Forests, Volume 14, Issue 9

Quercus suber L. is an evergreen cork oak tree that can produce cork, one of the most important valuable natural bioresources in Portugal, with a high impact for the bioeconomy. Given its socio-economic relevance and the upcoming biotic and abiotic t...

In Chile, the native forest has suffered anthropic pressure that has resulted in the reduction in its surface and increased degradation, which has led to the development of public policies to reverse this scenario and encourage its sustainable manage...

Bamboo-based fiber composites, known as recombinant bamboo, have emerged as a new material in the construction and decoration industry. With its excellent mechanical and ornamental properties, recombinant bamboo is gaining popularity. However, its hi...

In contrast to intensive management practices focused on wood production, plantations designed to safeguard fragile environments prioritize the sustainable fulfillment of ecological functions. To assess the potential for Chinese pine (Pinus tabulifor...

As a result of climate change, Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) is dying across Europe. One of the primary reasons for this is the cultivation of unsuitable spruce provenances and ecotypes. This study deals with the growth and genetics of the...

The pre-emergent herbicide indaziflam is efficient in the management of weeds in eucalyptus crops, but this plant may develop less in soil contaminated with it. The objective was to evaluate the levels of chlorophylls a and b, the apparent electron t...

A protocol for the cultivation of Larix sibirica Ledeb. by somatic embryogenesis was developed (RF Patent No. 2456344, 2012). The L. sibirica collection consisted of 22 actively proliferating cell lines (CLs) obtained from immature zygotic embryos. T...

Conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) and habitat filtering are critical to seedling survival. However, the relative importance of the two processes in affecting survival of seedlings with different types of mycorrhizae remains unclear. In t...

The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted rural livelihoods in the Global South. Environmental products, such as medicinal plants and fodder harvested in forests and rangelands, are a major source of income in many rural communities. In this paper, w...

A high-resolution climate archive was reconstructed based on carbon isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating of the Chapman baobab in northeastern Botswana. The Chapman baobab, which exhibited an open ring-shaped structure composed of six stems, colla...