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Forests, Volume 13, Issue 11

2022 November - 226 articles

Cover Story: We statistically analyzed mineral forest soils WRC from over 130 sites in Finland, focusing on the humus layer and main root zone (0–19 cm depth). We showed that mineral forest soils can be grouped into five WRC classes that are well predictable from soil bulk density, organic matter content, and clay fraction. However, we found that neither topsoil maps nor any combination of open geospatial data were able to predict WRC. Thus, parameterizing WRC as a function of forest site fertility type was proposed in the absence of site-specific soil data. We demonstrated the approach in soil moisture modeling at a small forest headwater catchment and showed that the soil moisture response to weather conditions is jointly affected by WRC, stand attributes, and topography. View this paper
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Articles (226)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,456 Views
14 Pages

Deciphering the Ramet System of a Bamboo Plant in Response to Intensive Management

  • Guibin Gao,
  • Xing Wen,
  • Zhizhuang Wu,
  • Hao Zhong and
  • Xiaoping Zhang

21 November 2022

Intensive management is a common practice in bamboo plantations to ensure higher shoot yields. However, the effects of these management practices on ramet systems are understudied. A pot experiment was conducted to explore the process of propagation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,077 Views
24 Pages

21 November 2022

The recent legalisation of hemp seeds for human consumption has revitalised the cultivation of hemp in Australia. This provides opportunities for the valorisation of the stem’s residual xylemic core (hemp hurd). This study investigated the effe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,191 Views
12 Pages

Impact of Environmental Factors on Short-Term Eye Strain Relief during COVID-19 Quarantine: A Pilot Study

  • Yihao Lu,
  • Jianan Wang,
  • Jianhua Chen,
  • Yufan Yan,
  • Haicong Zeng,
  • Baowei Zhang,
  • Haohao Ma and
  • Tingli Hu

21 November 2022

Some policies implemented during the pandemic extended the time that students spend on electronic devices, increasing the risk of physical and eye strain. However, the role of different environments on eye strain recovery has not been determined. We...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,910 Views
14 Pages

21 November 2022

The most popular sap flow measurement technique uses thermal dissipation probes. Differences in wood characteristics and the natural temperature gradient between probes have affected the accuracy and applicability of the sap flow equation. In additio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,091 Views
21 Pages

21 November 2022

Forest ecosystem services are crucial in adaptation, mitigation, and increasing climate change resilience. Although most climate change policies promote adaptation actions in forest ecosystem services, there are limited studies focusing on the forest...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,024 Views
11 Pages

21 November 2022

(1) Objective: The opacity of soils complicates studies of root infection. An example of this is the infection of Armillaria solidipes on poplar (Populus davidiana × Populus alba var. pyramidalis Louche) roots systems, which risks damaging tree...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,697 Views
25 Pages

The Macroeconomic Implications of the Transition of the Forestry Industry towards Bioeconomy

  • Alin Emanuel Artene,
  • Lucian-Ionel Cioca,
  • Aura Emanuela Domil,
  • Larisa Ivascu,
  • Valentin Burca and
  • Oana Bogdan

21 November 2022

In a global economic system where essential resources are limited, demand is increasing and environmental degradation is more pronounced, the only viable option to ensure sustainable development is to create an environmentally friendly and efficient...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,603 Views
18 Pages

20 November 2022

To address the world’s ongoing environmental challenges, 193 countries have committed to 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) concerning the economy, society, and the environment. However, there are gaps in our understanding of forests and f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,357 Views
12 Pages

20 November 2022

Nowadays, forest management focuses on nature- and environmentally-friendly methods in Europe with less fossil fuel use; however, animal-powered logging is rarely covered by scientific papers despite the fact that it is considered to be less harmful...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,927 Views
13 Pages

Cost Analysis of Collection and Ex Situ Conservation of Seeds of Important Native Tree Species of Mexico

  • Joel Rodríguez-Zúñiga,
  • Manuel de J. González-Guillén,
  • Horacio Bautista-Santos and
  • Fabiola Sánchez-Galván

19 November 2022

In Mexico, there are barely any studies that estimate the cost of germplasm conservation especially that carried out ex situ. The objective of this study was to analyze the collection and storage costs (CSC) of seeds of some native tree species that...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,125 Views
9 Pages

19 November 2022

Fungal pathogens that benefit from climate change have become more prevalent as a consequence of extended drought periods and higher temperatures. Since the dry and hot years of 2018/2019, the causative agent of sooty bark disease Cryptostroma cortic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,738 Views
12 Pages

Fire Severity in Reburns Depends on Vegetation Type in Arizona and New Mexico, U.S.A.

