Progress in research on the effects of environmental factors on natural forest regeneration by Jiabo Liu

“…Light strongly influences processes such as photosynthetic efficiency, biomass allocation and photoinhibition in tree growth. …”
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Examining associations between street vegetation and child firearm violence at microgeographic locations in 3 US cities: a case-control study by Zihan Lin, Gregory A. Wellenius, Jonathan Jay

“…For each location, we applied deep learning algorithms to Google Street View images to classify street vegetation into tall (mainly tree) and short (mainly grass and shrubs). We employed conditional logistic regression models to examine the associations between visible amount of different street vegetation types and child firearm incidents, while controlling for sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors. …”
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Production, gas and biochemical exchanges in pear cultivated in semi-arid region under different irrigation managements by Victor H. F. Gomes, Welson L. Simões, Jucicléia S. da Silva, Marlon da S. Garrido, José A. B. da Silva, Paulo R. C. Lopes, Weslley O. da Silva, Leane R. dos Santos

“…ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of irrigation systems and water depths on physiological, biochemical and production processes of pear trees grown in the Brazilian semi-arid region. …”
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Outbreaks of European spruce bark beetle dramatically altered Norway spruce-dominated stands with implications for volant wildlife in the Białowieża Forest, Poland by Andrew Carr, Grzegorz Apoznański, Dorota Dobrowolska, Alek Rachwald

“…Daytime temperatures increased and humidity decreased, while nighttime conditions remained similar. The number of animal shelters in exfoliating bark increased, whereas tree crevices became less frequent. …”
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Hybrid feature selection and classification technique for early prediction and severity of diabetes type 2. by Praveen Talari, Bharathiraja N, Gaganpreet Kaur, Hani Alshahrani, Mana Saleh Al Reshan, Adel Sulaiman, Asadullah Shaikh

“…All other categorization techniques were outperformed by bagging decision trees in terms of Misclassification Error rate, Accuracy, Specificity, Precision, Recall, F1 measures, and ROC curve. …”
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Effects of canopy gap size on the recruitment of Shorea robusta Gaertn. F. seedlings in the Terai forests of Nepal by Prakash Timilsina, Ramesh Prasad Sapkota, Sumit Gautam, Sushanta Lamichhane, Chhatra Mani Sharma

“…Gap dynamics is a crucial ecological process in which canopy openings created by disturbances influence structure, regeneration and growth pattern in forest ecosystems. …”
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Effects of pruning on canopy microenvironment, branch composition and nut quality in Xinjiang walnut by HAN Liqun, ZHAO Yu, ZHAO Guoqing, ZHANG Hui, MA Kai

“…Conversely, the growth-inhibiting hormone ABA decreased, and showed significant reductions in apical buds under manual pruning condition and lateral buds under mechanical and manual-assisted pruning conditions. …”
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Oak decline in the Zagros Forests: Temporal variation, severity, and environmental and stand structural drivers by Maziar Haidari, Hasan Jahanbazy Goujani, Saman Maleki, Abolfazl Jaafari, Mehdi Pourhashemi, Jalal Henarah, Habibollah Rahimi, Masoume Khanhasani

“…Throughout the study, shoot-originated trees showed consistent health decline across sites, whereas seed-originated trees displayed variable trends. …”
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Reverse Geomancy: The Spatial Patterns Between Jimei Ancestral Halls and Their Surrounding Environment by Congjian Yin, Jun Shan

“…As the core buildings of traditional villages in Southern Fujian, ancestral halls are deeply influenced by Feng Shui theories in their angular spatial layout. …”
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Sustaining forest biodiversity: Exploring the effect of long-term natural disturbance dynamics on contemporary lichen communities in primary forest ecosystems by Rhiannon Gloor, Marek Svitok, Martin Mikoláš, Jeňýk Hofmeister, Josef Halda, Pavel Janda, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Lucie Zemanová, Arne Buechling, Daniel Kozák, Matej Ferenčík, Michal Frankovič, Martin Dušátko, Miroslav Svoboda

