2025 October - 114 articles
The rapidly expanding use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in recent years presents significant opportunities for achieving sustainable, clean, and safe environmental objectives. This study aims to comprehensively examine the potential us...
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-captured RGB imagery, with high spatial resolution and ease of acquisition, is increasingly applied to individual tree crown detection (ITCD). However, ITCD in dense subtropical forests remains challenging due to overlap...
In recent years, drone-based wildfire detection technology has advanced rapidly, yet existing methods still encounter numerous challenges. For instance, high background complexity leads to frequent false positives and false negatives in models, which...
Mangroves are important blue carbon coastal ecosystems and play a crucial role in mitigating global climate change. However, fine spatial patterns of mangrove biomass carbon hotspots and protection gaps in Guangdong have not been quantified. In this...
Aboveground biomass (AGB) is a key indicator of forest structure and carbon sequestration, yet its dynamics under concurrent anthropogenic disturbances remain poorly understood. This study investigates the spatiotemporal dynamics and driving mechanis...
In this study, we developed three forest management scenarios for Simcoe County Forest in Southern Ontario, Canada, using the Physiological Principles Predicting Growth (3-PG) model to simulate future forest growth and carbon dynamics. The focus was...
Tropical forests play an essential role in the carbon and water cycles of terrestrial ecosystems, but they are increasingly threatened by human activities and climate change. For places where ground observations are scarce, like in Equatorial Africa,...
In cool temperate regions, soil respiration (Rs) data collected during the cold season is limited due to freezing and snow. This leads to a lack of understanding of Rs characteristics during the cold season and for ecosystems with long winters, it ca...
Indocalamus tessellatus (Munro) P. C. Keng is a bamboo species with significant economic and ecological value, and exhibits considerable resistance to abiotic stresses. However, systematic evaluation of reference genes for gene expression analysis in...
The aim of this study was to assess the long-term adaptation and growth performance of 50 species introduced in 1991 on the island of Porto Santo, Madeira Archipelago, in order to guide afforestation and soil restoration under the island’s arid...
Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) are among the most valuable tree species in the Lithuanian forests. Pure stands, which comprise approximately one-quarter of Lithuania’s forest area, provide an imp...
Fungi and bacteria associated with bark beetles can facilitate successful tree colonization, and, in some cases, these fungi act as pathogens of trees. The red turpentine beetle (RTB, Dendroctonus valens) is a bark beetle native to North America that...
The carbon pool of harvested wood products (HWPs) is an essential part of the national greenhouse gas inventory. Developing a Tier-3 method for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Production Approach (PA) enhances the accuracy of HWP...
Soil microorganisms are important decomposers in soil, and they play important roles in litter degradation, nutrient cycle and balance, soil physicochemical property improvement, and soil fertility maintenance. To understand the influence of Eucalypt...
Climate change threatens Tetraclinis articulata, a Mediterranean plant endangered by habitat loss, logging, and aridification. This study used the MaxEnt model to analyze factors affecting its distribution under current and future climate scenarios (...
Cold stress is a critical factor restricting the cultivation of subtropical evergreen species such as Camellia sinensis and C. japonica in temperate climates. This study aimed to develop an integrated framework for evaluating cold tolerance by combin...
Mangrove ecosystems are vital to coastal carbon cycling, yet their response to extreme climatic events remains underexplored. This study assesses dissolved organic carbon (DOC) dynamics across four ecosystem types—primary mangrove, restored (5-...
Mercury, a global pollutant with both persistence and high toxicity, has remained a focal point in environmental science research over the past half-century. As a key pathway in the terrestrial mercury cycle, plants actively assimilate gaseous elemen...
Anthocyanins, key flavonoid-derived secondary metabolites, not only confer diverse pigmentation but also function in photoprotection, antioxidative defense, and cold acclimation. In woody species, bark anthocyanin turnover is tightly linked to enviro...
After rough planing, defects such as wormholes and small patches of green bark residue and decay are often overlooked and misclassified. Strip-like defects, including splinters and chipped edges, are easily confused with the natural bamboo grain, and...
Afforestation of post-agricultural land is one of the most important challenges of modern forestry, posed by economic demand and climate protection. Unfortunately, stands introduced on such degraded soils are not sustainable and their productive valu...
This study aimed to develop novel sustainable composites based on cross-linked gelatine and wood fibres for use as a topsoil cover in forestry and agricultural applications. Different compositions were prepared by varying the proportions of gelatine,...
Analysis of the genetic diversity of natural populations of economically valuable plants is important for conservation and selection strategies. In this study, the genetic diversity of 11 natural populations of Hippophae rhamnoides L.—sea buckt...
Lead (Pb) is a widespread environmental pollutant that severely threatens plant growth and development. While the mechanisms of Pb uptake and accumulation have been extensively studied in herbaceous plants, the glutathione (GSH)-mediated biochemical...
Understanding the patterns and drivers of species distribution has remained a central theme for biogeographical, conservation, and ecological research. This study aims to investigate the elevational patterns of plant species richness and compare the...
