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Specialist carabids in mixed montane forests are positively associated with biodiversity-oriented forestry and abundance of roe deer

Global Ecology and Conservation
The ongoing transition within forest management towards more biodiversity-oriented practices, such as close-to-nature forestry and retention forestry, may benefit forest fauna such as forest-specialized ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). However, it
João M. Cordeiro Pereira, Sebastian Schwegmann, Clàudia Massó Estaje, Martin Denter, Grzegorz Mikusiński, Ilse Storch   +5 more
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Forest Fires: Silvicultural Prevention and Mathematical Models for Predicting Fire Propagation in Southern Italy

Fire
In the Mediterranean basin, coniferous reforestation mainly comprises forest stands highly susceptible to fires. When silvicultural treatments have not been performed for decades after plantation, these stands often exhibit high vertical and horizontal ...
Pasquale A. Marziliano, Fabio Lombardi, Maria F. Cataldo, Michele Mercuri, Salvatore F. Papandrea, Leonardo M. Manti, Silvio Bagnato, Giuseppe Alì, Pierpaolo Fusaro, Pietro S. Pantano, Carmelo Scuro   +10 more
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Forest structural heterogeneity positively affects bird richness and acoustic diversity in a temperate, central European forest

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
IntroductionForests managed for timber production can also be managed for biodiversity conservation by retaining structures typical of old-growth forests, which provide heterogenous structures for forest-dwelling species, including birds.
Taylor Shaw, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Sandra Müller   +2 more
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CARBON STOCKS IN PHYTOMASS OF WOODY PLANTS AND COARSE WOODY DEBRIS IN OLD-GROWTH BLUEBERRY PINE FORESTS IN THE NATURAL RESERVE “KIVACH”

Вопросы лесной науки
The study presents the results of the research on permanent test plots established in 2023 in 180-190-year-old bilberry-type pine forests growing on sandy soils on the test site of the first type of level intensity «Kivach» (Republic of Karelia, middle ...
A. N. Pekkoev, S. A. Moshnikov, I. V. Romashkin, D. V. Teslya   +3 more
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Sitting in the Bush, or Deliberate Idleness [PDF]

, 2017
In this essay, Sylvia Bowerbank describes wandering with her two dogs on her land on the edge of Beverly Swamp in Southern Ontario in an effort to cultivate Green habits and attitudes in her daily ...
Bowerbank, Sylvia
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Feasibility study for future contributions in the field of forest biodiversity assessments [PDF]

, 2003
As a basis of the ICP Forests feasibility study this overview describes national activities in the field of forest biodiversity monitoring. It takes into account 15 participating countries of ICP Forests, including those that already in 2002 were ...
Fischer, Richard
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Tenure and Its Discontents: The Worst Form of Employment Relationship Save All of the Others [PDF]

, 2000
This article attempts to defend academic tenure and offer some recommendations to make it more effective. There is nothing unique in this effort. What might be new to the discussion is the belief that the catalyst to making tenure more flexible and ...
Fishman, James J.
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Newsletter of the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla) [PDF]

, 2007
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Erkki Kauhanen MANAGING EDITOR: Markus Lier DESIGN AND LAYOUT: Jouni Hyvärinen COVER: Photo: Metla/Erkki Oksanen TRANSLATION: Philip Mottram, Pirkko Huuskonen3 Editorial: The role of forest research in providing data for forest ...

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New Finds and Ecology of the Rare Liverworts Scapania apiculata, Scapania carinthiaca, and Scapania scapanioides in Austria. [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2023
Kropik M, Zechmeister HG.
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Patterns and driving factors of ecological stoichiometry in system of deadwood and soil in mountains forest ecosystem. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Błońska E, Piaszczyk W, Lasota J.
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