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1. Attitude towards biogas technology, use and prospects for greenhouse gas emission reduction in southern Ethiopia

Author:
Lemma, Bekele; Ararso, Kassahun; Evangelista, Paul H.
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.283 pp. 124608
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
attitudes and opinions; baked goods; baking; biogas; charcoal; crop residues; deforestation; developing countries; energy; forests; fuelwood; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; heating systems; households; kerosene; questionnaires; rural communities; surveys; Ethiopia
Abstract:
... In developing countries, fuelwood extraction is one of the main drivers of deforestation, forest degradation, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This study aimed to investigate the use, management, and attitudes towards biogas technology in rural communities in Ethiopia and assess its’ potential in reducing the consumption of biomass fuels and emissions of GHG. A questionnaire survey sampled from ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124608

2. Biotic and abiotic determinants of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infections in amphibians of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Author:
Lambertini, Carolina; Becker, C. Guilherme; M. Belasen, Anat; Valencia-Aguilar, Anyelet; Nunes-de-Almeida, Carlos Henrique L.; Betancourt-Román, Clarisse M.; Rodriguez, David; da Silva Leite, Domingos; Oliveira, Igor S.; Gasparini, João Luiz; Ruggeri, Joice; Mott, Tamí; Jenkinson, Thomas S.; James, Timothy Y.; Zamudio, Kelly R.; Toledo, Luís Felipe
Source:
Fungal ecology 2021 v.49 pp. 100995
ISSN:
1754-5048
Subject:
Anura; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; amphibians; animal diseases; biotic factors; environmental factors; forests; fungi; habitats; infectious diseases; latitude; rain; species richness; temperature; Brazil
Abstract:
... Latitudinal gradients are linked to the dynamics of infectious diseases. Both prevalence and infection intensity of the amphibian-killing fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), vary with latitude. Here, we tested whether abiotic and biotic factors are associated with Bd infection prevalence and intensity along a large latitudinal gradient across the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. We detected a p ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100995

3. Environmental agate mining impacts and potential use of agate residue in rangeland

Author:
Tonello, Maurício Sonda; Korchagin, Jackson; Bortoluzzi, Edson Campanhola
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.280 pp. 124263
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
acidity; aluminum; annuals; farmers; forests; grassland soils; grasslands; indigenous species; landscapes; mined soils; mining; pastures; potassium; rangeland soils; rangelands; remote sensing; silicon; soil organic matter; soil pH; toxicity
Abstract:
... The impacts of agate exploitation on soils and the adjacent landscapes are poorly understood. In addition, agate processing produces residues whose potential use in agriculture must be evaluated, in order to develop cleaner production practices. The aims of this study were: i) to estimate the effects of agate mining on the soil and the adjacent landscapes; ii) to evaluate the chemical and mineralo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124263

4. Field tests and real-world exhaust gas emissions of a pure rapeseed oil-fuelled harvester in forestry: Testing a solution for combined water, soil, and climate protection

Author:
Emberger, Peter; Hinrichs, Michael; Huber, Georg; Emberger-Klein, Agnes; Thuneke, Klaus; Pickel, Peter; Remmele, Edgar
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.280 pp. 124360
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
ambient temperature; carbon monoxide; climate; compliance; diesel fuel; energy efficiency; environmental impact; forestry; forestry equipment; forests; greenhouse gas emissions; hydrocarbons; nitrogen oxides; rapeseed; rapeseed oil; soil; statistical analysis; tempering; winter; working conditions
Abstract:
... Using pure rapeseed oil fuel (R100) in forest machinery could be a measure that contributes to climate, water, and soil protection in forestry. However, forest machinery that is compatible with R100 is not currently available. The target of this research was to operate forest machinery with R100 in a field-test, to collect and evaluate the operational and real-world emission behaviour and to asses ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124360

5. Sizing of a solar-wind hybrid electric vehicle charging station by using HOMER software

Author:
Ekren, Orhan; Hakan Canbaz, Celal; Güvel, Çetin Berk
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.279 pp. 123615
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
air pollution; computer software; electric vehicles; electricity; electricity generation; energy costs; energy efficiency; forests; fossil fuels; greenhouse gas emissions; internal combustion engines; issues and policy; oils; solar energy; wastes; wind power
Abstract:
... Although, fossil fuels are still the main source that used to balance the global demand/supply dynamics of energy; most countries have embarked on a quest to reach a solution and started changing their direction from fossil resources (especially oil and gas) to other resources by creating new opportunities with a focus meeting the increasing energy demand by reducing it via energy efficiency. “Tra ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123615

6. Assessment and prediction of carbon sequestration using Markov chain and InVEST model in Sariska Tiger Reserve, India

Author:
Babbar, Deepakshi; Areendran, G.; Sahana, Mehebub; Sarma, Kiranmay; Raj, Krishna; Sivadas, Akhil
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.278 pp. 123333
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
Markov chain; alternative energy industry; anthropogenic activities; biomass; branches; carbon; carbon sequestration; carbon sinks; climate change; combustion; economic valuation; energy; forests; fuelwood; greenhouse gas emissions; land use and land cover maps; models; photosynthesis; plantations; prediction; rain; reforestation; temperature; terrestrial ecosystems; trees; India
Abstract:
... Enhancing and conserving carbon pools in vegetation is a major climate change mitigation strategy. The dynamics of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems depend on processes like photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition and combustion, anthropogenic activities like emission of greenhouse gases and climatic variations in rainfall and temperature, and is stored as biomass in different forms. The quantif ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123333

