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Quantifying microhabitat selection of snowshoe hares using forest metrics from UAS‐based LiDAR

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Identifying the spatial and temporal scale at which animals select resources is critical for predicting how populations respond to changes in the environment. The spatial distribution of fine‐scale resources (e.g. patches of dense vegetation) are often linked with critical life‐history requirements such as denning and feeding sites.
Alexej P. K. Sirén, Franklin Sullivan, Rachel Cliché, Jeremy Goetz, Leighlan S. Prout, Jillian Kilborn, Katelyn Courtot, Michael Palace   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating red deer Cervus elaphus population density using drones in a steep and rugged terrain

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Precise and accurate information about population density, crucial for wildlife management, is difficult to obtain for elusive species living in dense forests or steep and inaccessible terrain. Using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), we developed a method for obtaining absolute population estimates of ungulates living in steep, rugged, and partly ...
Julie Bommerlund, Torbjørn Ergon, Simon Filhol, Atle Mysterud   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spruce up your climate analysis: Dendroclimatology of Picea engelmannii and Picea pungens

Ecosphere
Warming and more variable climates threaten to upend historical tree ranges, climatic sensitivity, and vigor. In western North America, the species Picea engelmannii var.
Joseph D. Birch, R. Justin DeRose, James A. Lutz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acclimation of branch and leaf hydraulics in adult Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies in a forest through-fall exclusion experiment [PDF]

, 2017
Martina Tomasella, Barbara Beikircher, Karl‐Heinz Häberle, Benjamin D. Hesse, Christian Kallenbach, Rainer Matyssek, Stefan Mayr   +6 more
openalex   +1 more source

Risk factors for bark stripping damage on Norway spruce by red deer

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Norway spruce Picea abies is an economically important tree species in Europe, actively managed for forestry. Among the most negative biotic factors for growth and hence forest production is damage caused by wildlife, such as damage through bark stripping by red deer Cervus elaphus.
Even Unsgård, Atle Mysterud, Inger Maren Rivrud, Gro Hylen, Samson Øpstad, Erling L. Meisingset   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

From low to high elevations, flowers adapt traits and phenology to climate, but phenology‐trait relationships weak

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Flowering phenology is central to plant reproductive success and can relate to morphological traits such as size and quality of flowers, but phenology–trait associations of flowers remain unclear.
Mustaqeem Ahmad, Sonia Rathee, Meghna Krishnadas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mid-winter ultrastructural changes in the vegetative embryonic shoot of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] [PDF]

, 2003
Marzenna Guzicka, Adam Wo ny
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The contribution of wood‐inhabiting fungi and bacteria to dead wood decomposition varies along a regional climatic gradient

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Dead wood decomposition is a crucial ecological function in forests, influenced by climate and facilitated by microbial communities. While fungi are considered the primary decomposers, bacteria also contribute, interacting with fungi in both facilitative and competitive
Anika Gossmann, Mo Bahram, Thomas Ranius, Kadri Runnel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forest floor vegetation in Sweden [PDF]

, 2012
In boreal forests, dwarf-shrubs (Vaccinium spp.) often dominate the forest floor and are key-stone species in ecosystems due to their importance for nutrient cycling and as a major food source for herbivores. Forestry affects the vegetation both directly
Hedvall, Pär-Ola
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Divergent shifts in hydraulic versus carbon acquisition functional traits after wildfire in four Rocky Mountain tree species

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Climate change has increased the frequency and severity of drought and large wildfire events across western North America. Despite the increasing concurrence of drought and wildfire events and the importance of forests as a global carbon sink, the impacts of fire on ...
Annapurna C. Post‐Leon, William R. L. Anderegg   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source