Linking radial growth patterns and moderate‐severity disturbance dynamics in boreal old‐growth forests driven by recurrent insect outbreaks: A tale of opportunities, successes, and failures [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 In boreal landscapes, emphasis is currently placed on close‐to‐nature management strategies, which aim to maintain the biodiversity and ecosystem services related to old‐growth forests.
Maxence Martin +2 more
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Change in phylogenetic community structure during succession of traditionally managed tropical rainforest in southwest China. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Tropical rainforests in Southeast Asia are facing increasing and ever more intense human disturbance that often negatively affects biodiversity. The aim of this study was to determine how tree species phylogenetic diversity is affected by traditional ...
Xiao-Xue Mo +4 more
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Old-Growth Forests and Bryophyte Communities in Italy and the Broader Mediterranean Region: A Literature Review [PDF]
PlantsBeginning with general references to old-growth forests and the numerous benefits that they provide at multiple levels, this review mentions the main surveys conducted in Italy to identify and characterise Italian old-growth forests and offers an ...
Mattia Letizia Marino +2 more
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Great Tit (Parus major) Nestlings Have Longer Telomeres in Old‐Growth Forests Than in Young Forests [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionModification and deterioration of old‐growth forests by industrial forestry have seriously threatened species diversity worldwide. The loss of natural habitats increases the concentration of circulating glucocorticoids and incurs chronic stress in ...
Ronalds Krams +7 more
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Old-growth and secondary Araucaria Forest characterization
Trees, Forests and People, 2022 The Araucaria Forest is one of the most threatened ecosystems in Brazil due to selective logging and deforestation, mainly during the 20th century. The great majority of remnants are secondary forests with less than 50 ha, i.e., old-growth fragments are ...
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The largest European forest carbon stocks are in the Dinaric Alps old-growth forests: comparison of direct measurements and standardised approaches [PDF]
Carbon Balance and ManagementBackground Carbon (C) sink and stock are among the most important ecosystem services provided by forests in climate change mitigation policies. In this context, old-growth forests constitute an essential reference point for the development of close-to ...
Alessia Bono +5 more
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Frontiers in Forests and Global ChangeIntroductionOld-growth forests (OGFs) are vital for global biodiversity, acting as irreplaceable carbon sinks, fostering ecosystem stability, and preserving unique ecological and cultural heritage.
Zoran Govedar, Nemanja Anikić
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Forest Ecosystems, 2021 Background Old-growth forests are irreplaceable with respect to climate change mitigation and have considerable carbon (C) sink potential in soils. However, the relationship between the soil organic carbon (SOC) turnover rate and forest development is ...
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Old growth forests and large old trees as critical organisms connecting ecosystems and human health. A review. [PDF]
Environ Chem Lett, 2022 Gilhen-Baker M +3 more
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Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimated [PDF]
Nature, 2021 Luyssaert et al.1 reported that unmanaged, old-growth forests continue to sequester atmospheric carbon (C) at a rate of 2.4 ± 0.8 Mg C ha–1 yr–1 for stand ages exceeding 200 years. This claim was based on an analysis of net ecosystem productivity (NEP) and other C flux data from temperate or boreal forest plots compiled from published studies and ...
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