2024 September - 199 articles
Ecosystems offer natural resources and habitats for humans, serving as the foundation for human social development. Taking the Tianshan Mountains as the study area, this study investigated the changing trends, hot spots, and driving factors of water...
Tapiscia sinensis Oliv. (T. sinensis), known as the Yingjiao tree, belongs to the Staphyleaceae family. It is a deciduous tree species endemic to China and represents an ancient species from the Tertiary glacial relics, possessing significant ecologi...
Forest inspection is a crucial component of forest monitoring in China. The current methods for detecting changes in forest patches primarily rely on remote sensing imagery and manual visual interpretation, which are time-consuming and labor-intensiv...
With the expanding application of lightweight wooden structures in modern construction, the load-bearing capacity of ordinary triangular single-span wooden trusses limits the applicability of lightweight wooden structures. As a result, triangular mul...
Reliability analysis of mechanical strength could be used for evaluation of wood scrimber properties in this study. Normal, lognormal, and Weibull distributions were used to determine and selected the optimal model for wood scrimber for the first tim...
Brown-rot fungi are large fungi that can decompose the cell walls of wood; they are notable for their secretion of diverse and complex enzymes that synergistically hydrolyze natural wood cellulose molecules. Fomitopsis pinicola (F. pinicola) is a bro...
Forest fires are a major natural calamity that inflict substantial harm on forest resources and the socio-economic landscape. The eastern region of China is particularly susceptible to frequent forest fires, characterized by high population density a...
Habitat disturbance driven by human activities poses a major threat to biodiversity and can disrupt ecological interactions. Butterfly–plant mutualisms represent an ideal model system to study such anthropogenic impacts, as butterflies exhibit...
In the global ecosystem, the slow decomposition of coniferous forest litter has caused a number of ecological problems, among which is the decay of China’s Pinus massoniana litter. It has been pointed out that converting pure P. massoniana plan...
In the field of forestry ecology, image data capture factual information, while literature is rich with expert knowledge. The corpus within the literature can provide expert-level annotations for images, and the visual information within images natur...
Policy priorities for wood-based bioenergy in North America have undergone fluctuations over time, influenced significantly by the dynamic interplay of sociopolitical factors. Recent years, however, have seen a renewed public interest in wood-based b...
Objective: Active fuel management operations, such as thinning, can minimize extreme wildfire conditions while preserving ecosystem services, including maintaining understory vegetation diversity. However, the appropriate thinning intensity for balan...
Old trees are irreplaceable conservation resources with numerous ecological and socio-cultural values. While many forests have experienced significant declines under recent climate warming, the risk of growth declines in old trees remains unknown. He...
This paper analyzes the static resilience of global wood forest products trade networks across upstream, midstream, downstream, and recycling sectors using a complex directed weighted network approach. By examining topological features and resilience...
In an arid climate with minimal rainfall, plant growth is constrained by water scarcity and soil salinity. Ecological Water Conveyance (EWC) can mitigate degradation risks faced by riparian plant communities in these regions. However, its effects on...
The presence of weeds and changes in temperature and precipitation due to global climate change can negatively affect the growth, development, and adaptation of poplars to new places. Experiments were conducted at the Experimental Estate of the Insti...
High-quality genetic maps are effective tools for elucidating the genetic mechanisms of complex quantitative traits and facilitating marker-assisted breeding. Species within the genus Liquidambar (commonly called sweetgum), particularly Liquidambar&n...
Owing to the dormancy of the seeds of Nitraria roborowskii Kom., which results in a low germination rate in nature, germination takes a long time, and natural regeneration is difficult. Therefore, there is a need to study the molecular mechanism by w...
Creating automated methods for detecting branches in images is crucial for applications like harvesting robots and forest monitoring. However, the tree images encountered in real-world scenarios present significant challenges for branch detection tec...
SAR images with two polarizations show strong potential for mapping forest stock volume (FSV) combined with limited samples. However, accurately mapping FSV still presents challenges in selecting the optimal acquisition date to obtain the SAR images...
Eucalyptus-based glued laminated timber (glulam) was produced to determine the feasibility of a non-destructive method (drilling resistance) to predict the properties of structural elements and add value to lower-quality hardwood species. Glulam was...
The development of a monitoring system for the socio-economic indicators of private forest owners includes the comprehensive collection of various socio-economic data. These data encompass general information about private forests owners, the need fo...
This paper deals with the bonding characteristics of cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels made of Silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.), European aspen (Populus tremula L.), and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) wood. Three-layered single-speci...
This study investigates how digital inclusive finance, financial development, and technology influenced forest and timber outputs across 31 provinces in China from 2011 to 2021. The findings, derived from panel quantile regression analysis, indicate...
Forest canopy height data are fundamental parameters of forest structure and are critical for understanding terrestrial carbon stock, global carbon cycle dynamics and forest productivity. To address the limitations of retrieving forest canopy height...