  • Larissa L. Yocom,
  • Jeff Jenness,
  • Peter Z. Fulé and
  • Andrea E. Thode

19 November 2022

After more than a century of low fire activity in the western United States, wildfires are now becoming more common. Reburns, which are areas burned in two or more fires, are also increasing. How fires interact over time is of interest ecologically a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,031 Views
24 Pages

Tree Information Modeling: A Data Exchange Platform for Tree Design and Management

  • Qiguan Shu,
  • Thomas Rötzer,
  • Andreas Detter and
  • Ferdinand Ludwig

19 November 2022

Trees integrated into buildings and dense urban settings have become a trend in recent years worldwide. Without a thoughtful design, conflicts between green and gray infrastructures can take place in two aspects: (1) tree crown compete with living sp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,876 Views
14 Pages

Disturbance Severity and Human–Nature Relationships: A New Approach to Analyze People’s Well-Being along a Bark Beetle Infestation Gradient

  • Mareike Kortmann,
  • Per Angelstam,
  • Marius Mayer,
  • Franz Leibl,
  • Jessica Reichert,
  • Christine Thorn and
  • Simon Thorn

18 November 2022

Contact to nature and greenspace is important for emotional well-being and can promote human health. Forest landscapes provide such access to greenspace, especially in protected areas. However, forested protected areas are impacted by natural disturb...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,793 Views
15 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of the MADS-Box Family in Ginkgo biloba

  • Ke Yang,
  • Zhongbing Liu,
  • Xueyin Chen,
  • Xian Zhou,
  • Jiabao Ye,
  • Feng Xu,
  • Weiwei Zhang,
  • Yongling Liao,
  • Xiaoyan Yang and
  • Qijian Wang

18 November 2022

As the most significant transformation stage of plants, the flowering process has typically been the focus of research. MADS-box gene plays an important regulatory role in flower development. In this study, 26 MADS-box genes were identified from Gink...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,886 Views
15 Pages

A UAV-Based Forest Fire Patrol Path Planning Strategy

  • Yiqing Xu,
  • Jiaming Li and
  • Fuquan Zhang

18 November 2022

The application of UAVs in forest fire monitoring has attracted increasing attention. When a UAV carries out forest fire monitoring cruises in a large area of the forest, one of the main problems is planning an appropriate cruise path so that the UAV...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,815 Views
12 Pages

Natural Resource Manager Perceptions of Forest Carbon Management and Carbon Market Participation in Minnesota

  • Robert Lane Moser,
  • Marcella A. Windmuller-Campione and
  • Matthew B. Russell

18 November 2022

Forests and wood products, through the mechanisms of carbon sequestration and storage, can slow the rate of global climate change that results from greenhouse gas emissions. In recent years, both natural resource managers and the public have placed g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,548 Views
11 Pages

Type 2 Nondeep Physiological Dormancy in Seeds of Fraxinus chinensis subsp. rhynchophylla (Hance) A.E.Murray

  • Kangming An,
  • Minghan Yang,
  • Carol Caudle Baskin,
  • Mingyue Li,
  • Meiru Zhu,
  • Chunjing Jiao,
  • Haibo Wu and
  • Peng Zhang

18 November 2022

Fraxinus chinensis subsp. rhynchophylla (Oleaceae), hereafter F. rhynchophylla, is an important timber species in northeast China; however, little is known about its seed dormancy and germination, which hinders regeneration of the species from s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,008 Views
9 Pages

18 November 2022

According to the Prigogine–Glansdorff principle, in a thermodynamic system where non-equilibrium processes occur, the change in entropy production is negative or equal to zero. Forest plantations are an example of such thermodynamic systems. Ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,012 Views
10 Pages

A Study on the Susceptibility of PLA Biocomposites to Drilling

  • Piotr Borysiuk,
  • Radosław Auriga,
  • Jacek Wilkowski,
  • Alicja Auriga,
  • Adrian Trociński and
  • Lee Seng Hua

18 November 2022

Wood–plastic composites (WPCs) increase the range of applications of materials by creating new material solutions. As part of this research, PLA (polylactic acid)- and HDPE (high-density polyethylene)-based composites were manufactured. Softwoo...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,886 Views
5 Pages

Cervid Bark-Stripping Is an Explicit Amplifier of Storm Legacy Effects in Norway Spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) Stands

  • Guntars Šņepsts,
  • Oskars Krišāns,
  • Roberts Matisons,
  • Andris Seipulis and
  • Āris Jansons

18 November 2022

The interactions between wind damage and biotic agents, such as root-rot and cervids (bark-stripping), amplify the effects of storms on forests in Europe and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands, in the Eastern Baltic region in particular....

