The rapid and precise acquisition of forest stand parameters is a key challenge in forest resource assessment. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) provides a fast and accurate method, but its accuracy is influenced by factors like tree segmentation para...
Enhancing forest ecological functioning by optimizing stand structure is essential in high-quality, sustainable forests. We examined this in 38 plots (20 m × 20 m) of Pinus tabuliformis forests in the mountainous area of Beijing. We investigate...
Research Highlights: Natural regeneration is important in pine–oak mixed forests (Pinus armandii Franch., Pinus tabuliformis Carr., and Quercus aliena Bl. var. acuteserrata Maxim.ex Wenz.), but allelopathy as a limiting factor has not been stud...
The capability of forest ecosystems to sequester carbon from the atmosphere largely depends on the interaction of soil organic matter and nitrogen, and thus, this process will be greatly influenced by nitrogen deposition under the future scenario of...
Traditional methods to deal with thinning shreds (twigs, bark, etc.) include using them as fuelwood (artificially taken out of the forest) and stacking in situ natural decompositions (slow decomposition and nutrient return to the field). These method...
Chinese pine (Pinus tabuliformis Carr.) is the main forest species in northern China, with the potential to dramatically affect biotic and abiotic aspects of ecosystems in this region. To discover the rainfall partitioning patterns of different growt...
The enhancement of the ecological functions of forests through stand structure optimization is a key issue for high-quality forestry and its sustainable development on the Loess Plateau. In this study, fifty standard plots of Pinus tabuliformis Carr....
In light of global warming, the interaction between plant nutrient traits and soil nutrients is still unclear. Plant nutrient traits (e.g., N and P) and their stoichiometric relationships (N/P ratio) are essential for plant growth and reproduction. H...
Ecological stoichiometry is useful for revealing the biogeochemical characteristics of flows of nutrients and energy between plant and soil, as well as the important implications behind these ecological phenomena. However, the ecological stoichiometr...
Developing high-efficiency mixed forests or converting low-efficiency pure forests into near-natural mixed forests with optimal structure and function is a crucial aspect of forest management. In the initial stages of afforestation or stand improveme...
The Chinese pine (Pinus tabuliformis) community on the ridge is one of the most important zonal forest communities on the southern slope of the mid-Qinling Mountains. This study aimed to investigate the driving factors of Chinese pine population dist...
Microbial residual carbon (MRC) is a key component of soil organic carbon (SOC) and crucial for SOC stabilization, contributing to the formation of a stable soil carbon pool. However, the accumulation patterns of MRC in different plantation forest ty...
The selection of suitable tree species and the reasonable allocation of planting areas are important measures for improving soil quality. To evaluate the soil quality (SQ) and its driving factors of Pinus tabuliformis forests in loess hilly areas whe...
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...
Forest inventory data (FID) are important resources for understanding the dynamics of forest carbon cycling at regional and global scales. Developing carbon storage growth models and analyzing the difference and climate effect on carbon sequestration...
Near-natural transformation can convert artificial monoculture forests into mixed forests with diverse ages, multi-layered structures, and enhanced ecological functions. This transformation optimizes stand structure, improves soil physical and chemic...
The pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) can cause fatal damage to trees and is transmitted by the vector species of the Monochamus genus. In December 2017, pinewood nematodes were found to be harming a large plot of pine trees, Pinus tabul...
In rocky mountainous regions characterized by shallow, barren soils and water scarcity, non-rainfall water, such as condensation, plays a crucial ecological role in mitigating seasonal drought in forest trees. To enhance the water-use capacity of veg...
Afforestation plays an important role in controlling soil erosion and nutrient loss on the Loess Plateau in China. However, previous studies on soil nutrient changes have mainly focused on the effects of tree species, whereas little is known about ho...
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus is a pine wood nematode capable of destroying pine forests. Exploring the genes providing resistance to this pathogen and understanding their resistance mechanisms is thus necessary and constitutes an effective way to tackl...
The response of trees to climate is crucial for the health assessment and protection of forests in alpine regions. Based on samples of Pinus tabuliformis and Abies fargesii, two typical evergreen coniferous species with distinct elevation differences...
Hydrological effects of forest thinning have been studied at small watershed scales using the paired watershed approach since the 1920s. However, how forest transpiration, a critical component of evapotranspiration, changes decades after thinning is...
The soil fungal community is an important factor in the forest ecosystems, and a better understanding of its composition and dynamic changes will contribute to the maintenance, preservation, and sustainable development of the forest ecosystems. Pinus...
Rhizosphere microbes in forests are key elements for carbon accumulation in terrestrial ecosystems. To date, little is known on the rhizomicrobial community changes occurring during soil carbon accumulation. Using high-throughput DNA sequencing, we i...
Leptographium procerum as a symbiotic fungus of Dendroctonus valens contributes significantly to pine decline and wood degradation in Pinus tabuliformis, yet effective and environmentally friendly management options remain limited. To explore biologi...
