2023 July - 232 articles
The aim of the research was to create a universal system for monitoring and evaluating the operating parameters of the haulage vehicles used for the haulage of wood with self-maintenance. The article presents partial results from the entire research....
Wood material is the foundation of wood structure architecture, and its production technology and equipment technology decide the development and upgrading of modern wood structure architecture. Aiming at the problems of low automation degree, low ma...
The accurate estimation of forest area is of paramount importance for carbon sequestration projects, ecotourism and ecological safety. Forest segmentation using remote sensing images is a crucial technique for estimating forest area. However, due to...
Burn severity is commonly assessed using Burn Ratios and field measurements to provide land managers with estimates of the degree of burning in an area. However, less commonly studied is the ability of spectral indices and Burn Ratios to estimate fie...
LiDAR technology has been widely used in forest survey and research, but the high-resolution point cloud data generated by LiDAR equipment also pose challenges in storage and computing. To address this problem, we propose a point cloud simplification...
The subjective and empirical setting of hyperparameters in the random forest (RF) model may lead to decreased model performance. To address this, our study applies the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm to select the optimal parameters of th...
Populus euphratica is a typical stress-resistant tree species that provides valuable natural genetic resources for breeding salt-tolerant plants. The calcineurin B-like (CBL)-interacting protein kinase (CIPK) network plays an important role in regula...
Understanding the maturation stress and wood properties of poplar tension wood is critical for improving lumber yields and utilization ratio. In this study, the released longitudinal maturation strains (RLMS), anatomical features, physical and mechan...
Precision forestry is a useful technique to help forest stakeholders with proper sustainable forest management. Modern sensors and technologies, with special reference to the sustainability of forest operations, can be applied on a variety of levels,...
Many studies have been conducted on organic carbon changes under different land use patterns, but studies and data concerning changes in the molecular composition of soil organic matter (SOM) during land use conversion are scarce. In this work, we st...
The spatial pattern of Weizi settlements features distinct regional characteristics. Moreover, it contains profound wisdom in terms of traditional construction; therefore, studies on its association with the microclimate have important implications f...
The core areas of the urban heat island (CAUHI) are the most concentrated and closely associated with humans, and they are key to managing the urban heat island (UHI). It is widely acknowledged that one of the best ways to reduce the risk of UHI is t...
Forest fires have devastating impacts on ecology, the economy, and human life. Therefore, the timely detection and extinguishing of fires are crucial to minimizing the losses caused by these disasters. A novel dual-channel CNN for forest fires is pro...
This study aimed to investigate the role of plantation forests and natural secondary forests in controlling soil physicochemical properties and microbial biomass in urban forest ecosystems. (1) Background: Urban forests provide numerous benefits to u...
As the primary mountain range in Central Asia, the Altay Mountains receive water vapor carried by westerly circulation, resulting in relatively abundant local precipitation and lush pastures in all seasons. Consequently, it has become one of the impo...
Nitrogen, as a crucial limiting nutrient in terrestrial ecosystems, plays a vital role in determining land quality. Heavy metals, as drivers of soil substance transformation, are important indicators for assessing ecosystem function. Currently, the r...
Competition among free branches in the tree canopy is an important factor influencing branch length growth. Therefore, there is a need to quantify this competition and to understand the impact of the regression technique on the predictive accuracy of...
Forest aboveground biomass (AGB) is an important research topic in the field of forestry, with implications for carbon cycles and carbon sinks. Malania oleifera Chun et S. K. Lee (M. oleifera) is a valuable plant species that is listed on the Nationa...
Protected areas serve as stepping stones for the preservation of biodiversity, and can provide economic and social benefits to communities. National parks aim to limit human intervention to safeguard natural communities and processes. This study anal...
As objects for reforestation, the least studied are carbonate substrates, which have a number of specific features in terms of mineral composition, the exchange of nutrients, and biological activity. The use of biological preparations of a consortium...
The enhancement of the urban forest landscape through vegetation colorization has emerged as a continuous concern for urban managers in southern Chinese cities. However, the understanding of how designers can effectively select the appropriate form a...
The quality of container-grown seedlings is influenced by the air and water properties of the substrate. These properties are closely tied to the amount and frequency of water supplied through sprinkler systems in nurseries, as well as the density of...
The environmental crisis and the safeguarding of the population's health has led to research into different ways of mitigating harmful gases. Among the emissions that the wood industry has sought to reduce are those of formaldehyde, which is why new...
In forests, seedling renewal is influenced by many environmental factors, including climate change, seed size, wildfires, and ecological factors. It is unclear how different growth years of seedlings affect Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis) root...
Ehretiaceae is a family in the order Boraginales. It contains more than 150 species. The Ehretiaceae classification has remained elusive and changed over time from subfamily to family, or vice versa. In this paper, we sequenced, characterized, and an...
Valuing the nonuse value of a national forest park (NFP) is critically important to obtain a better understanding of its total economic value, beyond focusing solely on the recreation value. This paper estimates the nonuse value of an NFP based on th...
