[HTML][HTML] Threats, biodiversity drivers and restoration in temperate floodplain forests related to spatial scales

A Havrdová, J Douda, J Doudová - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Floodplain forests offer a diversity of habitats and resources for a very wide range of plant
and animal species. They also offer many benefits to humankind and are considered …

Uncontained spread of Fusarium wilt of banana threatens African food security

AC van Westerhoven, HJG Meijer, MF Seidl… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Banana is the most popular fruit worldwide [1] and a major staple food in tropical and
subtropical regions where the majority of bananas is produced (Fig 1)[2]. The importance of …

Assessing the carbon capture potential of a reforestation project

D Lefebvre, AG Williams, GJD Kirk, Paul, J Burgess… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The number of reforestation projects worldwide is increasing. In many cases funding is
obtained through the claimed carbon capture of the trees, presented as immediate and …

[图书][B] Forest biodiversity in Europe

B Muys, P Angelstam, J Bauhus, L Bouriaud, H Jactel… - 2022 - researchgate.net
Executive summary How can we effectively maintain and enhance forest biodiversity in
Europe? hampered efforts to build a standardised, EU-level overview of how forest …

Citizen science can enhance strategies to detect and manage invasive forest pests and pathogens

JM Hulbert, RA Hallett, HE Roy… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Incorporating a citizen science approach into biological invasion management strategies
can enhance biosecurity. Many citizen science projects exist to strengthen the management …

A glimmer of hope–ash genotypes with increased resistance to ash dieback pathogen show cross‐resistance to emerald ash borer

MM Gossner, A Perret‐Gentil, E Britt, V Queloz… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plants rely on cross‐resistance traits to defend against multiple, phylogenetically distinct
enemies. These traits are often the result of long co‐evolutionary histories. Biological …

From genome sequencing to CRISPR-based genome editing for climate-resilient forest trees

HX Cao, GTH Vu, O Gailing - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the economic and ecological importance of forest trees, modern breeding and
genetic manipulation of forest trees have become increasingly prevalent. The CRISPR …

[HTML][HTML] From mixtures to monocultures: Bird assemblage responses along a production forest conifer-broadleaf gradient

A Felton, PO Hedwall, R Trubins, J Lagerstedt… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing the prevalence of broadleaf trees in conifer-dominated production forests is a
recommended means of improving habitat availability for broadleaf and mixed-forest …

Ash dieback: from Asia to Europe

D Carroll, E Boa - Plant Pathology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ash dieback is a disease caused by the fungal pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Since
its emergence in the 1990s, this pandemic disease has spread throughout much of the …

The global forest health crisis: A public-good social dilemma in need of international collective action

GM Williams, MD Ginzel, Z Ma… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Society is confronted by interconnected threats to ecological sustainability. Among these is
the devastation of forests by destructive non-native pathogens and insects introduced …