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,714 Views
26 Pages

18 November 2022

Pollen morphology is one of the important vehicles in resolving some taxonomic problems on the family, genera or species level and has become part of the many disciplines and collaborative approaches in plant systematics and evolution. Palynological...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,673 Views
11 Pages

18 November 2022

Hyphantria cunea Drury (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) is a worldwide quarantine pest that has a wide range of host plants. Quercetin is a secondary metabolite involved in chemical defense processes in plants. To understand how H. cunea adapt to quercetin i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,509 Views
12 Pages

18 November 2022

Enzyme activity plays a pivotal role in leaf litter decomposition, but the variations have not been well addressed in the forest canopy with amounts of leaf litter. Therefore, eight enzymes related to carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus mineralization w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,174 Views
16 Pages

Soil Organic Carbon Distribution, Enzyme Activities, and the Temperature Sensitivity of a Tropical Rainforest in Wuzhishan, Hainan Island

  • Xiaofang Wang,
  • Jialing Li,
  • Guitong Xing,
  • Siwei Mai,
  • Wenjie Liu,
  • Yamin Jiang,
  • Wenxian Xu,
  • Qiu Yang,
  • Huai Yang and
  • Wenxing Long
  • + 1 author

17 November 2022

Soil carbon (C) distribution, which is deeply correlated with soil extracellular enzyme activity and its temperature sensitivity (Q10), are important for predicting the soil organic carbon (SOC) pools under climate warming. However, the high spatial...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,463 Views
15 Pages

Effect of Citric Acid and Benzophenone Tetracarboxyclic Acid Treatments on Stability, Durability, and Surface Characteristic of Short Rotation Teak

  • Efrida Basri,
  • Nisrina Hanifah,
  • Resa Martha,
  • Istie S. Rahayu,
  • Mahdi Mubarok,
  • Wayan Darmawan and
  • Philippe Gérardin

17 November 2022

Short rotation teak (SRT) has a diameter of around 30 cm at the age of 15 years; however, the wood still has low quality, especially in dimensional stability and biological durability. The objective of this study was to improve dimensional stability...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,625 Views
12 Pages

17 November 2022

The genus Gueldenstaedtia belongs to Papilionaceae’s inverted repeat-lacking clade (IRLC) and includes four species distributed throughout Asia. We sequenced the chloroplast genome of G. verna and compared it with those of the IRLC clade. The g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,446 Views
21 Pages

17 November 2022

The occurrence and spread of forest fires are the result of the interaction of many factors. In cross-border areas, different fire management systems may lead to different forest fire driving factors. A comparative analysis of the forest fire driving...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,897 Views
12 Pages

17 November 2022

Two integrated harvesting methods have been primarily applied to increase the opportunity for forest biomass utilization. In Korea, small shovels with a carrier for cut-to-length harvesting (CTL system) and tower yarders for whole-tree harvesting (WT...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,568 Views
15 Pages

17 November 2022

The diversity of genetic resources is essential to cope with environmental changes. However, despite forests play a crucial role in mitigating changes, genetic knowledge has scarcely been used for forest conservation. In this study, we used nuclear m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,217 Views
16 Pages

17 November 2022

Many commercial species are light-demanding and regenerate with difficulty in natural forest, which compromises the sustainability of logging. Okan, Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harms is one of the most exploited species in Central Africa and its regenera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,967 Views
22 Pages

17 November 2022

The commercial establishment of shrub willow (Salix spp.) biomass crops with three- or four-year harvest cycles raises concerns about nutrient removal (NR). In addition, leaf-on harvests outside of the typical harvesting window are becoming more prev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,981 Views
20 Pages

17 November 2022

Tomographic images generated by wave propagation are important in tree inspections and can be performed in an economically more accessible way using conventional equipment and postprocessed images, but improvements are necessary to increase image qua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,442 Views
17 Pages

Complete Genome Expression Analysis of the Auxin Response Factor Gene Family in Sandalwood and Their Potential Roles in Drought Stress

  • Xiaojing Liu,
  • Yunshan Liu,
  • Shengkun Wang,
  • Fangcuo Qin,
  • Dongli Wang,
  • Yu Chen,
  • Lipan Hu,
  • Sen Meng and
  • Junkun Lu

16 November 2022

Auxin response factors (ARFs) are essential transcription factors in plants that play an irreplaceable role in controlling the expression of auxin response genes and participating in plant growth and stress. The ARF gene family has been found in Arab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,591 Views
12 Pages

Management of Forest Residues as a Raw Material for the Production of Particleboards

  • Marta Pędzik,
  • Karol Tomczak,
  • Dominika Janiszewska-Latterini,
  • Arkadiusz Tomczak and
  • Tomasz Rogoziński

16 November 2022

Expanding the base of raw materials for use in the production of wood-based materials, researchers and panel manufacturers around the world are increasingly trying to produce panel prototypes from raw materials available in a given area and climate,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,139 Views
13 Pages

