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Climate benefits of afforestation and reforestation with varying species mixtures and densities in the north-western boreal lands [PDF]

arXiv
The boreal forest plays a crucial role as a global carbon sink. This study uses two 250-year simulations of Canada's Taiga Plains, an area targeted by the 2 Billion Trees Program to evaluate afforestation and reforestation strategies that vary by species mix, planting density, and surface albedo.
arxiv  

Characterisation of Hedge Burning in the Context of Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Prevention

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With global warming, the wildfire season tends to get longer, causing fatalities and devastating damage to human property. Although many countries have implemented fire risk prevention measures, particularly in Wildland Urban Interfaces (WUI), this finding shows that there are weaknesses in the prevention measures. This is mainly due to a lack
Virginie Tihay‐Felicelli, Karina Meerpoel‐Pietri, Paul‐Antoine Santoni, Yolanda Perez‐Ramirez, Anthony Graziani, Frédéric Morandini, Camille Luciani, William Mell, Alexander Maranghides   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in the Diversity of Evergreen and Deciduous Species During Natural Recovery Following Clear-Cutting in a Subtropical Evergreen-Deciduous Broadleaved Mixed Forest of Central China

, 2015
Clear-cutting has been a widespread commercial logging practice, causing substantial changes of biodiversity in many forests throughout the world. Forest recovery is a complex ecological process, and examining the recovery process after clear-cutting is ...
Yongtao Huang, Xunru Ai, L. Yao, R. Zang, Yi Ding, Jihong Huang, Guang Feng, Juncheng Liu   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ecological and developmental history impacts the equitable distribution of services

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
The ecological and developmental history of the Chicago, Illinois, region has affected the current distribution of forests therein. These same factors, along with systemic and long‐lasting racial segregation, have shaped the distribution of the urban populations that benefit from the ecosystem services provided by urban forests. This study demonstrates
Lindsay E Darling, Christine R Rollinson, Robert T Fahey, Anita T Morzillo, Lea R Johnson, Matthew Baker, Myla FJ Aronson, Brady S Hardiman   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extreme winter warm event causes exceptionally early bud break for many woody species

Ecosphere, 2019
In many ecosystems, climate is changing faster during winter compared to other seasons. However, we lack basic information about the responses of many species to winter climate change, including extreme warm events.
Laura M. Ladwig, Jennifer L. Chandler, Peter W. Guiden, Jonathan J. Henn   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bilateral fusion of permanent maxillary incisors

Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2011
Dental fusion is a rare developmental anomaly, which is included in the anomalies of tooth morphology or shape. Fusion can occur at the level of enamel or enamel and dentin, which results in the formation of a single tooth with enlarged clinical crown ...
Manoj Kumar Hans, Shashit Shetty, Hitesh Chopra   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relative growth rate variation of evergreen and deciduous savanna tree species is driven by different traits.

Annals of Botany, 2014
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Plant relative growth rate (RGR) depends on biomass allocation to leaves (leaf mass fraction, LMF), efficient construction of leaf surface area (specific leaf area, SLA) and biomass growth per unit leaf area (net assimilation rate ...
K. Tomlinson, L. Poorter, F. Bongers, F. Borghetti, Loes Jacobs, F. van Langevelde   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Resist!: Sustaining forest carbon sequestration and wood production after insect disturbance

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Disturbances from insect pests threaten ecologically and economically important goods and services supplied by forests, including wood production and carbon sequestration. We highlight the factors that influence these services’ resistance, a term quantifying the initial response to disturbance.
Christopher M Gough, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Robert T Fahey, Catherine McGuigan, Brandon C Alveshere, Cameron Clay, Erin‐Darby McClain, Charles E Flower, Kayla C Mathes, Ariel Johnson, Lisa T Haber, Kalyn Dorheim, Derek M Johnson, Lucas E Nave, Kerstin Niedermaier   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing Data-Driven and Mechanistic Models for Predicting Phenology in Deciduous Broadleaf Forests [PDF]

arXiv
Understanding the future climate is crucial for informed policy decisions on climate change prevention and mitigation. Earth system models play an important role in predicting future climate, requiring accurate representation of complex sub-processes that span multiple time scales and spatial scales. One such process that links seasonal and interannual
arxiv  

Impact of land management on herbaceous vegetation diversity and forage provision in the Great Green Wall in Burkina Faso

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
According to the disturbance gradient, the species richness of herbaceous vegetation increased from fenced (less disturbed) to fallow (most disturbed). The pastoral value and biomass production of grazing land were higher in protected areas (fenced land) than in unprotected areas (community forests and fallow land), suggesting that conservation ...
Issouf Zerbo, Sambo Ouédraogo, Daouda Savadogo, Aliou Guissé, Issaka J. Boussim   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source