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Climate Change and Reduction of Soil Organic Layer Thickness Increases Drought Risk in Mountain Forests of the Northern Alps

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background On ca. 10% of the forested sites in the Bavarian Alps (Germany) mountain, forest soils (so‐called folic histosols) are characterized by thick organic layers overlying poorly weathered calcareous parent material. Aim These organic layers play a critical role in releasing water and nutrients for vegetation, yet they are also sensitive
Marc Kühnbach, Axel Wellpott, Rupert Seidl, Hans‐Joachim Klemmt, Klaas Wellhausen, Jörg Ewald   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Analysis of Eight Mitogenomes of Bark Beetles and Their Phylogenetic Implications

Insects, 2021
Many bark beetles of the subfamily Scolytinae are the most economically important insect pests of coniferous forests worldwide. In this study, we sequenced the mitochondrial genomes of eight bark beetle species, including Dendroctonus micans ...
Huicong Du, Jiaxing Fang, Xia Shi, Sufang Zhang, Fu Liu, Chunmei Yu, Zhen Zhang, Xiangbo Kong   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dead wood retention and the risk of bark beetle attack [PDF]

, 2002
Wind-felled Norway spruce trees left for conservation purposes and spruce stems stored as forest fuel may be colonised by the bark beetles Ips typographus and Pityogenes chalcographus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae).
Hedgren, Per Olof
core   +1 more source

Ngarrawa (mound spring) sediments as archives of Holocene environmental change in arid central Australia: Insights from Itrax XRF scanning

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Central Australia's ngarrawa, or ‘mound springs’, are unique hydrological systems that serve as some of the only near‐permanent sources of water and continuous sediment deposition in Australia's arid interior. As such, they hold significant potential as palaeo‐climate and ‐environmental archives in a region where many aspects of past climate ...
Fletcher C. Nixon, Jonathan J. Tyler, Patricia S. Gadd, Quan Hua   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life‐history traits and phylogeny structure taxon‐specific species–substrate relationships in deadwood

Oikos, EarlyView.
To understand the structuring of species assemblages, integrating life‐history traits and evolutionary heritage in analyses is vital. This allows the assessment of a mechanistic link between species and their environment. Deadwood systems are vital for nutrient cycling and biodiversity support, governed by complex intra‐ and inter‐specific fungal and ...
Albin Larsson Ekström, Heloise Gibb, Mari Jönsson, Line Boberg Djupström, Therese Löfroth   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Special delivery: A hardwood‐killing bark beetle vectors its unusual symbiote among host trees

Ecosphere
In mutualistic symbioses with fungi, herbivorous insects such as bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) gain access to resources that are unavailable in the absence of fungal mutualists, while fungi benefit from insect‐vectored dispersal ...
Debra L. Wertman, Richard C. Hamelin, Allan L. Carroll   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Satellite-based hyperspectral imaging and cartographic visualization of bark beetle forest damage for the city of Čabar

Tehnički Glasnik, 2018
After enormous amount of ice rain during 2014 huge damage was done in forests in Croatia, especially in the city of Čabar area. Damage of forests is reflected in wide spread of bark beetle.
Nikola Kranjčić, Robert Župan, Milan Rezo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How can children and young people have a voice in urban treescapes?

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Scientific understanding of climate change has, to date, failed to result in sufficient action. This paper proposes that a deficit model of top‐down learning and dissemination in relation to public engagement with science may be part of the problem, particularly when considering the attitudes, values and empowerment of children and young ...
Simon Carr, Abi Hackett, Kate Pahl, Samyia Ambreen, Khawla Badwan, Elizabeth Curtis, Susannah Gill, Ambika Kapoor, Peter Lawrence, Johan Siebers, Jan White   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent bark beetle outbreaks have little impact on streamflow in the Western United States

Environmental Research Letters, 2016
In the Western United States (US), the current mountain pine beetle (MPB; Dendroctonus ponderosae ) epidemic has affected more than five million hectares since its start in 1996, including headwater catchments that supply water to much of the Western US.
Kimberly M Slinski, Terri S Hogue, Aaron T Porter, John E McCray   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aboveground herbivory elevates belowground rhizosphere volatile organic compound concentrations in ambient and polluted air, independent of volatile sampling methodology

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The effect of air pollution on plants is still underexplored, especially belowground. We used a field facility that released diesel exhaust and ozone at concentrations equivalent to those near a busy road in Reading, UK, to measure belowground gas exchange of Scots pine together with feeding by large pine weevils, a major pest of conifers.
Tihomir Simin, Luke Bell, James M. W. Ryalls, Robbie D. Girling, Oliver E. I. Welling, Neil J. Mullinger, Muhammad Usman Rasheed, James D. Blande   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source