Comparison of Endophytic and Epiphytic Microbial Communities in Surviving and Dead Korean Fir (Abies koreana) Using Metagenomic Sequencing

  • Bae Young Choi,
  • Suhyeon Lee,
  • Jaewook Kim,
  • Hyeonseon Park,
  • Joon-Hyeok Kim,
  • Minji Kim,
  • Soo-Je Park,
  • Ki-Tae Kim,
  • Hojin Ryu and
  • Donghwan Shim

16 November 2022

Plant endophyte and epiphyte communities cooperatively interact with their host plants and play crucial roles in sustaining plant fitness. In Korea, a variety of studies have been conducted to elucidate the reasons for the declining population of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,592 Views
11 Pages

16 November 2022

As spatial scale changes, the ecological processes and mechanisms that determine community patterns change. To understand these spatial effects, we established a medium-sized forest plot in an evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest in Guil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,648 Views
13 Pages

Mechanical Branch Wounding Alters the BVOC Emission Patterns of Ficus Plants

  • Shristee Panthee,
  • Louise A. Ashton,
  • Akira Tani,
  • Bimal Sharma and
  • Akihiro Nakamura

16 November 2022

Tree leaves emit biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) in response to mechanical wounding by insect folivores. However, BVOCs are also released from leaves in response to damage to other tree organs. In this study, we hypothesized that if trees...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,589 Views
20 Pages

16 November 2022

Saproxylic beetles are common in all types of forests, but they are more abundant in natural forests. They are mostly recognized as beneficial insects, as they are involved in decomposition and the recycling of nutrients. On the other hand, tradition...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,029 Views
17 Pages

16 November 2022

Eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.) is considered the most important disturbing insect in coniferous stands in eastern North America. During an outbreak, spruce budworm can cause severe defoliation in balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,915 Views
9 Pages

16 November 2022

Forest type conversion is an important factor affecting soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools. Planting precious trees in moso bamboo forest is an important measure taken to establish a mixed forest due to the vulnerable ecological functioning of mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,506 Views
24 Pages

16 November 2022

Coronavirus disease 2019 has significantly impacted mental health. Urban green spaces’ ecological function can improve citizens’ well-being and mental health; thus, this study explored the value realisation mechanism of ecological product...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,979 Views
17 Pages

16 November 2022

Vegetation slope protection has been widely utilized as an eco-friendly approach for slope stability. Up to now, research on the slope protection effect of shrubs and herbaceous vegetation is more than those of trees, which can be attributed to the c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,678 Views
13 Pages

16 November 2022

Biological invasion is one of the most important factors affecting global biodiversity change, which can adversely affect ecosystem function. However, little is known about the effects of belowground biological invasions on soil ecosystems. In this s...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,607 Views
6 Pages

16 November 2022

The conservation of genetic resources in cryocollections requires reliable protocols for the cryopreservation and the regeneration of the preserved material. With Ulmus glabra, the regeneration of thawed buds by in vitro organogenesis has suffer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,894 Views
16 Pages

Studies of the Photoprotection of Radiata Pine Wood Using Photocatalytic Nanoparticles

  • Vicente A. Hernandez,
  • Romina Romero,
  • Nicole Sagredo,
  • David Contreras and
  • Philip D. Evans

16 November 2022

In this work, TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles of different sizes and crystallographic configuration were used to protect wood surfaces against UV radiation. The sizes and levels of photoactivity of the nanoparticles were measured in vitro by transmittance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
2,939 Views
14 Pages

15 November 2022

Species diversity is a crucial index used to evaluate the stability and complexity of forest ecosystems. Studying the relationship between stand structure and understory herbaceous plants species diversity is useful for managers to formulate the best...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
3,309 Views
13 Pages

The Physiological Restorative Role of Soundscape in Different Forest Structures

  • Xin-Chen Hong,
  • Shi Cheng,
  • Jiang Liu,
  • Emily Dang,
  • Jia-Bing Wang and
  • Yuning Cheng

15 November 2022

Natural soundscape is considered a dominant type of hearing in forested areas and contributes to health and recovery effects from exposure to the biophilic outdoor environment. This study focuses on the different forest structures, and aims to explor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,342 Views
12 Pages

Consolidation and Dehydration of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood from Site Huaguangjiao No.1

  • Xinyou Liu,
  • Xinwei Tu,
  • Wanrong Ma,
  • Changjun Zhang,
  • Houyi Huang and
  • Anca Maria Varodi

15 November 2022

The Huaguangjiao I is an ancient Chinese wooden shipwreck from the South Song Dynasty (AD 1127–1279) discovered in the South China Sea in 1996. The first phase of its conservation, desalination and desulfurization, was completed in 2016. In thi...

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