TL;DR: A large tree-ring database is used to test if the growth response to site specific drought events that occurred between 1975 and 2015 varied between mixed and monospecific stands, confirming the complexity of the relationships found of resistance, recovery, resilience and relative resilience with drought.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review key recent developments in this field and describe their current collective understanding of litter decomposition and transformation processes and pathways in forest ecosystems, and recommend referring to the mass of material in litterbags as "net mass remaining" or "residue mass" rather than "litter mass".

TL;DR: In this paper, a reasoned collation of findings from a number of works conducted worldwide that aims to gain insight into the immediate and longer-term impacts of single or repeated wild or prescribed fires on one group of soil-dwelling organisms or more.

TL;DR: In this paper, Geographical Information System aided Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) techniques can provide sufficient and effective solutions for fire susceptibility mapping due to the comparable and scalable structure of the criteria that are used to determine the susceptibility map when deciding.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of mixed forests on soil properties, understorey vegetation, biodiversity, wildlife, resistance to and resilience against damage, forest productivity and the multiple use of forests are discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the integrated valuation of ecosystem services and trade-offs (InVEST) model was used to evaluate water yield, carbon storage, soil conservation, and water purification in the Chuan-Dian ecological shelter.

TL;DR: The combination of UAV-based multispectral images and target detection algorithms allowed us to monitor the occurrence of PWD and obtain the distribution of infected trees at an early stage, which can provide technical support for the prevention and control of P WD.

TL;DR: A cost-effective and high-throughput method for the early diagnosis of PWD in the field using UAV-based image processing and object detection (uses YOLOv3) based on deep learning is proposed.

TL;DR: In this article, the entropy method was used in order to estimate the geographic distribution of Fraxinus excelsior L. available in Turkey under present and future climate conditions, and the results showed that the ecological consequences of the narrowing experienced in the foreseen borders may have serious consequences for both the management and protection of forests.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize literature regarding objectives and effects of cultural burning in this region within an ecosystem services framework, and evaluate the effects of burning on understory plant diversity, wildlife, fruit production, parasites, and other key aspects of resource quality.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of remote sensing of vegetation phenology is presented, focusing on how the latest ground, near-surface and aerial data have been used to assess the satellite-derived Land Surface Phenology (LSP) metrics and the agreements that has been achieved in the last 15 years.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the spatial distribution and drivers of above-ground biomass (AGB) variation in 119 sites across the South American subtropical forests and apply a structural equation modelling approach to test the causal relationships between AGB and environmental (climate and soil), structural (proportion of large-sized trees) and community (functional and species diversity and composition) variables.

TL;DR: In this paper, the vertical stratification of spring bee communities in this habitat and explore associations with bee traits, canopy cover, and coarse woody debris, for three years, they sampled second-growth woodlots and apple orchard-adjacent forest sites from late March to early June every 7-10 days with paired sets of tri-colored pan traps in the canopy (20-25m above ground) and understory (

TL;DR: In this paper, a decision-making framework is proposed to evaluate the suitability of salvage logging to manage subsequent disturbances, considering the likelihood and impacts of both salvage logging and the subsequent disturbances.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize the current state of research (including empirical, paleo, and modeling studies), discuss the implications on forest growth and carbon storage in Pacific Northwest forests, and identify key knowledge gaps and future research opportunities based on a combination of published studies and expert opinion.

TL;DR: In this article, a decision-making framework for landscape-scale management of complex postfire landscapes that allows for adaptation to a warming climate and future fire is presented, focusing specifically on historically frequent-fire forests of the southwestern US but making connections to other forest types and other regions.

TL;DR: A holistic approach involving the use of top-down regulators, competitors and amensalists, all exerting pressure on the pathogen, as well as bottom-up forces helping the host is suggested to increase the likelihood of BC success.

TL;DR: It is indicated that mixing with broad-leaved trees increases fungal abundance, alters fungal community composition and function and thus potentially contributes to soil quality improvement and tree nutrient acquisition of conifers.

TL;DR: Findings indicate similarly significant AMF- and PGPR-mediated boosts in myrtle drought resistance through enhanced water and nutrient supply and stimulation of the antioxidant defense are indicated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used observations from more than 3000 trees and generalized linear mixed models to investigate how tree level factors (species and DBH), stand-level factors (stand density and soil type), and landscape level factors(wind exposure and landscape configuration) affect tree vulnerability to hurricane winds in a longleaf pinedominated landscape.

TL;DR: Li et al. as discussed by the authors used the latest benefit transfer method specifically developed for China to evaluate the changes in ecosystem service value and quantified the location and scope of different land use decisions to evaluate their benefits.

TL;DR: It is observed increasing dominance of DAFG towards drier sites, while the abundance of DRFG and DTFG was higher towards moister sites, and the three FGs exhibited significant differences in species richness, stem density, aboveground biomass, and biomass accumulation capacity (BAC).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a summary of the currently applied irrigation regimes for poplars and the main effects of irrigation on poplar plantations, with the help of the literature and a global dataset of poplar growth compiled with data from 27 sites in five countries.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effects of N addition (0, 3, 6, and 9 ǫg n−m−2 y−1) on the composition of soil microbial C-cycling functional gene, SOC-degrading enzyme activities, and CO2 emissions in a Pinus tabulaeformis forest.

TL;DR: In this article, a machine learning model was used for the prediction and interpretation of tree basal area increment (BAI) based on data from the National Forest Inventory (NFI).

TL;DR: A cross site field investigation on soil bacterial and fungal communities and enzyme activities in three forests at three sites in South China showed that bamboo invasion consistently increased soil pH and soil organic carbon concentrations and had little effect on bacterial 16S rRNA gene abundances and diversity indices.

TL;DR: In general, mixed stands can achieve higher production potential, diversity and especially resistance to climate extremes and air pollution in relation to climate change in the water-sufficient highland and mountain areas of the Czech Republic.

TL;DR: In this paper, a dataset of forest disturbances detected from space with in-situ forest management records was used to differentiate between different types of disturbances for the Canton of Graubunden, Switzerland, in the years 2005-2018.