Urbanization, Not Invasive Shrubs, Alters Tree Seed Fate by Modifying Rodent Activity [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionChanges in the global environment are widespread and may have unappreciated effects on the activity of animals and the strength of animal‐mediated interactions.
Mark E. Fuka +2 more
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Comparison of Diplodia Tip Blight Pathogens in Spanish and North American Pine Ecosystems [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2021 Diplodia tip blight is the most ubiquitous and abundant disease in Spanish Pinus radiata plantations. The economic losses in forest stands can be very severe because of its abundance in cones and seeds together with the low genetic diversity of the host.
Ana Aragonés +11 more
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The Association between the Distribution of Resin Beads and the Emergence of Sirex noctilio on Red Pine in North America [PDF]
Insects, 2022 This study examined the relationships of the abundance and distribution of resin beads (signs of Sirex noctilio parent female ovipositor activity) with the abundance and distribution of emerging progeny of S. noctilio, S. nigricornis and their parasitoid
Hajar Faal, Stephen A. Teale
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Evaluation of DNA Extraction Methods for Microbial Community Profiling in Deadwood Decomposition [PDF]
MicrobiologyOpenAs technologies advance alongside metabarcoding and metagenomic resources, particularly for larger fungal genomes, DNA extraction methods must be optimized to meet higher thresholds, especially from complex environmental substrates. This study focused on
Yanmei Zhang +2 more
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Spatiotemporal analysis of nitrogen cycling in a mixed coniferous forest of the northern United States [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2015 Nitrogen (N) is the limiting nutrient to primary productivity in a variety of temperate forests, and N cycling is undergoing a variety of anthropogenic changes, notably a doubling of reactive N (Nr) on a global scale.
I. Howard, K. K. McLauchlan
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Effects of variable retention harvesting on canopy transpiration in a red pine plantation forest [PDF]
Ecological Processes, 2022 Background Variable Retention Harvesting (VRH) is a forest management practice applied to enhance forest growth, improve biodiversity, preserve ecosystem function and provide economic revenue from harvested timber.
Alanna V. Bodo, M. Altaf Arain
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Repeated measures of decaying wood reveal the success and influence of fungal wood endophytes [PDF]
mSystemsPredicting wood decomposition is challenging due to complex successional dynamics among decomposers that colonize and defend wood territory. This starts with saprotrophic fungi that reside latently in healthy wood until trees senesce, but these ...
Yanmei Zhang +3 more
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Demography of an invading forest insect reunited with hosts and parasitoids from its native range [PDF]
NeoBiota, 2022 The Sirex woodwasp Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), a widespread invasive pest of pines in the Southern Hemisphere, was first detected in North America in 2004. This study assessed the impacts of life history traits, host resistance and
Flora E. Krivak-Tetley +7 more
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Frontiers in Water, 2022 Analysis of daily scale climate observations alongside sub-annual tree-ring data offers new potential for contextualizing climate change in the Great Lakes region.
Matthew L. Trumper +3 more
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Suitability of eastern pines for oviposition and survival of Sirex noctilio F. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The European woodwasp, Sirex noctilio F., is a pest of pines in many areas around the world. Since its introduction to North America, the distribution of S. noctilio overlaps with a known host (Pinus sylvestris) and hosts native to North America.
Laurel J Haavik +2 more
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