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Daily timings of sap production in sugar maple in Quebec, Canada
Global warming is affecting plant phenology, with potential consequences on the dynamics of growth reactivation of sugar maple and the timings of...
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New Approaches to Understand Mercury in Trees: Radial and Longitudinal Patterns of Mercury in Tree Rings and Genetic Control of Mercury in Maple Sap
Mercury (Hg) in the environment has been receiving considerable attention in recent years, but little is known about Hg accumulation in trees. We...
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Biochar Promotes the Germination and Growth of Herbaceous Seeds Hydroseeded on Gold Mine Tailings
Tailings that are generated by gold mining activities are frequently abandoned to let nature initiate ecological succession processes. Given the...
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Effects of Elevated CO2 Concentrations on Leaf Senescence and Late-Season Net Photosynthesis of Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
To investigate the effects of elevated atmospheric CO 2 concentrations ([CO 2 ]) on autumnal phenology and end of season photosynthesis of different...
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Palms for the Archaeologist
If your historical/cultural/linguistic past harks back to temperate Europe or colonial North America, and you speak English, when you think of trees...
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Maple Syrup Producers of the Lake States, USA: Attitudes Towards and Adaptation to Social, Ecological, and Climate Conditions
Maple syrup is an important non-timber forest product derived from the sap of the sugar maple ( Acer saccharum Marshall). However, maple syrup...
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Electrical conductivity of wood biochar monoliths and its dependence on pyrolysis temperature
Biochar is traditionally used as solid fuel and for soil amendment where its electrical conductivity is largely irrelevant and unexplored. However,...
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Biochar reduced the mineralization of native and added soil organic carbon: evidence of negative priming and enhanced microbial carbon use efficiency
Biochar has been widely recognized for its potential to increase carbon (C) sequestration and mitigate climate change. This potential is affected by...
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Academic and Non-profit Environmental Organization Collaboration: A Case Study on Forest Conservation with Allegheny College and the Foundation for Sustainable Forests
Academic environmental courses frequently seek to link theory real-world, hands-on experiences that help train students as problem-solvers....
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Valorization of Solid Waste Products from a Variety of Sectors in Wastewater Treatment Processes
There is an urgent need for the “circular economy” trend and a “zero waste” society. Even though complete waste recycling and a fully circular...
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Pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass: review of various physico-chemical and biological methods influencing the extent of biomass depolymerization
Pre-treatment of biomass is a necessary step for delignification as well as an unavoidable step in the journey of biomass to biofuel. Apart from...
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Assessment of spongy moth infestation impacts on forest productivity and carbon loss using the Sentinel-2 satellite remote sensing and eddy covariance flux data
BackgroundDeciduous forests in eastern North America experienced a widespread and intense spongy moth ( Lymantria dispar ) infestation in 2021. This...
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Life cycle assessment of revalorization of lignocellulose for the development of biorefineries
Lignocellulose revalorization has emerged as a major solution to mitigate the increasing energy demand of the growing population. Lignocellulosic...
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Advances in Modified Wood-Based Adsorbents for Contaminant Removal: Valorization Methods, Modification Mechanisms, and Environmental Applications
Purpose of ReviewWood-based adsorbents are increasingly used for environmental applications. They demonstrate considerable advantages, including...
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Condensed tannin addition decreased soil nitrate but increased soil enzyme activities in subtropical forest soil
PurposeTannin is the fourth most abundant biochemical compound in vascular plants. Due to its protein-binding capacity, tannin can interfere with...
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Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition Reductions Projected to Partially Restore Forest Soil Conditions in the US Northeast, While Understory Composition Continues to Shift with Future Climate Change
Human activities have dramatically increased nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) deposition, altering forest ecosystem function and structure. Anticipating...
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Biochar–microbe interaction: more protist research is needed
AbstractBiochar applications have an enormous impact on the soil microbial community and functionality. However, the majority of the knowledge on...
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An empirical method to account for climatic adaptation in plant phenology models
Phenological shifts in plant species are one of the most conspicuous signs of climate change impact on the biosphere. Modeling phenological...
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Factors controlling Mn and Zn contents in leaves of silver and downy birch in acidified soils of Central Europe and Norway
In Central European mountain forests, foliar element concentrations (FECs) of manganese (Mn) in silver birch ( Betula pendula Roth) are occasionally...
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Mining plant phenology records from Kanazawa, Japan in the 1807–1838 Kakuson Diary
Mining the various records of plant phenology before the era of modern weather observations is an important but challenging task. We mined...
