RESTRICTING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ON THE EASTERN DISTRIBUTION LIMIT OF EUROPEAN BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA) IN NORTH-EASTERN ROMANIA FOR THE MARCH – JUNE INTERVAL [PDF]
Present Environment and Sustainable Development, 2019 The meteo-climatic arguments for the eastern biogeographic limit of beech in Romania are of particular interest to forestry, but also to geographers and climatologists.
Mihăilă Dumitru +3 more
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Variable Breeding Strategies in a Fluctuating Environment: A Feeding Experiment in Eastern Chipmunks [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionSmall mammals inhabiting pulsed‐resource environments, such as forests with intermittent seed masting of trees, often adjust their allocation to reproduction with the drastic fluctuations in food availability.
François Briau +4 more
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Comparison of tree species diversity, deadwood volume and regeneration of managed and old-growth Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis L.) forests in Eastern Georgia [PDF]
Caucasiana, 2023 Main stand characteristics and tree species composition were studied in managed and old-growth Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis L.) forests in eastern Georgia (Caucasus).
Lars Droessler, Tobias Wolff
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Microhabitat Selectivity of Mites (Acari) in a Natural Lowland Beech Forest (Melico-Fagetum) in Wronie Reserve (Poland) [PDF]
InsectsThe European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is a tree species common throughout Europe, with the eastern boundary of its range extending across Poland. Samples were collected in several microhabitats of beech stands (e.g., leaf litter, rotting wood, moss ...
Radomir Graczyk +4 more
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Fagus grandifolia growth and mortality a decade after the emergence of Beech leaf disease
Trees, Forests and PeopleBeech leaf disease (BLD) is poised to cause major declines in American beech (Fagus grandifolia) across the eastern United States and parts of Canada. Given the dominance of this tree, quantifying impacts of this emerging disease is critical.
Brianna L. Shepherd +2 more
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Sugar Maple Litter Decay Rates Are Reduced More Strongly by Drought Than by American Beech Proliferation in the Understory [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionRecurrent drought threatens high‐latitude deciduous forests in eastern North America. The decline of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) at its northern limits under additional stress imposed by changing climate regimes and its replacement by American beech ...
William F. J. Parsons +3 more
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CLIMATIC AND ECOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF EUROPEAN BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA) AT THE EASTERN LIMIT (SCIENTIFIC RESERVE "PLAIUL FAGULUI") [PDF]
Present Environment and Sustainable Development, 2020 For the Republic of Moldova, the European beech forests (Fagus sylvatica specie) represent their most eastern areal in the spatial distribution, in Europe.
Maria NEDEALCOV +3 more
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Forest Disturbance Types and Current Analogs for Historical Disturbance-Independent Forests
Land, 2021 Forest classifications by disturbance permit designation of multiple types of both old growth forests and shorter-lived forests, which auto-replace under severe disturbance, and also identification of loss of the disturbance type and associated forest ...
Brice B. Hanberry
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The importance of beech forests in the preservation of valuable species of the flora of Dagestan [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2021 Forests dominated by Fagus orientalis Lipsky play the greatest role in maintaining the ecological balance in the Caucasian Isthmus. Beech, having a high edificatory effect, contributes to the formation of a unique composition of the flora.
Aliev Khabagin
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Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2021 In this study, the dynamism of forest areas was tried to be determined by determining the ecological differences between the areas where Fagus orientalis Lipsky. (Eastern beech, Fagaceae), a very important species for forestry in Turkey, and the soils of
Ahu Kutlay +3 more
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