Vegetation and its spatiotemporal variations play a crucial role in regional ecological security and sustainable development. Examining vegetation dynamics in natural reserves provides valuable insights for optimizing vegetation patterns and manageme...
Infestations or parasitism by forestry pests can lead to adverse consequences for tree growth, development, and overall tree quality, ultimately resulting in ecological degradation. The identification and localization of forestry pests are of utmost...
Tree growth is under the combined influence of abiotic and biotic factors. Trees with different sizes may respond differently to these factors, implying that tree size heterogeneity may also modulate the overall growth trend. To test this hypothesis,...
Climate change is posing new challenges to forestry management practices. Thinning reduces competitive pressure in the forest by repeatedly reducing the tree density of forest stands, thereby increasing the productivity of plantations. Considering th...
Light and soil environments have extensive heterogeneity for many plants species affecting plant growth, reproduction, and distribution. However, the interaction effects of these two factors on the ecophysiological traits and adaptive strategy of pla...
Specimens of Crinipellis and Marasmius (Marasmiaceae) collected from Beijing, North China, were studied by morphological and molecular methods. Phylogenetic analyses were performed separately for the two genera based on ITS sequence data. Two new spe...
Forest canopy height is an important forest indicator parameter. Synthetic aperture radar tomography (TomoSAR) is an effective method to characterize forest canopy height and describe forest 3D structure; however, the residual phase error of TomoSAR...
Though frequently used in dendroclimatology, European larch (Larix decidua Mill.) is regularly defoliated by mass outbreaks of the larch budmoth (Zeiraphera griseana Hb., LBM). The near-cyclic growth depressions are unrelated to but possibly coincide...
Rapid global urbanization has inevitably led to habitat fragmentation, and much research has focused on responding by building ecological networks and improving connectivity. The construction of such post-event ecological networks is sometimes not ef...
(1) Pine wilt disease (PWD) is a devastating disease of pine forests caused by the pine wood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Control of the disease is a worldwide problem due to the impossibility of using chemical nematicides on a large s...
Revealing the assembly mechanisms of the soil microbial community, which is crucial to comprehend microbial biodiversity, is a central focus in ecology. The distribution patterns of microbial elevational diversity have been extensively studied, but t...
Identifying the main climatic controls of productivity differences in different forest ecosystems is beneficial for revealing the patterns of carbon cycle changes in terrestrial ecosystems. Moreover, exploring the differences in their productivity re...
Trees are one of the few carbon sinks in urban areas. Different methods are available to assess the biomass of urban trees, one of these being allometric biomass functions. Biomass functions are well investigated, reliable and easy to apply if the re...
The occurrence of fires in tropical peatlands poses significant threats to their ecosystems. An Internet of Things (IoT) system was developed to measure and collect fire risk factors in the Raja Musa Forest Reserve (RMFR) in Selangor, Malaysia, to ad...
The Late Miocene palaeofloras of the La Cerdanya Basin represent a unique look into the Pyrenean Miocene forested areas of the Iberian Peninsula at a time when the European warm and humid climate was experiencing progressive cooling and aridification...
Using a static chamber-gas chromatography method, we investigate the characteristics of soil CO2, CH4, and N2O fluxes and their relationships with environmental factors during the growing season in four typical Larix gmelinii forests (moss–Lari...
Mangroves represent one of the most important carbon sinks on the planet due to their ability to store a high organic matter (OM) concentration in their soils. Therefore, OM analysis is important for generating inventories that do not underestimate o...
The thinning vegetation and soil erosion problems left behind by extractive mining have caused serious environmental pollution, and vegetation restoration is one of the effective strategies to counter them. To study the effects of vegetation restorat...
The stability of soil organic matter (SOM) plays a critical role in soil carbon (C) dynamics under global warming. However, the factors influencing SOM stability, particularly the significance of bedrock geochemistry and its hierarchical relationship...
Forest phenology is sensitive to climate change, and its responses affect many land surface processes, resulting in a feedback effect on climate change. Human activities have been the main driver of climate change’s long-term shifts in temperat...
Plants are often exposed to drought stress, and decreases in the soil water content can prevent plants from reaching their full genetic potential. Populus davidiana Dode belongs to the genus Populus, and it is a temperate deciduous tree that is cold...
The Gleditsia genus has various uses, including those for medicinal, edible, chemical, timber, and ornamental purposes, and the genus is widely distributed in China. However, there is still a lack of understanding about the phenotypic and growth diff...
There is a great need to identify interactions among silvopastoral systems and microclimatic indicators that describe the effect of trees compared to conventional pasture systems without trees. The objective of this study was to evaluate thermal cond...
To record land cover changes over time, geographic information systems software was used for selecting and studying sampling surfaces in ortho-aerial photographs. In particular, ortho-aerial photographs of the years 1945 and 2015 were used to record...
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