7. Patterns and driving factors of litter decomposition across Chinese terrestrial ecosystems

Author:
Cai, Andong; Liang, Guopeng; Yang, Wen; Zhu, Jie; Han, Tianfu; Zhang, Wenju; Xu, Minggang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.278 pp. 123964
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
biodegradation; carbon; climatic factors; cropland; data collection; energy flow; forests; global warming; grasslands; latitude; lignin; models; nitrogen; nutrients; pH; plant litter; prediction; sand fraction; temperature; terrestrial ecosystems; variance
Abstract:
... Litter decomposition is a vital component of carbon and nutrients cycling and energy flow within terrestrial ecosystems. Understanding the litter decomposition rate with a temperature change of 1 °C (kDD, degree days⁻¹) is critical for quantifying the climate-carbon, nutrients, and energy cycle feedback and predicting the response of ecosystems to climate change. However, the spatial pattern of kD ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123964

8. Alkaloid profile in Pyrolirion albicans Herb. (Amaryllidaceae), a Peruvian endemic species

Author:
Huaylla, Hibert; Llalla, Olimpia; Torras-Claveria, Laura; Bastida, Jaume
Source:
South African journal of botany 2021 v.136 pp. 76-80
ISSN:
0254-6299
Subject:
Alzheimer disease; Amaryllidaceae; Neotropics; acetylcholinesterase; bioactive properties; bulbs; coasts; ecosystems; forests; gas chromatography; indigenous species; leaves; lycorine; mass spectrometry; temperate zones; Andes region; Peru
Abstract:
... The Amaryllidaceae family is widely distributed in different regions of the neotropics and temperate areas of the world. Species of the subfamily Amaryllidoideae are unique in producing the alkaloid galanthamine, which inhibits the action of acetylcholinesterase and is used for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. In Perú, 15 genera and 68 species belonging to the Amaryllidoideae have been report ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.sajb.2020.03.016

9. A tree nymph of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Dryades (Galipeinae, Rutaceae), a new neotropical genus segregated from Conchocarpus

Author:
Groppo, Milton; Jório Cavalcante de Lemos, Luisa; de Lima Ferreira, Paola; Ferreira, Carolina; Poleselli Bruniera, Carla; Maria de Castro, Neuza; Rubens Pirani, José; Hanna Leite El Ottra, Juliana; Ann Kallunki, Jacquelyn
Source:
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2021 v.154 pp. 106971
ISSN:
1055-7903
Subject:
Bayesian theory; Neotropics; Rutaceae; conservation status; forests; geographical distribution; internal transcribed spacers; leaf morphology; monophyly; new combination; new genus; polyphyly; taxonomic keys; Brazil; Central America
Abstract:
... Subtribe Galipeinae (tribe Galipeeae) is the most diverse group of Rutaceae (the orange family) in the Neotropics, with 27 genera and ca. 130 species. The largest genus in the subtribe is Conchocarpus, with ca. 50 species, distributed from Central America to southern Brazil, and is particularly diverse in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The circumscription of the genus was recently changed to accom ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106971

10. Colorimetry as a criterion for segregation of logging wastes from sustainable forest management in the Brazilian Amazon for bioenergy

Author:
Lima, Michael Douglas Roque; Patrício, Evelym Poliana Santos; Barros Junior, Udson de Oliveira; Silva, Rita de Cássia Carvalho; Bufalino, Lina; Numazawa, Sueo; Hein, Paulo Ricardo Gherardi; Protásio, Thiago de Paula
Source:
Renewable energy 2021 v.163 pp. 792-806
ISSN:
0960-1481
Subject:
Dinizia excelsa; Manilkara elata; bioenergy; branches; charcoal; color; colorimetry; energy; energy density; forests; lignin; logging; principal component analysis; slash; sustainable forestry; wastes; wood; Amazonia; Brazil
Abstract:
... Logging wastes from sustainable forest management in Amazon are promising for bioenergy; however, highly heterogeneous technological properties limit their proper application. This paper sought to study the potential of colorimetry in the segregation of logging wastes for bioenergy in Brazilian Amazon. Branches of twenty forest species were sampled at the Forest Management Area Rio Capim, Pará, Br ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.renene.2020.08.078

11. Comparative phylogeographic and demographic analyses reveal a congruent pattern of sister relationships between bird populations of the northern and south-central Atlantic Forest

Author:
Bocalini, Fernanda; Bolívar-Leguizamón, Sergio D.; Silveira, Luís F.; Bravo, Gustavo A.
Source:
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2021 v.154 pp. 106973
ISSN:
1055-7903
Subject:
Pleistocene epoch; allopatry; avifauna; birds; climate; forests; gene flow; genetic structure; genetic variation; geographical distribution; indigenous species; mitochondrial genes; phylogeography; population size; rivers; single nucleotide polymorphism; Amazonia; Brazil
Abstract:
... The Pernambuco Center of Endemism (PCE) is the northernmost strip of the Atlantic Forest (AF). Biogeographic affinities among avifaunas in the PCE, the southern-central Atlantic Forest (SCAF), and Amazonia (AM) have not been studied comprehensively, and current patterns of genetic diversity in the PCE remain unclear. The interplay between species’ ecological attributes and historical processes, su ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106973

12. Entrepreneurship and natural resource rents: Evidence from excessive entrepreneurial activity

Author:
Canh, Nguyen Phuc; Nguyen, Bach; Thanh, Su Dinh; Kim, Sangho
Source:
Sustainable Production and Consumption 2021 v.25 pp. 15-26
ISSN:
2352-5509
Subject:
coal; econometrics; ecosystems; entrepreneurship; forests; minerals
Abstract:
... This study investigates the impact of excessive entrepreneurial activity on natural resource rents. We employ the ecological perspective to argue that while entrepreneurship is usually associated with innovation and improved efficiency, and thus reduced natural resource rents, excessive entrepreneurial activity may increase natural resource rents and harm the environment. Investigating a global sa ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.spc.2020.07.010

