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1. Innate visual attraction in wood ants is a hardwired behavior seen across different motivational and ecological contexts

Author:
C. Buehlmann; P. Graham
Source:
Insectes sociaux 2022 v.69 no.2-3 pp. 271-277
ISSN:
0020-1812
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; Formicidae; habitats; honeydew; wood;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Ants are expert navigators combining innate and learnt navigational strategies. Whereas we know that the ants’ feeding state segregates visual–navigational memories in ants navigating along a learnt route, it is an open question if the motivational state also affects the ants’ innate visual preferences. Wood ant foragers show an innate attraction to conspicuous visual cues. These foragers inhabit ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00040-022-00867-3

2. Tree planting for climate change: Coverage in the UK farming sector press

Author:
Ashley Hardaker; Theresa Bodner; Norman Dandy
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2022 v.94 pp. 140-149
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; agricultural land; climate change; trees;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... In recent years tree planting as a response to climate change has acquired a very high profile amongst policy-makers, scientists, the media, and the public. This ‘afforestation’, however, requires space: that is, land. Agriculture currently occupies very large areas of land globally meaning that it is commonly targeted as needing to make way for tree planting, and making farmers important gatekeep ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.06.001

3. An Automatic Identification Method of Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) Habitat Based on Spatiotemporal Density Detection

Author:
Xian Jiang; Tingdong Yang; Dongping Liu; Yili Zheng; Yan Chen; Fan Li
Source:
Animals 2022 v.12 no.17 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; Nipponia nippon; agricultural land; habitats; rivers; uncertainty;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... To address the current challenges of the heavy workload, time-consuming nature and labor-intensiveness involved in existing crested ibis’s (Nipponia nipponTemminck, 1835) habitat identification approaches, this paper proposes an automatic habitat identification method based on spatiotemporal density detection. With consideration of the characteristics of the crested ibis’s trajectory data, such as ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani12172220

4. Land Space Change Process and Its Eco-Environmental Effects in the Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration of China

Author:
Yongyong Song; Siyou Xia; Dongqian Xue; Shuai Luo; Liwei Zhang; Donghua Wang
Source:
Land 2022 v.11 no.9 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-445X
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; grasslands; land; land use; occupations; social welfare; China;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Urban agglomeration is the strategic core area of social–economic high-quality development in the world. However, high-density agglomeration and high-speed expansion have caused dramatic changes in land space, leading to prominent eco-environmental problems and, thus, threatening human well-being. How to solve the contradiction between urban agglomeration land expansion and eco-environment protect ...
DOI:
10.3390/land11091547

5. Study on the Impact of Spatial Resolution on Fractional Vegetation Cover Extraction with Single-Scene and Time-Series Remote Sensing Data

Author:
Yanfang Wang; Lu Tan; Guangyu Wang; Xinyu Sun; Yannan Xu
Source:
Remote Sensing 2022 v.14 no.17 pp. -
ISSN:
2072-4292
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; Landsat; fractional vegetation cover; time series analysis; China;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The spatial resolution of remote sensing images directly affects the accuracy, efficiency, and computational cost of extracting the fractional vegetation cover (FVC). Taking the Liyang woodland region, Jiangsu Province, as the study area, FVCs with varying spatial resolutions were extracted separately from Sentinel-2, Landsat-8, MOD13Q1, and MOD13A1. The variations in FVCs extracted from remote se ...
DOI:
10.3390/rs14174165

6. Litter Decomposition of Qinghai Spruce (Picea crassifolia) Is Dependent on Mn Concentration in the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China

Author:
Jixiong Gu; Bilian Zhou; Chuanyan Zhao; Yuan Tang; Junkai Tian; Xinning Zhao
Source:
Forests 2022 v.13 no.9 pp. -
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; Picea crassifolia; altitude; biogeochemical cycles; equations; forests; China;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... The factors determining litter decomposition incorporated into C and nutrient cycles were examined as part of a broader study investigating the biogeochemical cycle in forest ecosystems. Litter was collected from five altitudes of Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) woodland stands in the Qilian Mountains and placed in litterbags. These litterbags were installed at the crown center (CC) and crown e ...
DOI:
10.3390/f13091418

7. Bark-stripping of common buckthorn by goats during managed browsing on bur oak savannas

Author:
Neal D. Mundahl; Ryan Walsh
Source:
Biological invasions 2022 v.24 no.2 pp. 481-493
ISSN:
1387-3547
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; Quercus macrocarpa; Rhamnus cathartica; bark; goats; leaves; savannas; seedlings;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Goats are being used increasingly to manage woody invasive plants in woodland habitats, but their specific impacts on those plants over a period of time during active, periodic browsing has not been documented. This study investigated bark-stripping by goats browsing on common buckthorn in savanna habitats (75 goats/hectare, 5 to 7 days), focusing on possible size-selective feeding and the cumulat ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10530-021-02656-8