Thinning plays a key role in regulating the stand spatial structure (SpS) to improve the development of stand quality, and the stand has different characteristics of stand structure (SS) at different growth and development stages (DSs), so it is most...
Forest fires pose a significant threat to ecosystems and communities. This study introduces innovative enhancements to the YOLOv8n object detection algorithm, significantly improving its efficiency and accuracy for real-time forest fire monitoring. B...
Poplars are crucial for timber supply and ecological protection in China. Enhancing the growth of poplar plantations and improving soil fertility in arid, and semi-arid poor soil regions are key aspects of sustainable forest management. Fertilization...
Forest defoliating pests are significant global forest disturbance agents, posing substantial threats to forest ecosystems. However, previous studies have lacked systematic analyses of the continuous spatiotemporal distribution characteristics over a...
The Grain for Green Program (GFGP) plays a critical role in enhancing watershed vegetation cover. Analyzing changes in vegetation cover provides significant practical value in guiding ecological conservation and restoration in vulnerable regions. Thi...
This study deals with the future of the traditional agroforestry systems (TAFSs) in the northern Mediterranean Basin. Important productive systems, such as ancient non-irrigated olive groves and extensive silvopastoral systems, from subalpine grassla...
Research Highlights: Environmental abiotic stressors generate secondary stresses in plants, such as osmotic and oxidative stresses, which negatively influence their normal growth, development, and metabolism. Research about other non-enzymatic compon...
Wood, as the main product of the forest, must be brought from the forest to various beneficiaries by various vehicles. The choice of a particular type of vehicle should consider the characteristics of the area from which the wood is loaded, the wood-...
Our research assesses the effects of four forest species, namely, Swietenia macrophylla King, Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jack., Pinus occidentalis Swartz, and Pinus caribaea Morelet var. Caribaea, on the soil and litter organic carbon (C) stocks, C diox...
Soil aggregation, an important indicator of soil restoration in degraded ecosystems, is a fundamental unit of soil structure. However, research on the influence of grass–shrub composites on the distribution of >0.25 mm soil water-stable aggr...
Thinning intensities in Fagus orientalis Lipsky. stands may influence the soil properties, arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi symbiosis, and their interaction through soil quality enhancement. We aimed to investigate the impact of four thinning intens...
Ecological restoration and biodiversity are currently hot issues of global environmental concern. However, knowledge about the specific impacts of restoration duration on understory vegetation diversity remains limited. Therefore, this study comprehe...
From the early 2000s, many forestation projects were carried out in the flooding areas of the Po River to preserve abandoned or damaged riverbanks and establish natural populations of Populus nigra L. for species conservation and future seed collecti...
Urban forests, crucial to urban ecosystems, are increasingly threatened by the challenges of urbanization, such as deteriorating thermal environments and declining air quality. Despite their recognized benefits to city dwellers’ quality of life...
Castanea sativa is a high-value tree species whose stands have faced significant threats over the past century. The occurrence of one such threat, Chestnut Red Stain—a heartwood discoloration caused by the fungus Fistulina hepatica—has re...
Salt-sensitive trees in coastal wetlands are dying as forests transition to marsh and open water at a rapid pace. Forested wetlands are experiencing repeated saltwater exposure due to the frequency and severity of climatic events, sea-level rise, and...
Urban parks enhance residents’ quality of life and health by fostering a harmonious relationship between people and nature, so effective park design needs to prioritize ecological protection, sustainable landscapes, and practical spatial struct...
In exploring the male–female differentiation and differences in the seedling stage of the F1 generation of ginkgo hybrids, an early selection test for the cultivation and research of leafy or medicinal ginkgo industry was conducted, which may p...
The diameter at breast height (DBH) and crown base height (CBH) are important indicators in forest surveys. To enhance the accuracy and convenience of DBH and CBH extraction for standing trees, a method based on understory small motion clips (a serie...
Urban forest parks play a vital role in promoting physical activities (PAs) and providing cultural ecosystem services (CESs) that enhance citizens’ well-being. This study aims to reevaluate CESs by focusing on the physical activity experiences...
The Comprehensive Commercial Logging Ban Policy in all natural forests (CCLBP) as the strictest forest conservation measure brings uncertainty to the income of farmers engaged in forest land management. Therefore, clarifying the impact and heterogene...
Social progress and the improvement of living standards are often accompanied by the intensification of ecological crises. The long-term abuse of natural resources has led to the accumulation of ecological liabilities, which in turn seriously hinders...
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) serve important functions in conserving biodiversity and ecological service in arid and semi-arid regions. Afforestation on shifting sand dunes can induce the formation of BSC on topsoil, which can accelerate the restora...
The threat of forest fires to human life and property causes significant damage to human society. Early signs, such as small fires and smoke, are often difficult to detect. As a consequence, early detection of smoke and fires is crucial. Traditional...
Traditional thermal insulation panels consume large amounts of energy during production and emits pollutants into the environment. To mitigate this impact, the development of bio-based materials is an attractive alternative. In this context, the char...
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