13. Lewis's woodpecker nesting habitat suitability: Predictive models for application within burned forests

Author:
Cross, Todd B.; Latif, Quresh S.; Dudley, Jonathan G.; Saab, Victoria A.
Source:
Biological conservation 2021 v.253 pp. 108811
ISSN:
0006-3207
Subject:
Melanerpes lewis; burn severity; canopy; economic valuation; foraging; forest damage; forest management; forests; habitat conservation; habitats; models; nesting; nesting sites; nests; planning; prioritization; regression analysis; remote sensing; salvage logging; snags; surveys; wildfires; wildlife; woodpeckers; Northwestern United States; Pacific States
Abstract:
... Wildfire-generated snags provide key habitat for wildlife associated with recently disturbed forests, offering nesting and foraging resources for several woodpecker species. Snag harvest through post-fire salvage logging provides economic value but reduces habitat in recently burned forests. Managers of recently burned forests often must identify suitable woodpecker habitat within timeframes precl ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108811

14. Radio-tracking reveals insight into survival and dynamic habitat selection of fledgling Cerulean Warblers

Author:
Raybuck, Douglas W.; Larkin, Jeffery L.; Stoleson, Scott H.; Boves, Than J.
Source:
TheCondor 2020 v.122 no.1 pp. 1-15
ISSN:
1938-5422
Subject:
Setophaga cerulea; Tamias striatus; breeding; canopy gaps; fledglings; forests; habitat preferences; habitats; landscapes; migratory species; mortality; nesting; nests; parents; population dynamics; radio telemetry; riparian areas; shelterwood systems; stand basal area; surface water; trees; understory
Abstract:
... For most bird species, little is known about their ecology and survival between fledging and independence despite the potential for post-fledging survival to be a factor limiting population dynamics. Cerulean Warblers (Setophaga cerulea) are a declining migratory species, and full-life-cycle conservation efforts that include the post-fledging period are warranted to attempt to reverse their declin ...
DOI:
10.1093/condor/duz063

15. Identifying opportunities for local assisted expansion of coastal upland vegetation in an urban estuary

Author:
Meixler, Marcia S.; Kaunzinger, Christina M.K.; Epiphan, Jean N.; Handel, Steven N.
Source:
Ecological modelling 2020 v.438 pp. 109309
ISSN:
0304-3800
Subject:
brackish marshes; ecosystem services; estuaries; forests; geographic information systems; grasslands; habitats; highlands; land use; lawns and turf; loamy sand soils; models; open space; parks; planning; provenance; railroads; roads; salt marshes; sandy soils; sea level; shrublands; shrubs; tides; New York
Abstract:
... Resilience planning requires an understanding of the potential impact of accelerated sea level rise on the narrow coastal habitats between the sea and the built environment in urban estuaries. Preliminary work suggests that facilitating expansion of coastal upland vegetation (grasslands and maritime shrubland/successional maritime forest) may improve resilience. We created a GIS model for Jamaica ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109309

16. Examining the impact of forestry policy on poor and non-poor farmers’ income and production input in collective forest areas in China

Author:
Lu, Shasha; Sun, Haisheng; Zhou, Yi; Qin, Fan; Guan, Xingliang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.276 pp. 123784
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
capital; farm income; farmers; forest land; forestry; forests; households; insurance; issues and policy; labor; models; monitoring; mortgages; poverty; subsidies; surveys; China
Abstract:
... Forestry policy plays an important role in China's collective forest areas in improving the management efficiency of forest land and promoting poverty alleviation amongst farmers. The data used in this study comes from the follow-up monitoring survey data for 454 households in the 10 counties of Liaoning Province from 2012 to 2016. We use a two-way fixed effect model to analyse the policy factors ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123784

17. Determining the width of lake riparian buffer zones for improving water quality base on adjustment of land use structure

Author:
Wang, Minghao; Duan, Lijie; Wang, Jiapan; Peng, Jiayu; Zheng, Binghui
Source:
Ecological engineering 2020 v.158 pp. 106001
ISSN:
0925-8574
Subject:
agricultural land; biodiversity; ecosystem services; forests; grasslands; lakes; land use and land cover maps; land use change; models; riparian areas; riparian buffers; runoff; sediments; water quality; watersheds; China
Abstract:
... Lake buffer riparian zones play an essential role in maintaining the sustainability of water quality, reducing sediment accumulation, regulating surface runoff, and protecting biodiversity. However, they are massively degraded over most of the lake basins in the world due to human activities and land-use change in adjacent areas. In this study, the width of the riparian buffer zone was determined ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.106001

18. How eco-compensation contribute to poverty reduction: A perspective from different income group of rural households in Guizhou, China

Author:
Le, Wu; Leshan, Jin
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.275 pp. 122962
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
ecosystem services; ecosystems; forests; households; issues and policy; land use change; low income households; poverty; surveys; topographic slope; China
Abstract:
... In recent years, eco-compensation in China, or more internationally termed as the payments for ecosystem services (PES) has emerged as an important policy instrument for not only environment management, but also poverty reduction. In the individual eco-compensation programs, there are usually some additional objectives other than ecosystem protection, among which poverty alleviation is the most im ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122962

19. Modelling the scaling up of sustainable farming into Agroecology Territories: Potentials and bottlenecks at the landscape level in a Mediterranean case study

Author:
Padró, R.; Tello, E.; Marco, I.; Olarieta, J.R.; Grasa, M.M.; Font, C.
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.275 pp. 124043
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
accounting; agricultural soils; agroecosystems; biogeochemical cycles; case studies; crops; decision making; farmers; farms; forests; healthy diet; land use; landscapes; livestock; models; pastures; soil nutrients; sustainable agriculture
Abstract:
... There is a need for a socioecological transition towards sustainable agri-food systems that recover the organic functioning and the closure of socio-metabolic cycles at the lower feasible scales. This implies an agroecology leap forward aimed at scaling up eco-functional intensification practices from the plot to the landscape level, and identifying synergies and trade offs involved in these jump ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124043

