Trends in bark beetle impacts in North America during a period (2000–2020) of rapid environmental change

CJ Fettig, C Asaro, JT Nowak, KJ Dodds… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Of the more than five hundred and fifty species of North American bark beetles (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae, Scolytinae), approximately twenty species occasionally cause large amounts …

[HTML][HTML] The underexposed nature-based solutions: A critical state-of-art review on drought mitigation

EA Yimer, L De Trift, I Lobkowicz, L Villani… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Droughts are the most expensive climate disasters as they leave long-term and chronic
impacts on the ecosystem, agriculture, and human society. The intensity, frequency, and …

The impact of ecological restoration on ecosystem services change modulated by drought and rising CO2

B Huang, F Lu, X Wang, X Wu, H Zheng… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological restoration projects (ERPs) are an indispensable component of natural climate
solutions and have proven to be very important for reversing environmental degradation in …

Trees have similar growth responses to first-entry fires and reburns following long-term fire exclusion

KG Willson, EQ Margolis, MD Hurteau - Forest Ecology and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Managing fire ignitions for resource benefit decreases fuel loads and reduces the risk of
high-severity fire in fire-suppressed dry conifer forests. However, the reintroduction of low …

Impacts of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) on long-term hydrology at the watershed scale

SE Younger, JB Cannon, ST Brantley - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Threats from climate change and growing populations require innovative solutions for
restoring streamflow in many regions. In the arid western US, attempts to increase …

Mortality thresholds of juvenile trees to drought and heatwaves: implications for forest regeneration across a landscape gradient

AR Lalor, DJ Law, DD Breshears, DA Falk… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tree loss is increasing rapidly due to drought-and heat-related mortality and intensifying fire
activity. Consequently, the fate of many forests depends on the ability of juvenile trees to …

Masting is shaped by tree-level attributes and stand structure, more than climate, in a Rocky Mountain conifer species

AP Wion, IS Pearse, KC Rodman, TT Veblen… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Masting describes the spatiotemporal variability in seed production by a population of
plants. Both abiotic and biotic factors drive masting, but the importance of these factors can …

Forest treatment effects on watershed responses under warming

CJ Cederstrom, ER Vivoni, G Mascaro… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of forest treatments on watershed hydrology have often been studied in isolation
from climate change. Consequently, under a warming climate, it is unclear how forest …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility of habitat restoration under multidisciplinary constraints

RL Piccolo, CJ Brown, DA Friess, CE Lovelock… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurately accounting for the many variables which can influence restoration feasibility is
critical to achieve desired outcomes, yet robust frameworks to assess feasibility are lacking …

Resource objective wildfire leveraged to restore old growth forest structure while stabilizing carbon stocks in the southwestern United States

JD Young, AA Ager - Ecological Modelling, 2024 - Elsevier
Wildfire futures and aboveground carbon (C) dynamics associated with forest restoration
programs that integrate resource objective wildfire as part of a larger treatment strategy are …