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The Role of Old-growth Forests in Frequent-fire Landscapes

Ecology and Society, 2007
Classic ecological concepts and forestry language regarding old growth are not well suited to frequent-fire landscapes. In frequent-fire, old-growth landscapes, there is a symbiotic relationship between the trees, the understory graminoids, and fire that
Daniel Binkley, Tom Sisk, Carol Chambers, Judy Springer, William Block   +4 more
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Fractal features of soil particle size distributions and their potential as an indicator of Robinia pseudoacacia invasion1

Scientific Reports, 2018
To study the fractal dimensions of the soil particle size distributions (PSDs) within different plantations (of Pinus densiflora, Quercus acutissima, Robinia pseudoacacia, and Larix kaempferi) and evaluate PSDs as an indicator of the likelihood of ...
Kun Li, Huanxiang Yang, Xu Han, Lingyu Xue, Yang Lv, Jinhua Li, Zhanyong Fu, Chuanrong Li, Weixing Shen, Huiling Guo, Yikun Zhang   +10 more
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Three new species of Neodon (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Sichuan and Xizang, China [PDF]

Zoosystematics and Evolution
During a survey of small mammals in Sichuan and southern Xizang, China, three species of Neodon were collected that did not match to any described species. Therefore, we conducted phylogenetic analyses of the entire genus based on two mitochondrial genes
Xuming Wang, Xuan Pan, Yingxun Liu, Robert W. Murphy, Buqing Peng, Chao Duan, Rui Liao, Xin Wang, Shaoying Liu   +8 more
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Analysis on the transpiration response of Japanese cedar (Crytomeria fortunei) and influencing factors after expansion of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis)

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) expansion into adjacent forests has been reported to alter the local water cycle. Transpiration is the most important component of the water budget.
Qi Chen, Qin Zou, Yuanqiu Liu, Longyan Lan, Xingyue Mo, Yaoyao Gao, Xi Yuan, Jiahui Huang, Xiaobin Fu, Lehuan Li, Wenping Deng   +10 more
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Governments commit to forest restoration, but what does it take to restore forests?

Environmental Conservation, 2022
SummaryForest restoration is receiving increased attention from many public and private actors, but few large-scale experiences exist. We explored 10 cases where forest cover had either increased or stabilized or where there was a significant drive towards forest expansion to understand which factors can facilitate the scaling up of forest restoration.
Stéphanie Mansourian, Hermine Kleymann, Valerie Passardi, Susanne Winter, Mercy Derkyi, Anita Diederichsen, Mónica Gabay, Pablo Pacheco, Daniel Vallauri, Christian A. Kull   +9 more
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Tropical Forest Landscape Restoration in Indonesia: A Review

Land, 2022
Indonesia has the second-largest biodiversity of any country in the world. Deforestation and forest degradation have caused a range of environmental issues, including habitat degradation and loss of biodiversity, deterioration of water quality and ...
Yonky Indrajaya, Tri Wira Yuwati, Sri Lestari, Bondan Winarno, Budi Hadi Narendra, Hunggul Yudono Setio Hadi Nugroho, Dony Rachmanadi, Pratiwi, Maman Turjaman, Rahardyan Nugroho Adi, Endang Savitri, Pamungkas Buana Putra, Purwanto Budi Santosa, Nunung Puji Nugroho, Sigit Andy Cahyono, Reni Setyo Wahyuningtyas, Retno Prayudyaningsih, Wawan Halwany, Mohamad Siarudin, Ary Widiyanto, Marcellinus Mandira Budi Utomo, Sumardi, Aji Winara, Tien Wahyuni, Daniel Mendham   +24 more
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Response of understory vegetation over 10 years after thinning in an old-growth cedar and cypress plantation overgrazed by sika deer in eastern Japan

Forest Ecosystems, 2017
Background Forest management strategies such as thinning have long been used to enhance ecosystem functions, especially in plantations. Thinning in plantations with high deer density, however, may not yield a desired increase in understory vegetation ...
Atsushi Tamura, Masanobu Yamane
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Forest restoration by direct seeding: a global bibliometric analysis

, 2022
Direct seeding has been suggested to be a highly cost-efficient system for forest restoration but is still not applied on a large scale worldwide.
de Souza, Diego C. [UNESP], Diego C. de Souza   +1 more
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A new geodatabase of fuel treatments across federal lands in the USA

Scientific Data
Catastrophic wildfires threaten landscapes across the United States, and fuel treatments are key to mitigating this risk. Yet, information regarding when, where, and what types of treatments have occurred is scattered across multiple systems of record ...
Anson Call, Nathan Tomczyk, Katahdin A. Withnall, Patricia R. Dappen, Dana Heusinkveld, Stephanie Mueller, Ben Holloway, Keaton Shennan, Jennifer Herring, Aidan Franko, Melanie M. Colavito, Aaron D. Kimple, Andrew Sánchez Meador, Camille S. Stevens-Rumann   +13 more
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Restoration in a virtual reality forest environment

Computers in Human Behavior, 2020
Abstract The focus in this research was on the effects of restorative experiences in an immersive virtual reality (VR) forest environment. For 5 min one hundred participants used a VR application depicting a forest via a head-mounted display and headphones.
Osmo Mattila, Arto Korhonen, Essi Pöyry, Kaisa Hauru, Jani Holopainen, Petri Parvinen   +5 more
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