20. Molecular and sensory characterization of odorants in Cembran pine (Pinus cembra L.) from different geographic regions

Author:
Ghadiriasli, Rahil; Mahmoud, Mohamed A.A.; Wagenstaller, Maria; van de Kuilen, Jan-Willem; Buettner, Andrea
Source:
Talanta 2020 v.220 pp. 121380
ISSN:
0039-9140
Subject:
Pinus cembra; beta-caryophyllene; carvacrol; evaporation; flavor; forests; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; germacrene; humans; monoterpenoids; odor compounds; odors; olfactometry; organic acids and salts; principal component analysis; sensory evaluation; thymol; trees; wood; Austria; Italy
Abstract:
... The wood of the Cembran pine (Pinus cembra L.), also known as Swiss pine, Arolla pine or Stone pine, has a prominent and long-lasting odor which has been reported to relieve stress in humans. However, the odorants responsible for this are unknown and it is also unclear whether the odor profile depends on the origin of the trees, namely different geographical regions and pedoclimatic conditions. Th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121380

21. Prioritization of barriers to energy generation using pine needles to mitigate climate change: Evidence from India

Author:
Sengar, Anita; Sharma, Vinay; Agrawal, Rajat; Dwivedi, Alka; Dwivedi, Prasoom; Joshi, Kapil; Dixit, Gaurav; Sharma, Pankaj Kumar; Barthwal, Mohit
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.275 pp. 123840
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
Pinus; climate change; conifer needles; energy; fauna; flora; forest fires; forests; funding; greenhouse gases; guidelines; issues and policy; landscapes; markets; multi-criteria decision making; prioritization; renewable energy sources; summer; supply chain; topography; Himalayan region; India
Abstract:
... Forest fires due to pine needles in the northwestern Himalayas during summers are a very common phenomenon every year causing major harm to flora and fauna. They are a major contributor to climate change as forest fires destroy hectares of land covered by forest and emit greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. One possible solution to this problem is to generate energy from the bio residue of pine tre ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123840

22. Surplus forest biomass – The cost of utilisation through optimised logistics and fuel upgrading in northern Sweden

Author:
Agar, David A.; Svanberg, Martin; Lindh, Ingemar; Athanassiadis, Dimitris
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.275 pp. 123151
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
European Union; biomass; byproducts; coal; energy; energy costs; energy policy; feedstocks; forests; harvesting; laws and regulations; logging; natural gas; pellets; prices; profits and margins; slash; stumps; supply chain; value added; zero emissions; Sweden
Abstract:
... In order to achieve a net zero emission economy by 2045, Sweden’s inland biomass resources are under examination. Large amounts of forest biomass in the north of the country are not utilised. In this study, resource mapping of surplus forest biomass, (logging residues, tree stumps and mill by-products) is carried out according to ecological harvesting restrictions to determine the annual potential ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123151

23. Accounting for land in the United States: Integrating physical land cover, land use, and monetary valuation

Author:
Wentland, Scott A.; Ancona, Zachary H.; Bagstad, Kenneth J.; Boyd, James; Hass, Julie L.; Gindelsky, Marina; Moulton, Jeremy G.
Source:
Ecosystem services 2020 v.46 pp. 101178
ISSN:
2212-0416
Subject:
cropland; data collection; databases; economic valuation; ecosystem services; ecosystems; forests; land cover; land use; land values; natural capital; pastures; private lands; shrublands; shrubs; Southeastern United States
Abstract:
... Land plays a critical role in both economic and environmental accounting. As an asset, it occupies a unique position at the intersection of the System of National Accounts (SNA), the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA-CF), and (as a spatial unit) SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EEA), making land a natural starting point for developing natural capital a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101178

24. A comparative gene co-expression analysis using self-organizing maps on two congener filmy ferns identifies specific desiccation tolerance mechanisms associated to their microhabitat preference

Author:
Ostria-Gallardo, Enrique; Larama, Giovanni; Berríos, Graciela; Fallard, Ana; Gutiérrez-Moraga, Ana; Ensminger, Ingo; Bravo, León A.
Source:
BMC plant biology 2020 v.20 no.1 pp. 56
ISSN:
1471-2229
Subject:
Angiospermae; Hymenophyllum; canopy; drought tolerance; epiphytes; ferns and fern allies; forests; gene expression; gene expression regulation; microhabitats; neural networks; rehydration; spatial distribution; transcriptomics
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Filmy-ferns (Hymenophyllaceae) are poikilohydric, homoiochlorophyllous desiccation-tolerant (DT) epiphytes. They can colonize lower and upper canopy environments of humid forest. Filmy-ferns desiccate rapidly (hours), contrasting with DT angiosperms (days/weeks). It has been proposed that desiccation tolerance in filmy-ferns would be associated mainly with constitutive features rather ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12870-019-2182-3
PubMed:
32019526
PubMed Central:
PMC7001327

25. Alleviating forest degradation in the Lancang-Mekong Region requires closing management—measurement gaps

Author:
Brewer, Julia; Langston, James Douglas; Ferretti-Gallon, Kalifi; Innes, John L.; Xin, Shuyu; Zhai, Hongbo; Wang, Guangyu
Source:
Journal of forestry research 2020 v.31 no.6 pp. 2033-2051
ISSN:
1007-662X
Subject:
deforestation; forest damage; forest restoration; forests; governance; guidelines; landscapes; politics; private sector; social environment; tropics; South East Asia
Abstract:
... Deforestation and forest degradation are having profound negative impacts on social-ecological systems in the emerging economies across the tropics. Consequently, interest in restoring and rehabilitating degraded forests has been growing. This paper explores current issues related to addressing forest degradation in the Lancang-Mekong Region (LMR) of Southeast Asia through a review of the use of c ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11676-020-01111-z