8. Multifunctionality in practice: Measuring differences in urban woodland ecosystem properties via functional traits

Author:
Françoise Cardou; Isabelle Aubin; Mélanie Lapointe; Bill Shipley
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2022 v.68 pp. 127453
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; cost effectiveness; ecosystems; species diversity; urban forestry; urbanization; Canada;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... The ability of urban woodlands to regenerate and provide ecosystem services depends on the maintenance of a range of ecosystem functions and processes (i.e. multifunctionality). Many conservation decisions are made by local land stewards and rely on taxonomic characterization of woodlands to infer ecosystem properties, but there is reason to doubt this approach. Can functional traits provide bette ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127453

9. Marketing the master forest owner volunteer program: a pilot study on the messaging and materials of engagement

Author:
Danielle L. Eiseman; Shorna B. Allred; Peter J. Smallidge; Purnima Chawla; Cassidy Dellorto-Blackwell; Blair Boone
Source:
Applied environmental education and communication 2022 v.21 no.2 pp. 164-181
ISSN:
1533-0389
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; cost effectiveness; environmental education; forest ownership; forests; New York;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Woodland management is critical for ensuring forests are sustainably managed, yet few forest landowners have management plans and are often unsure of where to turn for advice. In New York State, the Master Forest Owner (MFO) Volunteer program provides free support from trained volunteers, however participation in the program has declined since 2012. To encourage engagement with the program, we pil ...
DOI:
10.1080/1533015X.2021.2013747

10. Mesocarnivore Distribution along Gradients of Anthropogenic Disturbance in Mediterranean Landscapes

Author:
Ignasi Torre; Tomàs Pulido; Marc Vilella; Mario Díaz
Source:
Diversity 2022 v.14 no.2 pp. -
ISSN:
1424-2818
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; anthropogenic activities; cameras; carnivores; habitats; humans; landscapes; shrublands; winter;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Wildfires are important sources of landscape change in Mediterranean environments, creating large patches of low-growth natural habitats (i.e., scrublands) inside protected areas, whereas woodland patches remain mostly near well protected human settlements. Landscape patterns resulting from these gradients influence habitat suitability for mesocarnivores regarding food and shelter. In winter and s ...
DOI:
10.3390/d14020133

11. Unburnt patches maintain bird abundance and species richness following large wildfires in an Australian semiarid woodland ecosystem

Author:
Zoe KM. Reynolds; Rebecca L. Boulton; Marcel Cardillo
Source:
Journal of arid environments 2022 v.199 pp. 104713
ISSN:
0140-1963
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; birds; ecosystems; habitats; landscapes; phylogeny; species abundance; species richness;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Large wildfires can cause widespread disruption to ecosystems and animal populations, but patches left unburnt within fire scars may play a key role in the persistence and post-fire recovery of communities, which may depend on habitat characteristics, patch size, or spatial configuration. To test this, we made use of a natural experiment in which a semi-arid landscape was burnt twice in the space ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2022.104713

12. Conservation assessment of a range-edge population of Trichophorum planifolium (Cyperaceae) reveals range-wide inbreeding and locally divergent environmental conditions

Author:
Victoria J. Nowell; Song Wang; Tyler W. Smith
Source:
Botany 2022 v.100 no.8 pp. 631-642
ISSN:
1916-2804
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; Cyperaceae; botany; edaphic factors; genetic variation; heterozygosity; life history; risk;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Peripheral populations hold special conservation significance as repositories of genetic diversity, while they may also be at increased risk of extirpation. We collected genetic, ecological, and distributional data to evaluate an endangered range-edge population of Trichophorum planifolium (Sprengel) Palla. Our data show that, range-wide, T. planifolium has remarkably low within-population diversi ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjb-2021-0195

13. Credit Rationing for Forestry Professional Cooperatives: Evidence from China’s Fujian Province

Author:
Lingyun Huang; Yongwu Dai; Zhongyue Xu
Source:
Small-scale forestry 2022 v.21 no.1 pp. 119-138
ISSN:
1873-7617
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; credit; forests; modernization; nonindustrial private forests; surveys; sustainable development; China;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Forestry professional cooperatives (FPCs) are crucial for improving the efficiency of small-scale forestry, realizing forestry modernization, and promoting the sustainable development of forestry in China. However, credit constraints restrict their development. Previous studies have examined the credit rationing issues faced by farmers and enterprises. Few researchers have investigated the financi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11842-021-09490-9

