A first assessment of genetic variability in the longhorn beetle Rosalia alpina (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Italian Apennines [PDF]
, 2018 The Rosalia longicorn (Rosalia alpina) is a strictly protected saproxylic beetle, widely distributed in Central and Southern Europe and mainly associated with ancient beech forests. To improve knowledge about the conservation status of R. alpina in Italy,
Antonini, G. +15 more
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Decreasing water availability reduces productivity in Swiss forests along an altitudinal gradient
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Forests are one of the most important terrestrial carbon sinks, but are increasingly under pressure due to drought, heat and the occurrence of extreme events. There are opposing longer term trends for European forest growth reported, and severe drought and disturbance ...
Sophia Etzold +8 more
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Relationships between browsing damage and woody species dominance
Journal of Forest Science, 2009 The paper analyzes data on browsing damage to food-attractive woody species, viz. Acer campestre, Acer pseudoplatanus, Acer platanoides, Fraxinus excelsior, Sorbus aucuparia and most often eudominant Fagus sylvatica.
P. Čermák +3 more
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Warm Spring Weather Alters Calling Phenology of Four Sympatric Early‐Breeding Anurans
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.An unusually warm March in 2024 (“false spring”) followed by freezing temperatures allowed us to assess the impact of a weather event on an amphibian community. The calling activity of all four species was associated with increasing temperature, and the first date of calling was advanced by 11–18 days.
Jeffrey P. Ethier +3 more
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Allometric scaling models for tree saplings: Assessing potential fodder for ungulate herbivores
Trees, Forests and People, 2023 Knowledge of the quantity of twig dry mass (available fodder) of saplings is crucial for understanding tree recruitment under wild ungulate browsing pressure in forest ecosystems. Therefore, this study aimed to develop allometric equations for estimating
Aklilu Bajigo Madalcho +4 more
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Volatile organic compounds emitted from fungal-rotting beech (Fagus sylvatica) [PDF]
, 2008 Chemo-communication is an important mode of interaction within ecosystem. The living organism in the ecosystem can deliver signals to conspecifics, to co-organisms, and unintentionally to their enemies, by emitting the volatile organic compounds (VOCs ...
Schütz, Stefan +2 more
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.Abstract An understanding of habitat use and levels of active behaviour is foundational to wildlife behaviour, ecology, conservation and management. These variables are commonly measured by tracking individuals in space and time using biologging. In principle, camera‐trap data also contain information about both activity level and habitat use; however,
J. Marcus Rowcliffe +2 more
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Dendroclimatic reconstruction of the precipitation series in the Polaciones valley (Cantabria)
Investigaciones Geográficas, 2018 A dendroclimatic reconstruction is carried out using the data from nine chronologies of the Fagus sylvatica taxon spread out in Polaciones, a valley of the central Cantabrian Mountains.
Víctor Lallana Llorente
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Assessing Browsing Impact in Beech Forests: The Importance of Tree Responses after Browsing
Diversity, 2023 Browsing by ungulates can affect the development of a forest stand due to selective browsing and shifts in the growth ranking between tree species. Assessing browsing impact in an objective way is difficult in patchily distributed beech forests.
Janika Kim Angst +1 more
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Linking forest diversity and tree health: preliminary insights from a large-scale survey in Italy [PDF]
, 2018 Forest health is currently assessed in Europe (ICP Forests monitoring program). Crown defoliation and dieback, tree mortality, and pathogenic damage are the main aspects considered in tree health assessment. The worsening of environmental conditions (i.e.
Bussotti, Filippo +5 more
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