[HTML][HTML] What is the potential for replacing monocultures with mixed-species stands to enhance ecosystem services in boreal forests in Fennoscandia?

S Huuskonen, T Domisch, L Finér, J Hantula… - Forest ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The boreal forests of Fennoscandia are largely dominated by Norway spruce and Scots
pine. Conifer monocultures have been favoured in forest management during the last …

[HTML][HTML] Forest biodiversity and ecosystem services from spruce-birch mixtures: The potential importance of tree spatial arrangement

A Felton, AM Felton, HK Wam, J Witzell… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is increasing empirical support for the biodiversity and ecosystem service (ES)
benefits of mixed-species production forests. However, few studies control for the spatial …

Joint optimization of land carbon uptake and albedo can help achieve moderate instantaneous and long-term cooling effects

A Graf, G Wohlfahrt, S Aranda-Barranco… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Both carbon dioxide uptake and albedo of the land surface affect global climate. However,
climate change mitigation by increasing carbon uptake can cause a warming trade-off by …

Climate change driving widespread loss of coastal forested wetlands throughout the North American coastal plain

EE White Jr, EA Ury, ES Bernhardt, X Yang - Ecosystems, 2022 - Springer
Coastal forested wetlands support many endemic species, sequester substantial carbon
stocks, and have been reduced in extent due to historic drainage and agricultural …

Vegetation restoration thresholds under different vegetation types and altitude gradients in the Sichuan-Yunnan ecological shelter, China

S Ma, LJ Wang, L Ye, J Jiang - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Determining the threshold for the response of ecosystem services (ESs) to vegetation
change is critical for ecological restoration, and once the threshold is exceeded, ESs may be …

A meta-analysis of understory plant removal impacts on soil properties in forest ecosystems

S Zhang, X Yang, D Li, S Li, Z Chen, J Wu - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Understory plants have an important role in regulating various functions and processes in
forest ecosystems. However, the overall consequences of understory plant losses on soil …

More future synergies and less trade‐offs between forest ecosystem services with natural climate solutions instead of bioeconomy solutions

A Mazziotta, J Lundström, N Forsell… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract To reach the Paris Agreement, societies need to increase the global terrestrial
carbon sink. There are many climate change mitigation solutions (CCMS) for forests …

Forest multifunctionality is not resilient to intensive forestry

T Pohjanmies, K Eyvindson, M Triviño… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
There is ample evidence that intensive management of ecosystems causes declines in
biodiversity as well as in multiple ecosystem services, ie, in multifunctionality. However, less …

Drought-induced xylem embolism limits the recovery of leaf gas exchange in Scots pine

R Rehschuh, A Cecilia, M Zuber, T Faragó… - Plant …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Climate change increases the occurrence of prolonged drought periods with large
implications for forest functioning. Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) is one of the most abundant …

Influencing factors of the supply-demand relationships of carbon sequestration and grain provision in China: Does land use matter the most?

F Xia, Y Yang, S Zhang, D Li, W Sun, Y Xie - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The provision of ecosystem services (ESs) such as carbon sequestration and grain provision
are critical components to sustainable development. Reaching carbon neutrality generally …