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Optimizing eDNA Metabarcoding Techniques for Assessing Arthropod Communities in Tree‐Related Microhabitats

Environmental DNA
Understanding the diversity and ecological roles of arthropods within tree‐related microhabitats (TreMs) is crucial for forest ecosystem conservation and management.
Mohammad Jamil Shuvo, Tasmina Tabassum, Gernot Segelbacher   +2 more
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Social perception of the forest landscape in Trentino-Alto Adige (Italy): comparison of case studies

Forest@, 2016
The landscape is the product of human activities and nature as developed during the centuries. However, the landscape has a symbolic value because it can be considered the identity and culture of a territory that includes the values and beliefs of local ...
Pastorella F, Santoni S, Notaro S, Paletto A   +3 more
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Structural Recovery of Overlooked Shrublands Drives Asymmetric Restoration in Dryland Ecosystems

Earth's Future, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Current remote sensing of dryland ecosystems is fundamentally limited by a reliance on vegetation indices (“greenness”), which struggle to disentangle mixed pixel signals and fail to capture the non‐photosynthetic structural components critical for resilience.
Xin Lin, Lu Chen, Mingyao Cai, Hongying Chen, Fei Lun, Xin Jiao, Qiangqiang Sun, Danfeng Sun   +7 more
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Red‐listed species under threat: Unexpectedly high deadwood thresholds for their presence in managed boreal forests

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 6, June 2026.
We show that deadwood volume is a reliable, taxon‐specific indicator of the presence of red‐listed bryophytes and fungi but not lichens. By explicitly focusing on threatened species and deriving statistically defined thresholds from managed boreal forests, our study provides empirical benchmarks that go beyond commonly used biodiversity indicators. The
Alwin A. Hardenbol, Faith A. M. Jones, Jörgen Sjögren, Albin Larsson Ekström, Anne‐Maarit Hekkala, Mari Jönsson, Matti Koivula, Joachim Strengbom   +7 more
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How do forest structure and composition near trees with black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius L.) cavities differ from the surrounding forest? A multisite approach in French forests

Annals of Forest Science
Key message In French temperate lowland and mountain forests, the black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius L.) excavates preferably trees in beech-dominated sites, with a lower fraction of small-diameter trees than in the surrounding areas, while the presence
Vincent Breton, Marie-Emelie Guignot, Lucie Vincenot, Aurélie Husté, Laureline Leclerc, Marc Fuhr, Yoan Paillet   +6 more
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Old-growth mixed beech-dominated forests continue accumulating carbon with advancing age

Forest Ecosystems
Old-growth forests uniquely support biodiversity while serving as some of the planet's most important carbon stocks. The influence of tree and stand age on carbon flux dynamics remains debated—an urgent question as climate-driven disturbances may reshape
Katarína Markuljaková, Marek Svitok, Martin Mikoláš, Jeňýk Hofmeister, Wiliam S. Keeton, Anders Alhström, Dheeraj Ralhan, Jakob Pavlin, Audrey Rose Salerno, Daniel Kozák, Daniela Dúhová, Pavel Janda, Stjepan Mikac, Tzvetan Zlatanov, Momchil Panayotov, Elvin Toromani, Srdjan Keren, Abdulla Dikku, Cătălin-Constantin Roibu, Krešimir Begović, Radek Bače, Ivo Pardus, Martin Dušátko, Miroslav Svoboda   +23 more
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Forest-mensurational characteristics of Picea abies (L.) Karst. forest stands in the primeval forest groups of the Chyvchyno-Hryniavsky Mountains of the Verkhovynskyi National Nature Park

Наукові праці Лісівничої академії наук України
The studied old-growth spruce forests are of natural origin, these are uneven-aged forests, characterized by the presence of dead-standing trees and trees on the verge of physiological development, the presence of a significant amount of self-seeding ...
Vasyl Debryniuk, Liudmyla Matzapyak, Mykhailo Nechai, Yaroslav Zelenchuk, Ivan Koliadzhyn, Vasyl Lavnyy, Stepan Myklush, Myroslava Soroka, Iurii Debryniuk   +8 more
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Structural and compositional indicators of the conservation status of forest habitats: A case study of ravine forests – EU priority habitat type Tilio-Acerion

Ecological Indicators
Maintaining the conservation status of habitat types such as the ravine forests (Tilio-Acerion) assessed in this study is a priority of the European Natura 2000 network.
Lado Kutnar, Janez Kermavnar, Anže Martin Pintar   +2 more
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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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