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Quantitative Assessment and Predicting the Effects of Soil Pollutants on Herbaceous Biomass Production in Reserved Forests
Heavy metal concentrations in surface soils of Reserved Forests (RFs) have a significant impact on understorey herbaceous layer. However, research on...
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Litterfall in Andean Forests: Quantity, Composition, and Environmental Drivers
Litterfall is the most easily and most frequently measured part of net primary productivity (NPP) of forests. It has been shown that litterfall...
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Tree Diversity, Initial Litter Quality, and Site Conditions Drive Early-Stage Fine-Root Decomposition in European Forests
Decomposition of dead fine roots contributes significantly to nutrient cycling and soil organic matter stabilization. Most knowledge of tree...
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Efficacy of Trans-geographic Observational Network Design for Revelation of Growth Pattern in Mountain Forests Across Europe
Understanding tree and stand growth dynamics in the frame of climate change calls for large-scale analyses. For analysing growth patterns in mountain...
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Soil fertility of cohune palm (Attalea cohune) dominant forests compared to non-cohune forests in northwestern Belize
AimsWe studied how soils vary between cohune palm and non-cohune forests and assessed whether the forests differed in soil fertility.
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Variations in biomass of fungal guilds are primarily driven by factors related to soil conditions in Mediterranean Pinus pinaster forests
Soil fungi are vital for regulating ecosystem carbon balance and productivity, by driving processes related to soil carbon and nutrient cycling. The...
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Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies canopy effects on deposition of air pollutants
Tree canopies influence atmospheric pollutant depositions depending on type, ecosystem characteristics, and local climatic conditions. This study...
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National Forest Inventories capture the multifunctionality of managed forests in Germany
BackgroundForests perform various important ecosystem functions that contribute to ecosystem services. In many parts of the world, forest management...
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Mixed signals of environmental change and a trend towards ecological homogenization in ground vegetation across different forest types
Forest ground vegetation may serve as an early warning system for monitoring anthropogenic global-change impacts on temperate forests. Climate...
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There is a need to better take into account forest soils in the planned soil monitoring law of the European Union
Key messageA Soil Monitoring Law to improve soil health across all land uses has been proposed by the European Commission. As forests soils have...
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Essential and Potentially Toxic Elements from Brazilian Geopropolis Produced by the Stingless Bee Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides Using ICP OES
Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides is a species of stingless bee popularly known in Brazil as “mandaçaia”. Products derived from bees for food and...
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Fluxes, stocks and availability of nitrogen in evergreen broadleaf and fir forests: similarities and differences
In this study, nitrogen fluxes or flows in litterfall, nitrogen stocks and available nitrogen in soils of two plots representing evergreen broadleaf...
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Advancing forest inventorying and monitoring
Forests are under pressure and going through rapid changes. However, current inventorying and monitoring (IM) programs are often either disjointed,...
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Natural forest ALS-TLS point cloud data registration without control points
Airborne laser scanning (ALS) and terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) has attracted attention due to their forest parameter investigation and research...
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Modelling the effects of forest management intensification on base cation concentrations in soil water and on tree growth in spruce forests in Sweden
The study investigated the effects of forest residue extraction on tree growth and base cations concentrations in soil water under different climatic...
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Stem and root assessment in mangrove forests using a low-cost, rapid-scan terrestrial laser scanner
Accurate assessment of forest structure and biomass is hampered by extensive field measurements that are time-consuming, costly, and inefficient....
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Testing visible ozone injury within a Light Exposed Sampling Site as a proxy for ozone risk assessment for European forests
Biologically meaningful and cost-effective indicators are needed for assessing and monitoring the impacts of tropospheric ozone (O 3 ) on vegetation...
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Increasing calcium scarcity along Afrotropical forest succession
Secondary forests constitute an increasingly important component of tropical forests worldwide. Although cycling of essential nutrients affects...
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Dynamics of copper, cadmium, chromium, and lead storage in a subtropical forest headwater stream
Sediments and plant litter in forest headwater streams serve as vital repositories and carriers of elements, including heavy metals, that influence...
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Geological History and Forest Mycorrhizal Dominance Effects on Soil Fungal Diversity in Chilean Temperate Rainforests
The mycorrhizal type of dominant trees (“mycorrhizal dominance”) likely affects other non-mycorrhizal fungal guilds by means of soil resource...