26. Allometric relationships between primary size measures and sapwood area for six common tree species in snow-dependent ecosystems in the Southwest United States

Author:
Mitra, Bhaskar; Papuga, Shirley A.; Alexander, M. Ross; Swetnam, Tyson Lee; Abramson, Nate
Source:
Journal of forestry research 2020 v.31 no.6 pp. 2171-2180
ISSN:
1007-662X
Subject:
Abies; Acer; Picea engelmannii; Pinus ponderosa; Populus; Pseudotsuga menziesii; allometry; altitude; canopy; climate change; databases; drought; ecosystems; forests; hydrologic cycle; regression analysis; sap flow; sapwood; snow; transpiration; tree and stand measurements; tree height; trees; Arizona; New Mexico
Abstract:
... High-elevation, snow-dependent, semiarid ecosystems across southwestern United States are expected to be vulnerable to climate change, including drought and fire, with implications for various aspects of the water cycle. To that end, much less is known about the dynamics of transpiration, an important component of the water cycle across this region. At the individual-tree scale, transpiration is e ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11676-019-01048-y

27. A modelled global distribution of the kelp biome

Author:
Jayathilake, Dinusha R.M.; Costello, Mark John
Source:
Biological conservation 2020 v.252 pp. 108815
ISSN:
0006-3207
Subject:
Laminariales; anthropogenic activities; carbon sequestration; climate change; coasts; ecosystems; fauna; fish; flora; forests; geographical distribution; habitats; macroalgae; mammals; models; natural resources conservation; planning; surface water temperature
Abstract:
... Kelp, seaweeds of the order Laminariales, are of ecological and conservation importance because they form undersea forest habitat for many varieties of fauna and flora including mammals, and commercial fish species. In the absence of a world map of the kelp biome, we predicted its potential distribution using geographic records and environment variables in a MaxEnt model. This estimated that the k ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108815

28. Analysis of reassortant and intragenic recombination in Cypovirus

Author:
Zhang, Zhendong; Li, Ning; Hou, Chengxiang; Gao, Kun; Tang, Xudong; Guo, Xijie
Source:
Virology journal 2020 v.17 no.1 pp. 48
ISSN:
1743-422X
Subject:
Cypovirus; crops; forests; genome; host range; insect pests; intragenic recombination; molecular epidemiology; pathogens; silkworms; virulence; viruses
Abstract:
... Cypoviruses (CPVs) are RNA viruses with segmented double-stranded genome and major pathogens of various insects, including economic insects like silkworms and pest insects for agricultural crops and forests. Genome reassortment and recombination are common phenomenon for viruses as a mechanism to expand host range and increase virulence. In the present study, we analyzed the reassortant and recomb ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12985-020-01321-1
PubMed:
32248835
PubMed Central:
PMC7132967

29. A 500-year history of forest fires in Sala area, central Sweden, shows the earliest known onset of fire suppression in Scandinavia

Author:
Pinto, Guilherme Alexandre Stecher Justiniano; Niklasson, Mats; Ryzhkova, Nina; Drobyshev, Igor
Source:
Regional environmental change 2020 v.20 no.4 pp. 130
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
Pinus sylvestris; climate; dead wood; drought; fire break; fire history; fire scars; fire suppression; forest fires; forests; fuel loading; homogenization; issues and policy; mining; trees; Scandinavia; Sweden
Abstract:
... The Sala fire in the Västmanland County of central Sweden that burned about 14,000 ha in 2014 has been the largest fire recorded in the modern history of Sweden. To understand the long-term fire history of this area, we dendrochronologically dated fire scars on Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees (live and deadwood) to reconstruct the fire cycle and fire occurrence in the area affected by the 2 ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-020-01718-2

30. Baby pangolins on my plate: possible lessons to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic

Author:
Volpato, Gabriele; Fontefrancesco, Michele F.; Gruppuso, Paolo; Zocchi, Dauro M.; Pieroni, Andrea
Source:
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine 2020 v.16 no.1 pp. 19
ISSN:
1746-4269
Subject:
Coronavirus infections; Pholidota (mammals); forests; humans; markets; meat; pandemic; traditional medicine; wild animals; wild foods; wildlife
Abstract:
... The Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (JEET), throughout its 15 years of existence, has tried to provide a respected outlet for scientific knowledge concerning the inextricable links between human societies and nature, food, and health. Ethnobiology and ethnomedicine-centred research has moved at the (partially artificial and fictitious) interface between nature and culture and has investi ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13002-020-00366-4
PubMed:
32316979
PubMed Central:
PMC7171915

31. Behavioral modifications by a large-northern herbivore to mitigate warming conditions

Author:
Jennewein, Jyoti S.; Hebblewhite, Mark; Mahoney, Peter; Gilbert, Sophie; Meddens, Arjan J. H.; Boelman, Natalie T.; Joly, Kyle; Jones, Kimberly; Kellie, Kalin A.; Brainerd, Scott; Vierling, Lee A.; Eitel, Jan U. H.
Source:
Movement ecology 2020 v.8 no.1 pp. 39
ISSN:
2051-3933
Subject:
Alces alces; ambient temperature; carbon; climate change; ecosystem engineers; females; forest canopy; forests; global positioning systems; habitat preferences; habitats; herbivores; landscapes; latitude; males; mammals; models; nitrogen cycle; probability; selection response; solar radiation; summer; telemetry; thermoregulation; thermosensitivity; wetlands; wildfires; Alaska; Europe
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Temperatures in arctic-boreal regions are increasing rapidly and pose significant challenges to moose (Alces alces), a heat-sensitive large-bodied mammal. Moose act as ecosystem engineers, by regulating forest carbon and structure, below ground nitrogen cycling processes, and predator-prey dynamics. Previous studies showed that during hotter periods, moose displayed stronger selection ...
DOI:
10.1186/s40462-020-00223-9