To mitigate the threats posed by habitat fragmentation due to rapid urbanization on bird diversity, this study introduces an innovative framework for analyzing the synergistic effects of habitat quality (HQ), ecological network connectivity (ENC), an...
Plant roots influence soil infiltration by altering its properties like porosity and bulk density, which are essential for ecohydrological cycles. Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), using its well-developed underground root system, invades neighbor...
Recent issues that have emerged in regard to raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) include interaction with humans and disease transmission. Therefore, understanding their habitat characteristics and preferences is crucial in the effort to limit con...
This study investigates how university students perceive the ecosystem services provided by gardens, utilizing Q methodology to categorize subjective viewpoints and analyze distinct perception types. Thirty-two students majoring in forest and landsca...
Accurate identification of deciduous woody species in winter is challenging, and the misidentification can lead to ecological and management damage. This study aims to substantiate a diagnostic system for woody species based on macromorphological bar...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest reservoir of terrestrial organic carbon and plays a pivotal role in regulating global climate dynamics. And there are some differences in SOC stocks under different forest stand types. But it is unclear whethe...
Dendroctonus armandi is a native bark beetle that infests healthy Pinus armandii Franch. in western China. The complex symbiotic relationships with diverse microbes are critical to hosts for survival and outbreak dynamics. Understanding the potential...
Northern hardwood forests of the Lake Superior region face a series of novel disturbance pressures including canopy dieback. Previous studies have linked regional sugar-maple (Acer saccharum) canopy dieback to introduced earthworms, which may have co...
Two poplar varieties with different resistance to sulfur dioxide were subjected to different concentrations of SO2 fumigation treatment. Young and mature leaves of Purui poplar (resistant) vs. 74/76 poplar (susceptible) were used to measure the chang...
Conflicting priorities between policymakers and local communities often compromise conservation outcomes in landscapes reliant on natural resources. Understanding how diverse stakeholders value ecosystem services (ESs) across coexisting land uses is...
Background: While forests are pivotal for climate change mitigation, robust CO2 accounting is required to quantify their climate benefits. However, varying current methodologies complicate this process for practitioners. This study addresses the need...
This article examines how the time of exposure (0, 10, 20 and 30 min) to fire affects the optimal design of Howe timber trusses. The study integrates experimental characterization, thermal modeling (Eurocode 5 1995-1-2), and the bio-inspired Firefly...
Forests play a pivotal role in the global carbon cycle, yet accurately simulating forest soil carbon dynamics remains a significant challenge for process-based models. This review systematically compares the mechanistic foundations of traditional mod...
Management of invasive species is especially difficult when the organisms involved are endophagous and their interactions complex. Such is the case with laurel wilt disease (LWD), a lethal vascular condition caused by Harringtonia lauricola, the fung...
This study examines the impact of canopy structural characteristics on pedestrians’ visual perception and psychophysiological responses along four roads in the subtropical city of Guangzhou: Huadi Avenue, Jixiang Road, Yuejiang Middle Road, and...
Under global warming, drought frequency and its severity have risen notably, posing considerable challenges to vegetation growth. Central Asia (CA), recognized as the largest non-zonal arid zone globally, features dryland ecosystems that are particul...
Net Primary Productivity (NPP) serves as a key indicator of ecosystem health and productivity. However, most existing research focuses on primary land cover types, overlooking the dynamic response processes of NPP in refined vegetation types to multi...
Soil degradation and poor fertility severely constrain vegetation growth in urban ecosystems, particularly in compacted and nutrient-depleted tree pits. Mulching has emerged as an effective strategy to improve soil quality and regulate soil–mic...
Urban trees are subjected to stressful conditions caused by anthropogenic, biotic, and abiotic factors. These stressors can cause structural changes, increasing the risks of branch failure or even complete uprooting. To mitigate the risks to people&r...
The morphological traits of Vaccinium uliginosum L., including plant height, leaf area, and fruit weight, have changed significantly across an elevational gradient in the Changbai Mountains. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying these morp...
Atmospheric nitrogen input has been a severe challenge worldwide. The influences of N deposition on carbon cycling, loss, and storage have been recognized as a critical issue. This study aimed to assess the immediate responses of soil respiration to...
Ecological restoration of the Loess Plateau plays a pivotal role in mitigating land degradation and promoting regional sustainability. In this study, landscape pattern metrics were integrated into the MaxEnt model to evaluate the influence of landsca...
In this study, a driving test was conducted using a small-tracked forestry tractor with a scale of 1/11 in the shape of an actual tractor to assess safety under dynamic conditions. The driving conditions resulting in lateral overturning were derived....
National-scale long-term forest ecosystem surveys based on systematic sampling offer a robust framework for detecting temporal growth trends of specific tree species across regions. The National Forest Inventory (NFI) of the Republic of Korea serves...
Transpiration and canopy shading are the main ways that trees cool urban environments; this is crucial to human survival and improving urban livability in the context of global warming and rapid urbanization. So far, most studies focus on the combine...
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