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Temporal changes in mixing effects on litter decay and nitrogen release in a boreal riparian forest in northeastern China
In riparian forests, litter decay provides essential energy and nutrients for both terrestrial and fluvial ecosystems. Litter mixing effects (LMEs)...
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Forest Ecosystems
If you were to witness a massive logging event in a forested watershed, what would you expect in terms of possible biological, physical, chemical,...
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Community forest dependency: re-examining established thoughts with empirical evidence from Eastern India
The distance between forest and forest villages as a factor has specific importance in designing the interface of forest dependency. Scholars have...
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Variation of deadwood density by decay class in pure and mixed Oriental spruce stands in Northeastern Black Sea
This study focuses on the identification and comparisons of the distribution of deadwood volumes in pure and mixed Oriental spruce stands in both the...
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Mycorrhizal roots slow the decay of belowground litters in a temperate hardwood forest
There is increasing evidence that plant roots and mycorrhizal fungi, whether living or dead, play a central role in soil carbon (C) cycling....
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Nature Conservation in the Forest: Natural Forest—Permanent Forest—Clear-Cutting?
The forest has different functions in society: Timber production, recreation, nature conservation. Optimization with regard to each of these...
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Forest gaps accelerate the degradation of cellulose and lignin in decaying logs in a subalpine forest
Knowledge of the patterns in the degradation of cellulose and lignin in decaying logs under different climatic conditions is necessary to understand...
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An analysis of stand-level size distributions of decay-affected Norway spruce trees based on harvester data
Key messageWe studied size distributions of decay-affected Norway spruce trees using cut-to-length harvester data. The harvester data comprised...
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Importance of Wood-Decay Fungi in Balance between Biomass Formation and Sustainability of Spruce Stands in the Russian European Taiga
AbstractThe most important functional roles of the wood-decay fungi (WDF) in the evolutionary assembly of forest communities are described, with the...
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Shifts in belowground processes along a temperate forest edge
ContextForests are increasingly fragmented, and as a result most forests in the United States are within one km of an edge. Edges change...
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Kee** thinning-derived deadwood logs on forest floor improves soil organic carbon, microbial biomass, and enzyme activity in a temperate spruce forest
Deadwood is a key component of forest ecosystems, but there is limited information on how it influences forest soils. Moreover, studies on the effect...
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Predicting snag fall in an old-growth forest after fire
BackgroundSnags, standing dead trees, are becoming more abundant in forests as tree mortality rates continue to increase due to fire, drought, and...
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Wood Decay by Fungi: Challenges and Prevention
India’s forest tree cover is increasing at a very slow pace. It is not sufficient enough to fulfill large population demand, and in coming years, it...
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Insects and Forest Succession
There is a long-standing, even ancient, belief in Western thought that forests, particularly unmanaged forests relatively free from obvious human...
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Woodborers in Forest Stands
Woodborers are an ecologically important guild in forested ecosystems and include Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, and Siricidae. Members of these families...
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Experimental Evidence that Forest Structure Controls Detrital Decomposition
Much remains unknown regarding the linkages between forest structure and microclimate as they regulate detrital decomposition. In this study, we use...
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An Insight into Fungi in Forest Ecosystems
A fungus is a eukaryotic and heterotrophic organism that depends on other organisms for its food. Fungi digest food outwardly and absorb food...
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Leaf litter production and decomposition in a Riverine Mangrove forest in India
Leaf litter constitutes a major fraction in total litter production in mangrove forests. Its contribution to NPP of mangrove forests and carbon...
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Forest Pathology in Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem services are processes in which the environment supplies benefits to humans and are classified into four major categories, including...
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Harmonization and variation of deadwood density and carbon concentration in different stages of decay of the most important Central European tree species
Coarse woody debris (CWD) is a major component of the ecosystem carbon (C) balance. The estimation of C storage in CWD is an important element of the...
