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Effects of Native Forest Conversion on Soil Labile Organic Carbon and Enzyme Activity in Northwestern Hunan Province

Shuitu baochi tongbao, 2023
[Objective] The response of soil labile organic carbon components and enzyme activities to natural forest conversion was analyzed in order to provide a scientific basis for predicting regional soil health evolution and environmental change.
Xiao Huacui, Li Xue, Sheng Hao, Zhang Lina, Luo Feixue, Zhou Ping   +5 more
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Reunion overseas: introduced wild boars and cultivated orange trees interact in the Brazilian Atlantic forest [PDF]

, 2019
Little is known concerning novel interactions between species that typically interact in their native range but, as a consequence of human activity, are also interacting out of their original distribution under new ecological conditions.
Borges, R., Falconi, J. R, Fedriani, José M., Malara, T. M., Peris, J. E., Peña, L., Peña, Leandro   +6 more
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Cryptic destruction of India's native forests [PDF]

Conservation Letters, 2010
Abstract India sustains some of the world's most imperiled forests. The Forest Survey of India recently announced that forest cover in India had expanded by nearly 5% over the past decade. This result, while technically accurate, is misleading. The Forest Survey estimates forest cover by using automated algorithms
Puyravaud, Jean-Philippe, Davidar, Priya, Laurance, William F.   +2 more
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Prunus serotina unleashed: invader dominance after 70 years of forest development [PDF]

, 2009
Propagule pressure and disturbance have both been found to facilitate invasion. Therefore, knowledge on the history of introduction and disturbance is vital for understanding an invasion process, and research should focus on areas in which the invasive ...
Baeten, L., Bijlsma, R.J., Frenne, P., De, Hermy, M., Vanhellemont, M., Verheyen, K., Wauters, L.   +6 more
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A values-centered relational science model: supporting Indigenous rights and reconciliation in research

Ecology and Society
Addressing complex social-ecological issues requires all relevant sources of knowledge and data, especially those held by communities who remain close to the land.
Dominique M David-Chavez, Michael C. Gavin, Norma Ortiz, Shelly Valdez, Stephanie Russo Carroll   +4 more
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Species diversity of forest floor biota in non‐native Douglas‐fir stands is similar to that of native stands

Ecosphere, 2023
Cultivation of non‐native tree species is a promising option to adapt managed forests to climate change. However, consequences of non‐native tree species on flora, fauna, and microorganisms that occur in forest ecosystems (forest associates) need to be ...
Jonas Glatthorn, Scott Appleby, Niko Balkenhol, Peter Kriegel, Likulunga Emmanuel Likulunga, Jing‐Zhong Lu, Dragan Matevski, Andrea Polle, Hannes Riebl, Carmen Alicia Rivera Pérez, Stefan Scheu, Alexander Seinsche, Peter Schall, Andreas Schuldt, Severin Wingender, Christian Ammer   +15 more
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Forests and Decarbonization – Roles of Natural and Planted Forests

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2020
The severe consequences of human disruptions to the global carbon cycle have prompted intense interest in strategies to reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
Bonnie Waring, Bonnie Waring, Mathias Neumann, Iain Colin Prentice, Mark Adams, Pete Smith, Martin Siegert   +6 more
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Light availability influences the invasion of Teline monspessulana (L.) K. Koch in a temperate fragmented forest in Central Chile

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2022
The Maulino forest is a temperate ecosystem of the Mediterranean zone of Chile classified as one of the 34 biodiversity hot-spots of the world; however, there is still limited information about the ecological factors that make this native forest prone to
Gómez P, Espinoza S, Cuadros N, Goncalves E, Bustamante R   +4 more
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Spatial and temporal structure of the spider community in the clay semi-desert of western Kazakhstan [PDF]

, 2011
The spatial and temporal structure of spider communities was studied in the clay semi-desert of the north-western Caspian Lowland, western Kazakhstan (49°23' N, 46°47' E).
Piterkina, Tatyana V.
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CO2 emission and biomass loss, associated to the occurrence of forest fires in the Biobío Region, Chile: An approach from Ecosystem Services (ES)

Gayana: Botanica, 2018
Fire is a phenomenon inherent to natural forests, but the management model for forest plantations may increase its frequency and intensity, since it is an important disturbing agent which generates changes in the dynamic that governs the operation of ...
María Elisa Díaz, Ricardo Figueroa, María del Rosario Vidal-Abarca, María Luis Suárez, María J. Climent   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source