Singh, Shipra
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
This study quantifies the effect of low- to moderate-intensity anthropogenic activities and natural activities affecting less than 40% of the canopy cover on major plant functional traits and associated soil microbial diversity in western Himalayan temperate forests. Plots of 0.1 ha were placed in the temperate forests along disturbance gradient an...
Hasnat, G. N. Tanjina
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Forest cover change is an important criterion as it affects the environmental balance whereas land surface temperature is a significant parameter within the earth climate system. Spatio-temporal change of forest cover can be detected and land surface temperature can be retrieved by applying remote sensing technology. The present study aimed to capt...
Bennett, Patrick I. Tabima, Javier F. Leon, Anna L. Browning, John Wingfield, Michael J. LeBoldus, Jared M.
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Many fungi in the Ophiostomatales are vectored by bark beetles that introduce these fungi directly into their tree hosts. Most of these fungal associates have little effect on their hosts, but some can cause serious diseases. One such fungus, Leptographium wageneri, causes an economically and ecologically important tree disease known as black stain...
Patterson, Thomas
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
The U.S. Forest Service has monitored longleaf pine cone production at sites throughout the southeastern United States for over 60 years. Data from the multi-decadal surveys have supported our understanding of the variability of stand-level cone production as it relates to environmental and ecological processes, and more broadly, how longleaf pine ...
Sears, Robin R. Cronkleton, Peter Miranda Ruiz, Medardo Pérez-Ojeda del Arco, Matías
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
On-farm timber production is an important subsistence and economic activity of smallholder farmers around the world. Farmer investment in wood production and the degree of formality in the sector depends on access to and conditions of the market, the nature of the regulatory frameworks that govern rights to and movement of timber, and access to fin...
Berry, Z. Carter Ávila-Lovera, Eleinis De Guzman, Mark E. O’Keefe, Kimberly Emery, Nathan C.
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
While woody stems are known to influence carbon and water dynamics, direct exchange with the atmosphere is seldom quantified, limiting our understanding of how these processes influence the exchange of mass and energy. The presence of woody stem chlorophyll in a diversity of climates and across a range of species suggests an evolutionary advantage ...
Kruid, Sanne Macedo, Marcia N. Gorelik, Seth R. Walker, Wayne Moutinho, Paulo Brando, Paulo M. Castanho, Andrea Alencar, Ane Baccini, Alessandro Coe, Michael T.
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Carbon losses from forest degradation and disturbances are significant and growing sources of emissions in the Brazilian Amazon. Between 2003 and 2019, degradation and disturbance accounted for 44% of forest carbon losses in the region, compared with 56% from deforestation (forest clearing). We found that land tenure played a decisive role in expla...
Pietzsch, Bruno Walter Peter, Felix Johannes Berger, Uta
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Sanitation felling is considered as the main measure to protect managed forests from damage due to outbreaks of the European Spruce Bark Beetle. In this study, we investigate the effectiveness of sanitation felling on stopping the spread of a bark beetle population from an un-managed to a managed forest area. For this, we advance an individual-base...
Metzger, Johanna Clara Filipzik, Janett Michalzik, Beate Hildebrandt, Anke
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
In stemflow, rainfall is collected and channeled to a concentrated soil water input. It can constitute up to 30% of incident precipitation in some ecosystems. However, the size of the zone influenced by stemflow is unclear, and statistically representative measurement of stemflow (on and in between sites) is scarce. Therefore, whether stemflow crea...
Yoshida, Tomohiro Kusunoki, Yasunori Fukano, Yuya Hijii, Naoki
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Vertical stratification of forests results in the occurrence of different arthropod assemblages between the vertical layers. Fallen arthropods from the canopy layers (i.e., “arthropod rain”) are additional food sources for predators thriving on the forest floor (FF). However, the abundances of arthropods are strongly affected by weather conditions ...