The forest ecosystem of Beijing is an important barrier that preserves the ecological environment in the capital city of China. Therefore, the study of plant water utilization techniques in Beijing holds considerable importance in establishing a theo...
In order to analyze the effect of environmental factors on the release of negative air ions (NAI) by green tree species, this study conducted an open top chamber (OTC) control test in Beijing. The tree species selected were Acer truncatum, Sophora ja...
Monochamus alternatus is a serious trunk-boring pest and is the most important and effective vector of the pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, which causes pine wilt disease. The pine wilt disease poses a serious threat to forest vegetatio...
Water conservation is an important function of forest ecosystems, but it is still unclear which forest types function best in this regard. We investigated the water conservation function indicators including the water-holding rate of branches and lea...
Mixed-species tree plantations have additional ecological benefits over single-species tree plantations, such as habitat restoration and increasing biodiversity. However, changes in the soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus storages and stoichiometry...
The bottom-up effects of vegetation have been documented to be strong drivers of the soil food web structure and functioning in temperate forests. However, how the forest type affects the stability of the soil food web is not well known. In the Ziwul...
The artificial young forest is an important component of ecosystems, and biomass models are important for estimating the carbon storage of ecosystems. However, research on biomass models of the young forest is lacking. In this study, biomass data of...
Trees are unique in terms of development, sustainability and longevity. Some species have a record lifespan in the living world, reaching several millennia. The aim of this review is to summarize the available data on the genetic and epigenetic mecha...
Pinus tabuliformis is a well-recognized woody mycorrhizae host plant growing in North China. EM fungi contribute to the host health and the stability of the forest ecosystem. However, ectomycorrhiae (EM) fungal community associated with this species...
Understanding the drivers of understory vegetation diversity in plantation forests is critical for ecosystem management, yet traditional analytical methods are often constrained by assumptions of normality, linearity, and independence among variables...
A dendroclimatological approach was used to analyze growth responses of the tree species Pinus tabuliformis Carr., Larix gmelinii Rupr., Picea asperata Mast. and Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb. in a region of temperate climate in Northeast China....
The accurate habitat suitability evaluation of forest species is vital for forest resource management and conservation. Therefore, the previously published thresholds of soil organic carbon (SOC) contents for the six main forest species were used to...
Radial growth of trees is closely related to canopy activity. Revealing the relationship between radial growth and canopy activity is of great significance for forest protection under climate change. In this study, we built tree-ring chronologies for...
Spring droughts, increasingly coinciding with canopy shade, interactively stress the growth of urban tree species and are poorly understood in Beijing. Three-year-old saplings of Pinus tabuliformis and Robinia pseudoacacia were subjected to comparati...
(1) Background: Climate change significantly impacts the phenology and dynamics of radial tree growth in alpine dryland forests. However, there remains a scarcity of reliable information on the physiological processes of tree growth and cambial pheno...
Co-occurring species may adopt different water-use strategies to adapt to limited soil water. In Jiuzhaigou Valley, a continuous decline in soil water after an initial recharge from the thawing of snow and frozen soil in early spring was observed, bu...
The East Qinling Mountains serve as a key national ecological security barrier and the core water source area of the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in China, where vegetation restoration is a core measure for regional ecol...
The reserve of litter is expected to be reduced on the forest floors of pine plantations dually for the prevention of high risks of forest fires and with a more practical probability of reuse. Lignin and cellulose are the two key constitutive compone...
Research Highlights: This study comprehensively revealed the carbon sequestration characteristics of secondary forests in the central Loess Plateau during vegetation succession. Background and Objectives: The secondary succession of Loess Plateau for...
Tree species are important factors affecting the carbon sequestration capacity of forests and maintaining the stability of ecosystems, but trees are widely distributed spatially and located in complex environments, and there is a lack of large-scale...
Currently, the number of urban garden green spaces (GGSs) being constructed in Beijing is increasing, and their high water resource demands contradict the severe water shortage situation in Beijing that is restricting urban construction and economic...
Age controls a tree’s responses to environmental cues and shading influences tree growth and physiology. These are basic principles of “Afforestation under canopy”, an approach that is widely used in the regeneration of Korean pine...
In this study, soil obtained from a reclaimed coal gob pile was expected to be rapidly improved with the use of artificial vegetation restoration practices, such as artificial forests, which increase the taxonomic variety in the soil microbial commun...
The invasive pest Dendroctonus valens has spread to northeast China, causing serious economic and ecological losses. Early detection and disposal of infested trees is critical to prevent its outbreaks. This study aimed to evaluate the potential of an...
The mechanisms through which forest thinning influences the fine root foraging strategies of coexisting tree species in mixed forests remain unclear, limiting our ability to manage mixed forests for long-term productivity. We employed a space-for-tim...
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