14. The Relationships of Supporting Services and Regulating Services in National Forest City

Author:
Qiongrui Zhang; Linyishu Yang; Songjun Xu
Source:
Forests 2022 v.13 no.9 pp. -
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; agricultural land; climate; ecosystems; forests; national forests; river deltas; rivers;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... The establishment of national forest city (NFC) is to regulate the urban climate and realize the integrated development of urban and rural areas. We explored the changes and relationships between ecosystem supporting services and regulating services before and after the construction of NFC in the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration (PRD). InVEST and CASA models were used to evaluate five ecosyst ...
DOI:
10.3390/f13091368

15. Methodological approach to spatial analysis of agricultural pest dispersal in olive landscapes

Author:
A. Moreno; A. J. Rescia; S. Pascual; M. Ortega
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2022 v.194 no.6 pp. 411
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; Bactrocera oleae; landscapes; moths; olives; permeability; pests; shrublands; spatial data;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The effectiveness of a Geographical Information Systems cost-distance tool for detecting landscape permeability in relation to the movement of pests in olive landscapes was established. The simplification of agricultural systems is linked to an increased incidence of pests on crops. Therefore, it is important to understand the impact of different land uses surrounding olive groves on pests. In thi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-022-10068-x

16. Geo-ecological insights on the island of Inchcailloch in Loch Lomond, Scotland: a small serpentine outcrop in a mixed geological setting

Author:
Francis Q. Brearley
Source:
Plant biosystems 2022 v.156 no.3 pp. 693-699
ISSN:
1724-5575
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; Digitalis purpurea; elemental composition; serpentine; serpentinite; soil; vegetation cover; Scotland;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Inchcailloch hosts a small serpentine (ultramafic) site in Loch Lomond that is unusual in the Scottish context in being covered with broad-leaved woodland; along with serpentinite, serpentine breccias and sandstones are also found. In order to look at plant-soil relationships in more detail here, I analysed soil and foliar chemistry from sampling locations on and around the ultramafic outcrop. Soi ...
DOI:
10.1080/11263504.2021.1918778

17. Net ecosystem exchange comparative analysis of the relative influence of recorded variables in well monitored ecosystems

Author:
David A. Wood
Source:
Ecological complexity 2022 v.50 pp. 100998
ISSN:
1476-945X
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; cropland; data collection; ecosystems; grasslands; net ecosystem exchange; tundra; wetlands;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Weekly averaged datasets from fourteen AmeriFlux ecosystem monitoring sites spread across the Americas, processed to the FLUXNET2015 standard, are statistically evaluated to characterize their seasonal net ecosystem exchange (NEE) trends. The sites cover wetland, cropland, woodland, grassland and tundra ecosystems. Up to twenty measured variables from the sites are variously correlated with NEE. A ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecocom.2022.100998

18. Plastic is a widely used and selectively chosen nesting material for pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) in rural woodland habitats

Author:
Kevin B. Briggs; D. Charles Deeming; Mark C. Mainwaring
Source:
Science of the total environment 2023 v.854 pp. 158660
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; Ficedula hypoleuca; biodiversity; birds; environment; nests; plastics; wastes; Great Britain;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... There is increasing concern about the burgeoning effects of discarded plastic on the earth's biodiversity. Quantifying the presence of plastic and other anthropogenic waste in the environment can be logistically and financially challenging, although it is possible that bird’ nests can be used as bioindicators. Many birds in heavily modified terrestrial ecoystems, such as urban environments, incorp ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158660

19. Delineation of Geomorphological Woodland Key Habitats Using Airborne Laser Scanning

Author:
Hans Ole Ørka; Marie-Claude Jutras-Perreault; Jaime Candelas-Bielza; Terje Gobakken
Source:
Remote Sensing 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2072-4292
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; automation; biodiversity; certification; cost effectiveness; forests; geomorphology; inventories; landscapes; streams; Norway;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Forest ecosystems provide a range of services and function as habitats for many species. The concept of woodland key habitats (WKH) is important for biodiversity management in forest planning standards and certification schemes. The main idea of the WKH is to preserve biodiversity hotspots in the forest landscape. Current methods used in delineating WKH rely on costly field inventories. Furthermor ...
DOI:
10.3390/rs14051184

20. Impact of woodland agri-environment management on woodland structure and target bird species

Author:
Paul E. Bellamy; Elisabeth C. Charman; Neil Riddle; Will B. Kirby; Alice C. Broome; Gavin M. Siriwardena; Philip V. Grice; Will J. Peach; Richard D. Gregory
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2022 v.316 pp. 115221
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
woodlands,   etc   ; Rubus; biodiversity; birds; environmental management; grants; land management; regrowth; surveys; understory;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Agri-environment incentives form a central mechanism supporting changes to land management to provide public benefits. This study assesses the medium-term effects of woodland management on 13 target, specialist woodland bird species, as well as other woodland birds in a single region of the UK. The abundance of breeding birds (using two methods: point counts and territory mapping) and metrics of w ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115221