by powdery mildew disease caused by Erysiphe alphitoides. We hypothesized that priming of t...

Postemergence application of herbicides can cause phytotoxicity problems in eucalyptus seedlings. Foliar fertilization can improve seedling development and mitigate the effects of herbicides on eucalyptus. Thus, the objective of this work was to eval...

Mangroves are a key type of protected coastal wetland, with a range of benefits such as protection from wave damage, sand fixation, water purification and ecological tourism. As the academic knowledge of mangroves has gradually increased, the use of...

Aiming at the gap between supply and demand in forestry carbon sequestration trading, an evolutionary game model of forest farmers, emission-controlled enterprises (ECEs), and the government is established, where the purchasing behavior of ECEs is di...

Knowledge of spatio-temporal variation in vegetation phenology is essential for understanding environmental change in mountainous regions. In recent decades, satellite remote sensing has contributed to the understanding of vegetation phenology across...

Cinnamomum camphora is an evergreen tree that contains essential oils and the leaf is the main organ used to extract essential oils. Isoprenoid is a key component contributing to the essential oils of C. camphora. Still, the molecular mechanisms and...

Soil ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms play important roles in nitrogen (N) cycling in cold ecosystems, but how changes in snow cover will affect their distribution and associated functional characteristics remains unclear. A snow manipulation experim...

Forest ecosystems are some of the largest carbon (C) reservoirs on earth. Pinus halepensis Mill., Quercus ilex L. and Quercus pubescens Willd. represent the dominant tree cover in the Mediterranean forests of southern France. However, their contribut...

Understanding the ecological constraints of limiting the magnitude and the allocation of carbon density is critical for executing adaptive forest management programs and upgrading the size of carbon sinks. Taking a typical karst mountainous region Gu...

Degraded bamboo shoots (DBS) constitute an important variable in the carbon fixation of bamboo forests. DBS are useful for informed decision making in bamboo forests. Despite their importance, studies on DBS are limited. In this study, we aimed to de...

In a complete organic ecosystem restoration in mining areas, soil and vegetation complement and influence each other. It is of great significance to evaluate the ecological restoration effect on and ecosystem stability of the mining area, with the co...

The beam stability factor (C_L) is applied in construction practices to adjust the reference bending design value (F_b) of sawn lumber to consider the lateral-torsional buckling. Bending tests were carried out on 272 specimens of four wood species, nam...

Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. (2n = 34), native to China and of a monotypic family and genus, is a multipurpose tree species with high economic, ecological, and social benefits. In this study, an F₁ population of 109 progenies and tow parents were used to...

Plantation forestry has a long history in Europe and still supports local industry, generating employment, improving environmental quality, and mitigating climate change. As part of these plantations, medium-rotation poplars (5–8 years) provide...