32. Beyond neutrality: adding habitat filtering to neutral models

Author:
Abeysinghe, Wasana; Punchi-Manage, Ruwan
Source:
Ecological processes 2020 v.9 no.1 pp. 27
ISSN:
2192-1709
Subject:
carrying capacity; community structure; forest communities; forests; habitat conservation; habitats; models; species richness; stochastic processes
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Understanding the processes that structure species is one of the primary focuses in community ecology. Hubbell’s neutral model shows stochastic processes alone can describe the two macro-ecological patterns, species richness and species-area relationship, of the community. Although Hubbell’s neutral model can explain the macro-ecological patterns of the species at large scales, it paid ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13717-020-00228-7

33. Borrelia miyamotoi and Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) identification and survey of tick-borne encephalitis virus in ticks from north-eastern Germany

Author:
Răileanu, Cristian; Tauchmann, Oliver; Vasić, Ana; Wöhnke, Elisabeth; Silaghi, Cornelia
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2020 v.13 no.1 pp. 106
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Borrelia afzelii; Borrelia burgdorferi; Borrelia garinii; Borrelia miyamotoi; Borrelia valaisiana; Ixodes ricinus; RNA; Tick-borne encephalitis virus; adults; females; fever; forests; humans; intergenic DNA; males; multilocus sequence typing; nymphs; pathogen identification; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; surveys; taxonomy; ticks; Germany
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Ixodes ricinus is the most common tick species in Europe and the main vector for Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV). It is involved also in the transmission of Borrelia miyamotoi, a relapsing fever spirochete that causes health disorders in humans. Little is known regarding the circulation of Borrelia species and the natural foci of TBEV in north ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13071-020-3969-7
PubMed:
32106890
PubMed Central:
PMC7045458

34. Carbon accumulations by stock change approach in tropical highland forests of Chiapas, Mexico

Author:
Aryal, Deb R.; Ruiz-Corzo, Roldan
Source:
Journal of forestry research 2020 v.31 no.6 pp. 2479-2493
ISSN:
1007-662X
Subject:
Pinus oocarpa; allometry; anthropogenic activities; biomass; carbon dioxide; carbon sequestration; carbon sinks; climate; equations; forest ecosystems; forest fires; forests; fuelwood; grazing; livestock; logging; models; pollution control; soil organic carbon; trees; Mexico
Abstract:
... Changes in forest biomass and soil organic carbon reserves have strong links to atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. Human activities such as livestock grazing, forest fires, selective logging and firewood extraction are the common disturbances that affect the carbon dynamics of the forest ecosystems. Here, we hypothesized that such anthropogenic activities significantly reduce the carbon sto ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11676-019-01012-w

35. Comparison of physical and mechanical properties of four rattan species grown in China

Author:
Yang, Shumin; Xiang, E’lin; Shang, Lili; Liu, Xing’e; Tian, Genlin; Ma, Jianfeng
Source:
Journal of wood science 2020 v.66 no.1 pp. 3
ISSN:
1435-0211
Subject:
Calamus; bamboos; economic valuation; equations; forests; mechanical properties; modulus of elasticity; China
Abstract:
... Rattan cane is an important forest product only second to timber and bamboo, with higher economic value and ecological benefits. Physical and mechanical properties are more important quality performance indexes, which are highly correlated with the processing and utilization of rattan cane. The present paper describes a study of main physical and mechanical properties in different heights of ratta ...
DOI:
10.1186/s10086-020-1850-0

36. Deduction of a meteorological phenology indicator from reconstructed MODIS LST imagery

Author:
Lim, Chi Hong; Jung, Song Hie; Kim, Nam Shin; Lee, Chang Seok
Source:
Journal of forestry research 2020 v.31 no.6 pp. 2205-2216
ISSN:
1007-662X
Subject:
Quercus mongolica; air temperature; algorithms; cameras; climate change; forests; heat sums; image analysis; land use; leaves; microclimate; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; monitoring; phenology; reflectance; surface water; South Korea
Abstract:
... Phenology is a valuable attribute of vegetation to assess the biological impacts from climate change. A challenge of phenological research is to obtain information on both high temporal resolution and fine spatial scale observations. Here, we constructed an air temperature map based on temporal merging and spatial interpolation algorithms to overcome the cloud-related problem from the MODIS LST pr ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11676-019-01015-7

37. Defining endemism levels for biodiversity conservation: Tree species in the Atlantic Forest hotspot

Author:
de Lima, Renato A. Ferreira; Souza, Vinícius Castro; de Siqueira, Marinez Ferreira; ter Steege, Hans
Source:
Biological conservation 2020 v.252 pp. 108825
ISSN:
0006-3207
Subject:
biodiversity conservation; flora; forest trees; forests; geographical distribution; guidelines; herbaria; indigenous species
Abstract:
... Endemic species are important for biodiversity conservation. Yet, quantifying endemism remains challenging because endemism concepts can be too strict (i.e., pure endemism) or too subjective (i.e., near endemism). We propose a data-driven approach to objectively estimate the proportion of records inside a given the target area (i.e., endemism level) that optimizes the separation of near-endemics f ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108825

38. Dehesa environment mapping with transference of a Random Forest classifier to neighboring ultra-high spatial resolution imagery at class and macro-class land cover levels

