Forests, Volume 14, Issue 4

The physical properties of peat substrates from eight tree nurseries were characterized to determine bulk density, air-filled porosity, saturated hydraulic conductivity, pore effectiveness, relative gas diffusivity and chemical properties. There were...

Ecological restoration with a multispecies and multifunctional approach can accelerate the re-establishment of numerous ecosystem services. The challenges with land that is degraded, damaged, or destroyed post-mining are the low productivity of soil...

Longer periods of intensified droughts in Western Europe are predicted due to ongoing climate change. Studying the responses of woody species during intense drought events can help toward understanding the consequences for forest ecosystems. We studi...

Abies nephrolepis is a climate-vulnerable species that inhabits high mountains in the Baekdu–Daegan range and is distributed along the southern limit line in South Korea, making it suitable for climate change research. This study aimed to obser...

The purpose of this study was to predict aboveground biomass (AGB) and aboveground carbon storage (AGCS) in Ma bamboo (Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro) plantations. A total of 25 bamboo samples were selected and felled based on age and diameter at bre...

Both biochar and oyster shell powder have been known as promising amendments to ameliorate soil acidity and enhance soil fertility. However, it is still unclear how their application alone and in combination affect the soil organic carbon (C) fractio...

Most existing methods for determining log decay levels normally use variations in log surface characteristics, and the results are subject to human subjectivity, which is uncertain and inaccurate. In order to investigate a novel method for the quanti...

The forestry industry poses a higher risk of occupational accidents than other sectors, and understanding the occurrence and characteristics of injuries and fatalities is crucial for improving the safety and health of workers and establishing future...

Somatic embryogenesis (SE), which leads to the formation of embryonic callus (EC) tissue, is the most promising method for large-scale production and selective breeding of woody plants. However, in many species, SE suffers from low induction and prol...

Circumferential milling is used in wood processing, yet it generates vast quantities of dust and chips in a single pass, highlighting the need to predict chip dispersion and prevent associated hazards. This article presents findings from a theoretica...

The aim of this research was to determine the survival rate, dimensions, and wood quality of black locust, ash-leaf maple, common maple, and American ash introduced to the landfill of the “Adamów” Power Plant as part of the reclama...

The seed predator Argyresthia conjugella Zeller has rowan as its preferred host plant. In years of poor fruiting in rowan, it oviposits on apples. To improve the knowledge of this apple pest, rowanberries were collected from localities all over Norwa...

Phytoremediation using woody plants can effectively reduce heavy metal (HM) concentrations in soils. However, the remediation capacity of woody plants depends greatly on plant species and soil environmental conditions. In order to evaluate the HM rem...

Agroforestry systems (AFS) are priority semi-natural ecosystems in fragile ecological zones. The complexity and diversity of their species structure play a crucial role in maintaining AFS stability. To explore the optimization of improvement strategi...

In this study, the effect of different planting combinations on the amino acid concentration in the pericarp of Zanthoxylum planispinum ‘dintanensis’ (hereafter referred to as Z. planispinum) was studied, and the response of amino acid co...

Identifying the feedback relationship between soil erosion and vegetation growth would contribute to sustainable watershed management. In order to study the long-term interaction between soil erosion and vegetation change, a comprehensive modeling fr...

Mulberry (Morus, Moraceae) is an important economic plant that is considered zinc-rich. Zinc (Zn) is a micronutrient that plays vital roles in various bio-processes in plants and animals. In the present study, a comparative transcriptome analysis ass...

Gap size is one of the main variables used to quantify the environmental consequences of forest management that can help in quantifying and monitoring changes in clearing areas. This study aimed to characterize gaps from harvested individuals, quanti...

Background: Dracaena cinnabari is a monocot species that does not form annual tree rings; thus, its age can only be estimated. This species is threatened by low natural regeneration, with an evident absence of younger individuals most likely caused b...

Formaldehyde emission from cellulosic materials is an important consideration, especially for wood products, which are regulated by many countries in terms of legislation and may affect the health of users. In this study, molecular dynamics simulatio...

The frequent occurrence of forest fires in recent years has not only seriously damaged the forests’ ecological environments but also threatened the safety of public life and property. Smoke, as the main manifestation of the flame before it is p...

Street trees play a crucial role in improving urban environments, and their management depends on the perceptions and preferences of urban residents. This study surveyed 884 urban residents’ preferences and perceptions towards street trees in a...

While the beneficial effects of forests on health and well-being are broadly investigated, little is known on the restorative effects of forest infrastructure. Thus, this study assessed the perceptions of installing furniture in a recreational forest...

Patch budding (bud grafting) is a commonly used method for pecan reproduction; however, the grafting survival rate varies with cultivars. Clarifying the underlying mechanisms of successful grafting is pivotal for graft technique improvement. Here, we...

