18 articles in this issue
 
José R. Lozada,Ernesto Arends,Domingo Sánchez,Alberto Villarreal,José Guevara,Pilar Soriano,Manuel Costa
Aim of study: We evaluate palm and tree species diversity in a floodplain forest and the changes affecting the plots subjected to different intensities of selective logging.Area of study: The western alluvial plains of Venezuela.Materials and Methods: A r... see more
Aranzazu Gomez-Garay,Beatriz Pintos,José Antonio Manzanera,Carmen Prada,Luisa Martin,José María Gabriel y Galan
Aim of study: The effect of cerium oxide engineered nanoparticles on the spore germination of the fern. Asplenium adiantum-nigrum.Area of study: France, Britanny Region, Finistére Department, Plougonvelin, in rocks near the sea.Material and methods: Asple... see more
Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo,Jesus Beira,Juan Suarez,Georgios Xenakis,Raúl Sánchez-Salguero,Rocío Hernández-Clemente
Aim of the study: We assessed the ability of the 3-PG process-based model to accurately predict growth of Pinus sylvestris and P. nigra plantations across a range of sites, showing declining growth trends, in southern Spain.Area of study: The study area i... see more
Celia Herrero,Vicente José Monleon,Natividad Gómez,Felipe Bravo
Aim of study: The aim of this study was to 1) estimate the amount of dead wood in managed beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) stands in northern Iberian Peninsula and 2) evaluate the most appropriate volume equation and the optimal transect length for sampling dow... see more
Mustafa-Nawaz Shafqat,Salina Shahid,Syed-Ali-Musstjab-Akber-Shah Eqani,Syed-Haider Shah,Amir Waseem
Aims of the study: This study aims (i) to monitor the amount of dust deposition during dry season in the moist temperate forest; (ii) to study nature of P fractions in the dust samples falling on the trees in the region; (iii) to study soil P fractions as... see more
Md Anamul Haque,Md. Mezanur Rahman,Sheikh Arafat Islam Nihad,Md. Ruhul Amin Howlader,Md. Mahmudul Hasan Akand
Aim of the study: To evaluate the morpho-physiological changes of Acacia auriculiformis in response to seawater induced salinity stress along with its tolerance limit.Area of study: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh.Mat... see more
Maurizio Marchi,Susanna Nocentini,Fulvio Ducci
Aim of study: To forecast the effects of climate change on the spatial distribution of Black pine of Villetta Barrea in its natural range and to define a possible conservation strategy for the speciesArea of study: A rear-edge marginal population of Pinus... see more
Suleyman Coban,Alper H. Colak,Ian D. Rotherham
Aim of study: This paper provides an analysis of growth and survival of twenty–year–old Scots pine saplings in relation to canopy cover density (CCD) gradients, from dense (D–CCD), sparse (S–CCD), and gap (G–CCD) situations.Area of study: Aladag (Bolu) in... see more
Noureddin Nourian,Shaban Shataee-Joibary,Jahangir Mohammadi
Aim of study: The objective of the study was the comparative assessment of various spatial resolutions of optical satellite imagery including Landsat-TM, ASTER, and Quickbird data to estimate the forest structure attributes of Hyrcanian forests, Golestan ... see more
Leticia Pafundi,Maria Florencia Urretavizcaya,Guillermo Emilio Defosse
Aim of the study: to analyze, within a Pinus contorta plantation, the effects of artificially created small rectangular and small medium circular canopy gaps on: i) photosynthetic active radiation (PAR), and soil temperature and moisture, and ii) survival... see more
María Quirós Segovia,Sonia Condés Ruiz,Karel Drápela
Aim of the study: The main objective of this study was to test Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) for developing height-diameter curves for forests on a large scale and to compare it with Linear Mixed Models (LMM).Area of study: Monospecific stands ... see more
Shengqi Jian,Xueli Zhang,Zening Wu,Caihong Hu
Aim of the study: We analyzed the water-use strategy of P. tabulaeformis and determine the relationships between environmental factors and transpiration rates in the P. tabulaeformis woodlands.Area of study: Loess Plateau region of Northwest China.Materia... see more
Filipe Martins,Cristina Alegria,Gil Artur
Aim of the study: Acacia dealbata is an alien invasive species that is widely spread in Portugal. The main goal of this study was to produce an accurate and detailed map for this invasive species using ASTER multispectral imagery.Area of study: The centra... see more
Rafael Calama,Javier Gordo,Guillermo Madrigal,Sven Mutke,Mar Conde,Gregorio Montero,Marta Pardos
Aim of the study: To present a new spatiotemporal model for Pinus pinea L. annual cone production with validity for Spanish Northen Plateau and Central Range regions. The new model aims to deal with detected deficiencies in previous models: temporal short... see more
Dolores Agúndez Leal,Soumana Douma,javier Madrigal,Almudena Gómez-Ramos,Barbara Vicenti,Ricardo Alía,Ali Mahamane
Aim of study: Indigenous woody species play an important role as a complement on the diet of rural populations in Niger, especially in periods of food scarcity. However, these species are nowadays overexploited and management programmes are necessary to c... see more
Cristina Fernández Filgueira,José A. Vega Hidalgo
Aim of study: To evaluate how a plant community responded to a backfire that occurred four years after application of different types of fuel-reduction treatments.Area of study: Erica umbellata Loefl. (L.)-dominated heathland in Galicia (NW Spain).Materia... see more
Anatoliy A. Khapugin,Elena V. Vargot,Gennadiy G. Chugunov,Nikita I. Shugaev
Aim of study: Biological invasions are one of the most important areas of forest research. In this study, we revealed invasibility of fire-damaged forests at the southern boundary of the taiga zone.Area of study: The Mordovia State Nature Reserve (Central... see more