Research Highlights: Frugivory by mammals is a common plant–animal interaction, but additional studies that examine the effects of frugivory on woody plants are needed. We show that ingestion of netleaf hackberry (Celtis reticulata Torr.) fruit...
The Mediterranean basin has been a refugium for relict plant taxa and native laurophyllic forests. The Latium coasts and, especially, the Antica Lavinium site, host relict forest communities, whose natural importance is enriched by their cultural val...
Accurate tree species identification through bark characteristics is essential for effective forest management, but traditionally requires extensive expertise. This study leverages artificial intelligence (AI), specifically the EfficientNet-B3 convol...
Windbreaks or shelterbelts are a management tool to protect crops from damaging horizontal wind flow, and may provide a useful buffer between farmland and urbanized areas by reducing pesticide drift, dust, and noise associated with farming activities...
The increased abundance of historically rare native tree species is symptomatic of land-use change, which causes ecosystem regime shifts. I tested for an association between mean agricultural area, a proxy for land-use change, and native tree species...
The task of tree species classification through deep learning has been challenging for the forestry community, and the lack of standardized datasets has hindered further progress. Our work presents a solution in the form of a large bark image dataset...
Local power changes, weak-output states, and changing interval coverage complicate ultra-short-term wind power forecasting. This study develops power-increment enhancement and signed adaptive conformal inference (PIE-SACI) to address these challenges...
The Military Macaw is a Neotropical psittacid that is endangered in Mexico. It faces significant threats due to habitat loss and the illegal pet trade. However, little is known about the nutritional characteristics of the plant resources available to...