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Displaying 1 - 10 of 62,758 Publications- Recent changes of tree species demography in Texas likely can be attributed to climatic disturbances, particularly hot drought (i.e., drought exacerbated by extreme heat). In this study, we examined demographic change over East, Central and West Texas over a 16-year period (2004–2019), including a widely documented 2011 hot drought event. We used Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data to evaluate changes in tree count for the nine most abundant tree genera in Texas. Furthermore, we examined the associations between tree demography and the distribution of climate variables including the 12-mo...AuthorsShakirudeen Lawal, Frank Koch, Robert M. Scheller, Jennifer CostanzaKeywordsSourceEcological IndicatorsYear2025
- Riverine fishes face many challenges including habitat degradation and climate change, which alter the productivity of the riverscapes in which fish live, reproduce, and feed. Understanding the watershed portfolio of foraging and growth opportunities that sustain productive and resilient fish populations is important for prioritizing conservation and restoration. However, the spatiotemporal distribution and availability of fish food are poorly understood relative to other factors such as abiotic habitat quantity and quality (e.g., water temperature). In this paper, we build on the concept of “...AuthorsValerie Ouellet, Aimee H. Fullerton, Matt Kaylor, Sean Naman, Ryan J.Bellmore, Jordan Rosenfeld, Gabriel Rossi, Seth White, Suzanne Rhoades, David A. Beauchamp, Martin Liermann, Peter Kiffney, Beth SandersonKeywordsSourceWIREs Water. 12(1): e1752.Year2025
- Vacuum drying technology can produce kiln-dried lumber at rates faster than conventional steam kiln-drying, resulting in reduced operating costs. Because of this, wood products manufacturers are increasingly becoming interested in vacuum drying technology, but the effects of this technology on the flatness of the resulting lumber are not known. This study compared the flatness of hard maple lumber when dried in a vacuum kiln with that of the same type of lumber dried in a conventional steam kiln. The drying schedules were also compared to quantify the difference in amount of time needed to dry...AuthorsAlex Anderson, Michael C. Wiemann, Scott Lyon, Scott BoweKeywordsSourceFPL-RP-723Year2025
- Over 95% of original longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) (LLP) forests have been converted toother land uses, including loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L) (LOP), croplands, urban uses during the past two centuries in the southeastern United States (U.S.) for socioeconomic developments. Restoring the LLP forests represents a contemporary forest management objective to improve wildlife habitat, water yield, and overall ecosystem services and resilience to a changing climate. Given the importance of understanding ecohydrological processes for guiding restoration efforts, this study compared evapotranspira...AuthorsNing Liu, Ge Sun, Yun Yang, Maricar Aguilos, Gregory Starr, Thomas L. O’Halloran, Devendra M. Amatya, A. Christopher Oishi, Yulong Zhang, Carl TrettinSourceWater Resources ResearchYear2025
- Trap colour can be an important consideration in detection programmes for arboreal and saproxylic beetles. Green and purple intercept traps are more attractive than black intercept traps to the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), an invasive species in North America. In four experiments, I tested three commercial multiple-funnel traps (green, purple, and black), baited with various lure blends, to determine the relative effects of trap colour on catches of other bark and woodboring beetles, and their associated predator species, in north–central Georgia,...AuthorsDaniel R. MillerKeywordsSourceThe Canadian EntomologistYear2025
- In many parts of the western United States, wildfires are becoming larger and more severe, threatening the persistence of forest ecosystems. Understanding the ways in which management activities such as prescribed fire and managed wildfire can mitigate fire severity is essential for developing effective forest conservation strategies. We evaluated the effects of previous fuels reduction treatments, including prescribed fire and wildfire managed for resource benefit, and other wildfires on the burn severity of the 2022 Black Fire in southwestern New Mexico, USA. The Black Fire burned over 131,0...AuthorsGavin M. Jones, Alexander Spannuth, Angela Chongpinitchai, Matthew D. HurteauSourceForest Ecology and Management. 580: 122540.Year2025
- Rangelands around the globe are experiencing management challenges associated with existing and emerging stressors, including more frequent and severe fires, woody species expansion, annual grass invasion, heavy, repeated growing season grazing, and climate change. Disturbance is an essential part of rangeland systems. Yet climate change is likely to affect rangelands most directly by increasing the likelihood, severity, and extent of long term, negative impacts from disturbance. We conducted a synthesis of key vulnerabilities to climate change for Northwest US rangelands. These rangelands are...AuthorsAnna T. Maher, Holly R. Prendeville, Jessica E. Halofsky, Mary M. Rowland, Kirk W. Davies, Chad S. BoydSourceRangeland Ecology & Management. 98(1): 399-413.Year2025
- Accurate positioning in the forest (e.g., less than 1–2 m horizontal error) is needed to leverage the potential of high-resolution auxiliary data sources such as airborne or satellite imagery, lidar, and photogrammetric heights used in forest monitoring. Unfortunately, typical short duration occupations in the forest with budget Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS; GPS is the American constellation) receivers are generally inaccurate (horizontal errors >5–20 m). This study demonstrates that accurate GNSS positioning is feasible beneath 40 to 60 m-tall closed-canopy conifer forests of west...AuthorsJacob Strunk, Stephen E. Reutebuch, Robert J. McGaughey, Hans-Erik AndersenKeywordsSourceRemote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. 37(3): 101428.Year2025
- Originally, forest sustainability was primarily concerned with continual timber production. Contemporary concepts such as sustainable forest management (SFM) and climate-smart forestry (CSF) emphasize the continual production of multiple forest goods and services, both market and non-market. In addition to the creation of new programs for CSF, recent legislation in the United States (US) has expanded the use of incentive programs traditionally used for subsidizing SFM to also support management activities that aid in climate adaptation and mitigation. Understanding landowner perceptions of inc...AuthorsStephanie Chizmar, Tamara Cushing, Srijana Baral, Tatyana RusevaKeywordsSourceTrees, Forests and PeopleYear2025
- Forests contribute to the nutritional and medicinal needs of billions of people worldwide. In the United States, the extent and impacts of provisioning forest foods are not fittingly understood. This study seeks to elucidate the scope and scale of forest food harvest. Using publicly available data, hunting surveys and proprietary data from the Wild Harvest Initiative®, we provide estimates of the amount of foods and medicines from wild-harvested flora and fauna, and meat produced from domesticated livestock grazed on public forest lands. The evidence strongly supports the assertion that large ...AuthorsJames Chamberlain, Richard D. Honor, Karl Malcolm, Shane P. Mahoney, J. Ryan Bellmore, Matthew C. Reeves, Hailey Wilmer, Marie K. Gutgesell, Lauren A. SillSourceTrees, Forests and PeopleYear2025