The few studies dealing with leaf phenological responses to elevated nutrients in forest trees have given ambiguous results, i.e., while some reported delayed leaf-out and autumn leaf senescence, others reported advanced leaf phenology caused by incr...

Forest fires are destructive and rapidly spreading, causing great harm to forest ecosystems and humans. Deep learning techniques can adaptively learn and extract features of forest fires and smoke. However, the complex backgrounds and different fores...

In the context of global warming, climate change in river headwater regions and its drivers have attracted increasing attention. In this study, tree-ring width (TRW) chronology was constructed using tree-ring samples of fir (Abies faxoniana) in Dadu...

Sea level rise (SLR) has a significant impact on the vegetation ecosystem in coastal wetlands. Taking coastal China as the study area, the SLAMM (sea level rise affecting marsh model) was used to simulate the continuous long-term (2015–2100) ef...

Camellia oleifera is a major woody oilseed species in China, but it is typically cultivated in nutrient-poor soils and may be affected by various trace elements. This study examined how spraying selenium, boron, and zinc trace elements affected the t...

The poor natural regeneration of Pinus koraiensis is a key limitation for restoring the primary mixed Pinus koraiensis forests. Seed harvesting and climate change are the important factors that influence the natural regeneration of Pinus koraiensis;...

The study of energy, water, and carbon exchanges between ecosystems and the atmosphere is important in understanding the role of vegetation in regional microclimates. However, they are still relatively scarce when it comes to Caatinga vegetation. Thi...

Increasing CO₂ levels in the atmosphere and the resulting negative impacts of climate change have compelled global efforts to achieve carbon neutrality or negativity. Most such efforts focus on carbon sequestration through chemical or physical approa...

The ongoing twin transition of the wood-based panel industry towards a green, digital, and more resilient bioeconomy is essential for a successful transformation, with the aim of decarbonising the sector and implementing a circular development model,...

In the present work, Raman, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and elemental Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) spectroscopic techniques were used for the assessment of the influence of plant root composition towards shallow landslide occurre...

Mangrove forests provide many ecosystem services to coastal communities and are essential in addressing climate change and coastal erosion. Unfortunately, physical pressures, including timber extraction, firewood, and land conversion to agriculture a...

The vascular cambium is the main lateral meristem responsible for the secondary growth of trees. There are a number of explicit and implicit assumptions behind this statement which allow questions to be raised about the mechanism underlying the radia...

Aiming at the problems of low classification accuracy and overfitting caused by the limited number of particleboard image samples, a Capsule Network algorithm based on the improved CBAM (Convolutional Block Attention Module) attention model is propos...

Climate change affects forest resource availability, growing season length, and thus forest biomass accumulation. However, only a limited number of studies have been conducted on forest biomass management based on climate effects, particularly at the...

Blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea var. kamtschatica Sevast.) is a valuable berry crop with a unique biochemical composition. It is rich in vitamins, minerals, and biologically active substances. Different species and cultivars of honeysuckle requir...

Roots can be seen as natural soil reinforcement material. The prediction and quantitative evaluation of the shear strength of root-permeated soil is the focus of vegetation slope protection, in which the bonding effect of the root–soil interfac...

Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum) is an important commercial arbor species known for the production of raw lacquer. Here, we investigated the intraspecific chloroplast (cp) genome variability of T. vernicifluum using two available and...

Professionally trained, motivated, and responsible forestry workers are a fundamental prerequisite of successful forest production and an integral part of the modern, generally accepted paradigm of sustainable forest management. However, the forestry...

Rangelands in arid and semi-arid regions are the main source of livestock feed. The fragmentation of these ecosystems by continuous grazing gives rise to the modification of ecological processes, which alters the structure and functionality of plant...

Land use and land cover (LULC) information plays a crucial role in determining the trend of the global carbon cycle in various fields, such as urban land planning, agriculture, rural management, and sustainable development, and serves as an up-to-dat...

The role of plant hormones in tension wood (TW) formation has been studied but is still unclear. IAA, ABA, ACC, tZ, tZR, iP, and iPR in cambial region tissues were identified and quantified by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS). We exami...

The carbon sink capacity of forest ecosystem and its function of mitigating climate change have been confirmed. As two common coniferous species, Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. (C. lanceolata) and Pinus elliottii Engelmann (P. elliottii) are w...

Increased uncertainty in the trade environment has become a reality. However, so far, there is no well-established indicator system to quantify the international competitiveness of forest products in the context of increased uncertainty in the trade...

Secondary growth is the main source of wood accumulation and has an extremely complex regulation process. Pinus massoniana Lamb. is one of the main timber tree species in China and it is of great significance in the study of the secondary growth proc...

Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is considered the most effective method for vegetative propagation of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst). When the aim is commercial production, the process needs scaling up. This includes many initiations to increase the...

Understanding the role of land use type and topographic features in shaping wildfire regimes received much attention because of the intensification of wildfire activities. The intensifying wildfires in the western United States are a great concern bo...