Author:
Fragoso-Campón, Laura; Quirós, Elia; Gutiérrez Gallego, José Antonio
Source:
Stochastic environmental research and risk assessment 2020 v.34 no.12 pp. 2179-2210
ISSN:
1436-3240
Subject:
data collection; databases; ecosystems; forests; hydrologic models; land cover; monitoring; remote sensing; risk; runoff; shrubs; soil color; texture; vegetation cover; wildfires
Abstract:
... Accurate vegetation cover maps of forested areas are crucial for ecosystems monitoring, as well as for management of water balance, flood and fire risk, and other forest-associated resources. With this regard, remote sensing techniques have been used for land cover mapping worldwide. Here, we propose a vegetation-mapping methodology in a dehesa environment using ultra-high spatial resolution image ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00477-020-01880-3

39. Dispersal and genetic structure in a tropical small mammal, the Bornean tree shrew (Tupaia longipes), in a fragmented landscape along the Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Malaysia

Author:
Brunke, Jennifer; Russo, Isa-Rita M.; Orozco-terWengel, Pablo; Zimmermann, Elke; Bruford, Michael W.; Goossens, Benoit; Radespiel, Ute
Source:
BMC genetics 2020 v.21 no.1 pp. 43
ISSN:
1471-2156
Subject:
Elaeis guineensis; Tupaia; anthropogenic activities; females; forests; gene flow; genetic markers; genetic structure; genetic variation; habitat connectivity; habitat fragmentation; haplotypes; landscapes; males; migratory behavior; mitochondria; mitochondrial DNA; nuclear genome; plantations; riparian areas; rivers; small mammals; Borneo; Malaysia
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Constraints in migratory capabilities, such as the disruption of gene flow and genetic connectivity caused by habitat fragmentation, are known to affect genetic diversity and the long-term persistence of populations. Although negative population trends due to ongoing forest loss are widespread, the consequence of habitat fragmentation on genetic diversity, gene flow and genetic structu ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12863-020-00849-z
PubMed:
32303177
PubMed Central:
PMC7164274

40. Early Eocene southern China dominated by desert: Evidence from a palynological record of the Hengyang Basin, Hunan Province

Author:
Xie, Yulong; Wu, Fuli; Fang, Xiaomin; Zhang, Dawen; Zhang, Weilin
Source:
Global and planetary change 2020 v.195 pp. 103320
ISSN:
0921-8181
Subject:
Eocene epoch; arid zones; atmospheric precipitation; basins; forests; landscapes; monsoon season; mountains; palynology; shrubs; China
Abstract:
... The India–Asia collision and subsequent uplift of the Tibetan Plateau during the Cenozoic were the main drivers of Asian monsoon development and evolution. However, the climate and possible existence of a desert landscape in southern China prior to the significant uplift of the Tibetan Plateau remain uncertain, because of a lack of reliable proxies or direct geological evidence. The well–preserved ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103320

41. Ecological perspectives on variable retention forestry

Author:
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo J.; Vanha-Majamaa, Ilkka; Franklin, Jerry F.
Source:
Ecological processes 2020 v.9 no.1 pp. 12
ISSN:
2192-1709
Subject:
biodiversity conservation; climate change; ecological footprint; ecological function; ecosystem services; forests; harvesting; species diversity; timber production
Abstract:
... Forest management globally affects the ecosystem services, especially those related to ecosystem functioning and biodiversity conservation, by altering forest structure and composition. The degree of alteration was related to the intensity and type of harvesting; therefore, the major silvicultural challenge is to develop alternatives to mitigate climate change and maintain forest functions and bio ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13717-020-0215-3

42. Effect of trait’s expression level on single-step genomic evaluation of resistance to Dothistroma needle blight

Author:
Klápště, Jaroslav; Dungey, Heidi S.; Graham, Natalie J.; Telfer, Emily J.
Source:
BMC plant biology 2020 v.20 no.1 pp. 205
ISSN:
1471-2229
Subject:
Dothistroma; Pinus radiata; blight; breeding programs; breeding value; climate; climate change; conifers; disease outbreaks; forests; genome; genomics; genotyping; heritability; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; marker-assisted selection; models; pathogens; phenotype; prediction; risk; New Zealand
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Many conifer breeding programs are paying increasing attention to breeding for resistance to needle disease due to the increasing importance of climate change. Phenotyping of traits related to resistance has many biological and temporal constraints that can often confound the ability to achieve reliable phenotypes and consequently, reliable genetic progress. The development of next gen ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12870-020-02403-6

43. Effects of brightness levels on stress recovery when viewing a virtual reality forest with simulated natural light

Author:
Li, Chang; Sun, Changan; Sun, Minkai; Yuan, Yu; Li, Pengcheng
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2020 v.56 pp. 126865
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
computer simulation; forests; lighting; phototherapy; solar radiation
Abstract:
... Although previous studies have shown that both forest and natural light exposure can significantly affect psycho-physiological responses, how different natural light levels influence stress recovery efficacy in forest environments has not been discussed yet. A pretest-posttest design was used to explore the influence of varying brightness levels on stress recovery effect in a virtual forest enviro ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126865

44. Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals the presence of a small, quick-moving, nocturnal water shrew in a forest stream

Author:
Yonezawa, Satoru; Ushio, Masayuki; Yamanaka, Hiroki; Miya, Masaki; Takayanagi, Atsushi; Isagi, Yuji
Source:
Conservation genetics 2020 v.21 no.6 pp. 1079-1084
ISSN:
1566-0621
Subject:
DNA barcoding; cameras; cost effectiveness; endangered species; environmental DNA; forests; habitats; nocturnal activity; planning; population density; screening; shrews; streams; surveys; traps; Japan
Abstract:
... Chimarrogale platycephala (Japanese water shrew) is an endangered, semi-aquatic mammal species in Japan, and understanding the C. platycephala habitat is vital for conservation planning. However, the species is difficult to locate using conventional methods, like visual observations and camera/video traps, due to its small size, nocturnal behavior, and low population densities in semi-aquatic envi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10592-020-01310-5

