Review
Forestry
Donald A. Falk, Philip J. van Mantgem, Jon E. Keeley, Rachel M. Gregg, Christopher H. Guiterman, Alan J. Tepley, Derek J. N. Young, Laura A. Marshall
Summary: Ecosystems exhibit dynamic responses to environmental variation, such as reorganization, persistence, and recovery. Resilience, the ability of ecosystems to recover or adapt following disturbance, results from multiple mechanisms operating across different levels. The ability of persistence, recovery, and reorganization are essential components of ecosystem resilience in the face of changing environmental conditions.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Ning Ma, Yongqiang Zhang
Summary: This study investigates the terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) from the Tibetan Plateau (TP) using a water-carbon coupled model. It finds that the TP-averaged ET has increased, primarily due to increased precipitation. However, the driving factors for ET vary across different regions of the TP.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Xiangjin Shen, Yiwen Liu, Binhui Liu, Jiaqi Zhang, Lei Wang, Xianguo Lu, Ming Jiang
Summary: Under the influences of climate change and human activities, grassland ecosystems are facing the threat of shrub encroachment. This study quantified the biophysical effects of shrub encroachment on regional climate in temperate semi-arid areas of the Northern Hemisphere using satellite data. The results show that shrub encroachment tends to increase surface temperature in most areas, while decreasing it in some relatively humid regions. These findings highlight the importance of considering the impact of shrub encroachment on regional climate in climate models and the need for further research on the climate feedbacks and ecosystem properties.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Deborah Lawrence, Michael Coe, Wayne Walker, Louis Verchot, Karen Vandecar
Summary: Climate policy has mainly focused on carbon stocks and sequestration in forests, neglecting the impact of changes in forest cover, structure, and composition on biophysical processes and climate effects. This study highlights the importance of evaluating the combined net climate impact of carbon and biophysical effects in different latitudes. Results show that tropical deforestation leads to global warming, while at mid-latitudes, deforestation causes modest warming due to released forest carbon outweighing biophysical cooling. Beyond 50 degrees N, large-scale deforestation leads to net global cooling mainly driven by biophysical processes. Forests play a crucial role in mitigating global climate change and promoting local climate stability.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Xuguang Tang, Jingfeng Xiao, Mingguo Ma, Hong Yang, Xing Li, Zhi Ding, Pujia Yu, Yongguang Zhang, Chaoyang Wu, Jing Huang, Julian R. Thompson
Summary: Karst ecosystems cover approximately 20% of Earth's land surface and have unique and vulnerable characteristics. This study examines vegetation productivity in global karst areas using satellite data. The results show a greening trend in most of the world's karst areas, with China and the EU leading in vegetation greening. China's grain-for-green program and deforestation in Brazil are major factors influencing these trends.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Review
Forestry
Alex Amerh Agbeshie, Simon Abugre, Thomas Atta-Darkwa, Richard Awuah
Summary: Forest fires have significant effects on the biological and physico-chemical attributes of forest soils. Low-intensity fires can lead to changes in soil chemistry, increasing available nutrients and pH. High-intensity fires, however, result in complete combustion of organic matter and have severe negative impacts on forest soils.
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Aqil Tariq, Hong Shu, Saima Siddiqui, Iqra Munir, Alireza Sharifi, Qingting Li, Linlin Lu
Summary: This study analyzes how human behavior affects the risk of forest fires in the Margalla Hills by considering both environmental and socioeconomic factors. Using Maxent and RF models to predict fire probabilities and spatial diffusion patterns, it was found that urban areas with higher accessibility and human activity are more prone to fires.
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Arshad Mahmood Khan, Qingting Li, Zafeer Saqib, Nasrullah Khan, Tariq Habib, Nadia Khalid, Muhammad Majeed, Aqil Tariq
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the potential habitat suitability variations and factors influencing the distribution of Chilgoza pine. By analyzing multiple environmental variables, the study found that the predictive models for the presence of Chilgoza pine had high accuracy, and the potentially suitable habitat for this species had shrunk in Afghanistan, India, and China. Overall, the study suggested a continuous range contraction for Chilgoza pine and provided important insights for conservation and management plans in the region.
Article
Forestry
Alexis Achim, Guillaume Moreau, Nicholas C. Coops, Jodi N. Axelson, Julie Barrette, Steve Bedard, Kenneth E. Byrne, John Caspersen, Adam R. Dick, Loic D'Orangeville, Guillaume Drolet, Bianca N. Eskelson, Cosmin N. Filipescu, Maude Flamand-Hubert, Tristan R. H. Goodbody, Verena C. Griess, Shannon M. Hagerman, Kevin Keys, Benoit Lafleur, Miguel Montoro Girona, Dave M. Morris, Charles A. Nock, Bradley D. Pinno, Patricia Raymond, Vincent Roy, Robert Schneider, Michel Soucy, Bruce Stewart, Jean-Daniel Sylvain, Anthony R. Taylor, Evelyne Thiffault, Nelson Thiffault, Udaya Vepakomma, Joanne C. White
Summary: Climate change is rapidly altering forest ecosystems, leading to a diversification of public expectations regarding sustainable forest resource use. Silviculturists are transitioning from empirically derived scenarios to new approaches, focusing on observe, anticipate, and adapt. Utilizing remote sensing, developing state-of-the-art models, and implementing spatially explicit guidance are key strategies to ensure adaptive silvicultural actions in rapidly changing environments.
