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Experimental Warming of Typically Acidic and Nutrient-Poor Boreal Soils Does Not Affect Leaf-Litter Decomposition of Temperate Deciduous Tree Species

Soil Systems, 2023
Ongoing rapid climatic changes are expected to modify the structure, composition, and functioning of forest ecosystems. Studying the influence of such changes on biogeochemical processes is thus crucial for a fuller understanding of forest response to ...
Nicolas Bélanger, Clémence Chaput-Richard   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploiting Device Deformability for Fluid and Particle Manipulation

Small, EarlyView.
Deformable devices enable fluid and particle manipulation modes that are inaccessible to rigid platforms. This review examines soft materials and architectures that translate controlled deformation into microscale fluid operations such as pumping, valving, mixing, and particle handling.
Zhiyang Hong, Xiaoyue Kang, Dan Yuan, Nam‐Trung Nguyen, Jun Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pathogen and Endophyte Assemblages Co-vary With Beech Bark Disease Progression, Tree Decline, and Regional Climate

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021
Plant–pathogen interactions are often considered in a pairwise manner with minimal consideration of the impacts of the broader endophytic community on disease progression and/or outcomes for disease agents and hosts.
Eric W. Morrison, Matt T. Kasson, Jeremy J. Heath, Jeff R. Garnas   +3 more
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Does a decision support tool designed to depict West Nile virus risk explain variation in ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus use of managed forests?

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Infectious diseases are commonly cited as significant contributors to wildlife population declines. It is, therefore, important to investigate the extent to which tools designed to mitigate the effects of infectious diseases explain wildlife responses to habitat management.
Jacob Goldman, Darin J. McNeil, Lauren M. Chronister, Randall Koleck, Samuel Lapp, Jeffery T. Larkin, Reina Tyl, Justin Kitzes, Jeffery L. Larkin   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A combined approach for early in-field detection of beech leaf disease using near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022
The ability to detect diseased trees before symptoms emerge is key in forest health management because it allows for more timely and targeted intervention.
Carrie J. Fearer, Anna O. Conrad, Robert E. Marra, Caroline Georskey, Caterina Villari, Jason Slot, Pierluigi Bonello   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monitoring the effects of ovariectomy on seasonal movement behavior in suburban female white‐tailed deer using internet of things‐enabled devices

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Abundant deer populations often cause conflicts in suburban communities, yet traditional population reduction methods, such as controlled hunting, can be challenging to implement. Fertility control, specifically through ovariectomy, can limit reproduction and reduce populations in certain settings, but its effect on movement behavior remains poorly ...
Vickie DeNicola, Stefano Mezzini, Francesca Cagnacci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The wolf is back! Non‐consumptive effects of the return of a large carnivore on the use of supplementary feeding sites by roe deer

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Understanding how prey species tradeoff predation risk and resource acquisition is particularly important for advancing our knowledge of predator–prey relationships. We investigated this by studying the use of concentrated anthropogenic resources, namely supplementary feeding sites, by roe deer Capreolus capreolus before and after grey wolf Canis lupus
Federico Ossi, Moniek Heurman, Arnaud Bruat, Charlotte Vanderlocht, Benjamin Robira, Nathan Ranc, Simone Dal Farra, Francesca Cagnacci   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Propagation and Restoration Techniques for American Beech and Their Current and Future Application in Mitigation of Beech Bark Disease

Sustainability, 2023
The American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) has been impacted by the beech bark disease (BBD) complex throughout the northeastern United States for over 100 years, but the disease has been present in the Great Lakes region only for around 20 years, requiring acknowledgement of the evolving context surrounding F. grandifolia.
Andrea L. Myers, Andrew J. Storer, Yvette L. Dickinson, Tara L. Bal   +3 more
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Structural analyses of wooden chairs by finite element method (FEM) and assessment of the cyclic loading performance in comparison with allowable design loads

Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnología, 2021
Tests were carried out to investigate the cyclic loading performance of chairs constructed of Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis).
Erkan Ceylan, Ersan Güray, Ali Kasal
doaj  

Quantifying microhabitat selection of snowshoe hares using forest metrics from UAS‐based LiDAR

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Identifying the spatial and temporal scale at which animals select resources is critical for predicting how populations respond to changes in the environment. The spatial distribution of fine‐scale resources (e.g. patches of dense vegetation) are often linked with critical life‐history requirements such as denning and feeding sites.
Alexej P. K. Sirén, Franklin Sullivan, Rachel Cliché, Jeremy Goetz, Leighlan S. Prout, Jillian Kilborn, Katelyn Courtot, Michael Palace   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source