Soil microorganisms have numerous functional roles in forest ecosystems, including: serving
as sources and sinks of key nutrients and catalysts of nutrient transformations; acting as …

Abstract 1 Natural and recurring disturbances caused by fire, native forest insects and
pathogens have interacted for millennia to create and maintain forests dominated by seral or …

The purpose of this paper is to promote a broad and flexible perspective on ecological
restoration of Southwestern (US) ponderosa pine forests. Ponderosa pine forests in the …

A comprehensive and quantitative evaluation of the effects of fire on ecosystem nitrogen (N)
is urgently needed for directing future fire research and management. This study used a …

Fire is the primary form of disturbance in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems. However,
our knowledge of the biochemical mechanisms by which fire stimulates forest N cycling is …

During the past century, systematic wildfire suppression has decreased fire frequency and
increased fire severity in the western United States of America. While this has resulted in …

Land degradation is of concern in many countries. In order for timely and effective
interventions to be made to reverse this degradation it is necessary to have objective …

In Mediterranean areas where drought-induced forest dieback and tree mortality have been
widely reported, it is still under debate how the likely risks of climate change will affect tree …

Ecological restoration is the process of reestablishing the structure and function of native
ecosystems and develo** mutually beneficial human–wildland interactions that are …

The variability in the type of ecosystem degradation and the specificity of restoration goals
can challenge restorationists' ability to generalize about approaches that lead to restoration …