Article
Forestry
Zhibin Ren, Hongbo Zhao, Yao Fu, Lu Xiao, Yulin Dong
Summary: Planting trees along urban streets is crucial for improving the urban thermal environment. This study found that streets with higher tree cover had lower physiological equivalent temperature and provided more comfort for individuals. The findings suggest that tree cover plays an important role in influencing urban thermal environment and human comfort.
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Agronomy
Yanyan Pei, Jinwei Dong, Yao Zhang, Wenping Yuan, Russell Doughty, Jilin Yang, Decheng Zhou, Liangxia Zhang, Xiangming Xiao
Summary: This study investigates the evolution of light use efficiency (LUE) models and identifies their improvements in various components. It also highlights the uncertainties caused by model structures, parameterizations, input data, and scale mismatch issues.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Jingru Zhang, Jingfeng Xiao, Xiaojuan Tong, Jinsong Zhang, Ping Meng, Jun Li, Peirong Liu, Peiyang Yu
Summary: This study investigates the consistency of phenological metrics derived from remote sensing and flux tower data and examines the effects of spring and autumn phenology on vegetation production. The results show that near-infrared reflectance and solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence are more effective in estimating phenological information. Additionally, a significant relationship was found between phenological metrics and gross primary production.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Fang Wu, Xiaowu Man, Ablat Tohtirjap, Yucheng Dai
Summary: This study compared the diversity and species composition of polypores in China, North America, and Europe. The results showed that China has the highest polypore diversity, and white rot is the major nutritional mode for polypores in all three regions.
Article
Forestry
W. L. Mason, J. Diaci, J. Carvalho, S. Valkonen
Summary: There is growing interest in adopting continuous cover forestry (CCF) in Europe, but there are significant knowledge gaps and obstacles hindering its widespread use. These obstacles include lack of awareness among forest owners, limited competence in CCF within the forestry profession, and a shortage of skilled forest workers to implement this approach. Better understanding of different silvicultural systems is crucial to monitor progress in diversifying forests and establishing a continental network of long-term operational trials could help improve professional understanding of CCF and support research endeavors.
Article
Plant Sciences
Xin Li, Xia Zhang, Tao Jia
Summary: Previous studies have focused on the independent effects of landscape characteristics or preference on psychological restoration, but few have explored the complex relationships between restorative effects, landscape characteristics, preference, and place bonding factors in urban parks. Using a new data environment and technique, this study examined the influences of urban park characteristics and psychological factors on college students' perceived restoration. The findings revealed the indirect impacts of landscape properties and the mediating effect of sense of place on restoration, as well as the moderating effects of landscape characteristics on the preference-restoration nexus. This study provides new insights into the intertwined process of environmental restoration involving psychological and physical factors, and has implications for landscape planning in restoration studies.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Fubo Zhao, Shuai Ma, Yiping Wu, Linjing Qiu, Wenke Wang, Yanqing Lian, Ji Chen, Bellie Sivakumar
Summary: This study used a modified PML model to estimate the spatiotemporal changes in ET and its drivers in the Yellow River Basin from 1982 to 2016. It found that climate warming and vegetation greening were the main contributors to the significant increase in ET during the study period.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Jiaojiao Wu, Jingyan Wang, Wenkai Hui, Feiyan Zhao, Peiyun Wang, Chengyi Su, Wei Gong
Summary: This review discusses the impact of drought and waterlogging on plants and their mechanisms. Both drought and waterlogging stress affect leaf morphology and photosynthesis, and plants enhance their resistance to these stresses by producing key enzymes. The closure of leaf stomata and the formation of aerenchymal in the root system are important mechanisms for plant adaptation to water stress.
Article
Plant Sciences
Jiangshan Lai, Yi Zou, Shuang Zhang, Xiaoguang Zhang, Lingfeng Mao
Summary: The development of the novel R package, glmm.hp, provides a tool to decompose the importance of collinear predictors in GLMMs, overcoming challenges in contemporary ecology studies. This package is based on the 'average shared variance' approach and demonstrates its use with simulated datasets.
JOURNAL OF PLANT ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Ruonan Qiu, Xing Li, Ge Han, Jingfeng Xiao, Xin Ma, Wei Gong
Summary: The frequency and severity of drought are increasing in the context of global warming. This study used satellite-derived data to evaluate the impacts of the 2012 drought on crop productivity in the U.S. Midwest. The results showed that SIF and vegetation indices were able to capture the changes in photosynthesis due to water and heat stresses, with GOSIF data being the most effective in monitoring crop response to drought.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Monika Egerer, Brenda Lin, Jonathan Kingsley, Pauline Marsh, Lucy Diekmann, Alessandro Ossola
Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, gardening has been shown to be overwhelmingly important for nature connection, stress release, outdoor physical activity, and food provision. The significance of food provision and economic security is particularly highlighted for individuals facing greater hardships. Gardening can serve as a public health strategy to enhance societal resilience.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2022)