45. Ethnography, ethnobiology and natural history: narratives on hunting and ecology of mammals among quilombolas from Southeast Brazil

Author:
Prado, Helbert Medeiros; da Silva, Raquel Costa; Schlindwein, Marcelo Nivert; Murrieta, Rui Sérgio Sereni
Source:
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine 2020 v.16 no.1 pp. 9
ISSN:
1746-4269
Subject:
Homo sapiens; archaeology; environmental knowledge; forests; human behavior; human ecology; interviews; mammals; motivation; natural history; wildlife management; Brazil
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: As a leading practice of Homo sapiens’ environmental experience for hundreds of millennia, hunting continues to evoke key research inquiries in the fields of archaeology, human ecology, and conservation biology. Broadly speaking, hunting has been mainly a subject of qualitative-symbolic and quantitative-materialistic schemata of analyze, among anthropologists and biologists, respective ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13002-020-0359-3
PubMed:
32085789
PubMed Central:
PMC7035758

46. Evidence that cultural food practices of Adi women in Arunachal Pradesh, India, improve social-ecological resilience: insights for Sustainable Development Goals

Author:
Singh, Ranjay K.; Kumar, Arvind; Singh, Anshuman; Singhal, Poonam
Source:
Ecological processes 2020 v.9 no.1 pp. 29
ISSN:
2192-1709
Subject:
animal-based foods; animals; ecosystems; focus groups; food plants; forests; home gardens; indigenous knowledge; indigenous peoples; interviews; issues and policy; land use; livelihood; plant-based foods; quantitative analysis; social class; society; species diversity; sustainable development; traditional medicine; villages; women; India
Abstract:
... INTRODUCTION: Sustainable use of biocultural diversity can help achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in many ways. The tribal communities of bio-culturally rich Northeastern India rely heavily on local food resources and knowledge for livelihood security. In this study with Adi women of East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India, we aimed to understand (i) access and use patterns for bi ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13717-020-00232-x

47. Experimental evidence on biodiversity impacts of variable retention forestry, prescribed burning, and deadwood manipulation in Fennoscandia

Author:
Koivula, Matti; Vanha-Majamaa, Ilkka
Source:
Ecological processes 2020 v.9 no.1 pp. 11
ISSN:
2192-1709
Subject:
Picea abies; coarse woody debris; epiphytes; felling; forest land; forest management; forests; fungi; habitat conservation; intensive forestry; lichens; microclimate; microhabitats; prescribed burning; species diversity; stumps; threatened species; trees; wildfires; Scandinavia
Abstract:
... Intensive forest management has been applied in most Fennoscandian forests for a period of almost one felling rotation. This paradigm has produced even-aged and even-structured forests of different successional stages that cover about 90% of forest land. At the same time, wildfires have been nearly eliminated in most of the Fennoscandian nature. Consequently, hundreds of species are red-listed bec ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13717-019-0209-1

48. Forest fragmentation and defaunation drive an unusual ecological cascade: Predation release, monkey population outburst and plant demographic collapse

Author:
Portela, Rita de C.Q.; Dirzo, Rodolfo
Source:
Biological conservation 2020 v.252 pp. 108852
ISSN:
0006-3207
Subject:
Cebidae; Euterpe edulis; animal communities; community structure; demography; forests; habitat fragmentation; host plants; infants; landscapes; monkeys; natural resources conservation; population growth; predation; predators; reproductives
Abstract:
... Anthropogenic habitat fragmentation combined with differential defaunation triggers complex trophic cascades. Here we test a Fragmentation-Defaunation Cascade Hypothesis by examining how a medium-sized monkey population outbreak, occurring in a predator-free forest fragment, lead to the decline of a dominant plant. We computed long-term population dynamics of Euterpe edulis (“palmito”) plants in a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108852

49. Forest Management Plans in Nepal’s Community Forests: Does One Size Fit All?

Author:
Baral, Srijana; Hansen, Christian Pilegaard; Chhetri, Bir Bahadur Khanal
Source:
Small-scale forestry 2020 v.19 no.4 pp. 483-504
ISSN:
1873-7617
Subject:
community forestry; focus groups; forest management; forests; interviews; Nepal
Abstract:
... Technical forest management plans are prerequisites for obtaining forest management rights by community forest user groups in Nepal. However, the relevance of such plans and the rationale for accepting them remain unexplored. Using a multiple-case-study approach, we examine the contents of the silvicultural prescriptions, and the relevance of these prescriptions in day-to-day forest management, an ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11842-020-09450-9

50. Gastrointestinal nematodes of European wild boar from distinct agricultural and forest habitats in Poland

Author:
Nosal, Paweł; Kowal, Jerzy; Wyrobisz-Papiewska, Anna; Wajdzik, Marek
Source:
Acta veterinaria scandinavica 2020 v.62 no.1 pp. 9
ISSN:
1751-0147
Subject:
Ascaris suum; Ascarops; Oesophagostomum dentatum; Physocephalus; Trichuris suis; arable soils; farms; forest habitats; forests; gastrointestinal nematodes; gastrointestinal system; organic production; risk; swine; tourism; wild boars; Poland
Abstract:
... The study aimed to compare the gastrointestinal helminthofauna of free-ranging wild boars from arable lands and forests, which are the natural habitats for wild boar in Poland and further to investigate if wild boars living in agricultural environments could acquire helminths commonly detected in domestic pigs. In 2011–2014, a total of 57 wild boars were examined post-mortem for the presence of ga ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13028-020-0508-7
PubMed:
32024529
PubMed Central:
PMC7003326