“…Total species richness indirectly benefited from both historical and recent higher-severity disturbances via increased standing dead tree basal area and canopy openness respectively - likely through the presence of both pioneer and late-successional species associated with these conditions. …”
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Natural field diagnosis and molecular confirmation of fungal and bacterial watermelon pathogens in Bangladesh: A case study from the Natore and Sylhet districts. by Raihan Ferdous

“…This study highlights the influence of environmental conditions on disease incidence and underscores the need for tailored management strategies. …”
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Insight into the phylogeny and antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas spp. originating from soil of the Białowieża National Park in Northeastern Poland by Wioleta Lewandowska, Wioleta Lewandowska, Jacques Mahillon, Justyna Małgorzata Drewnowska, Izabela Swiecicka, Izabela Swiecicka

“…This unique forest without notable anthropogenic influence, provides excellent conditions for research of antibiotic resistance from the perspective of natural environments. …”
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The structure of variability in shoot and fruit traits of subalpine populations of <i>Fagus orientalis</i> Lipsky in the Western and Eastern Caucasus by Kh. U. Aliev

“…For the analysis randomly collected annual shoots with fruit from 47 Fagus orientalis trees from 6 populations of the Western and Eastern Caucasus were used. …”
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Pollen Vertical Transportation Above Paris, France, up to 150 m Using the Beenose Instrument on the Tourist Attraction “Ballon de Paris” in 2024 by Jean-Baptiste Renard, Johann Lauthier, Jérôme Giacomoni

“…The measurement period is from April to November 2024, coinciding with the pollen seasons of trees and grasses. The balloon conducts numerous flights per day, reaching an altitude of 150 m when weather conditions are conducive, which occurs approximately 58% of the time during this period. …”
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Classification of Diseases in Oil Palm Leaves Using the GoogLeNet Model by Asmah Indrawati, Abdul Rahman, Erwin Pane, Muhathir

“…These diseases can detrimentally influence growth and development, leading to decreased productivity. …”
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University proceedings. Volga region. Natural sciences by O.N. Kurdyukova, Yu.G. Zarutskaya

“…Koch, Populus × canadensis Moench. In the conditions of Lugansk, these are dioecious, dioecious, deciduous, anemophilously pollinated, intensively growing, tall trees that retain intense leaf color throughout the growing season, and in the fall – a rich range of colors, but differ in different resistance to natural environmental and anthropogenic influences and unequal decorative advantages. …”

Simulation Modeling of Technological Processes of Logging by Konstantin P. Rukomojnikov, Tatiana V. Sergeeva, Tatiana A. Gilyazova, Evgeny М. Tsarev, Vera P. Komisar

“…This facilitates comparison of the performance of alternative machine systems and technologies under ideal conditions. The conducted review makes it possible to focus the attention of scientists on the lack of knowledge of the functioning of machines for felling trees in conditions of non-continuous logging; the need to increase the number of analyzed factors that improve the accuracy of modeling; maximum use in models of modern technological recommendations for the work of forest machine operators; the importance of creating mathematical dependencies taking into account factors affecting labour efficiency. …”
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Irrigation performance and hydrological indicators in an irrigated catchment: How participatory research within a FabLab can contribute to sustainable irrigated production by Encarnación V. Taguas, Blanca Cuadrado-Alarcón, Ignacio Domenech, M. Ascensión Carmona, Luciano Mateos, Helena Gomez-Macpherson

“…Results helped to understand conditions that lead to soil loss and water contamination, and increased awareness among farmers when facing values obtained for their own conditions. …”
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STATUS EKOSISTEM PESISIR BAGI PERENCANAAN TATA RUANG WILAYAH PESISIR DI KAWASAN TELUK AMBON by YULIA Asyiawati, FREDINAN YULIANDA, ROKHMIN DAHURI, SANTUN R.P. SITORUS, SETYO BUDI SUSILO

“…The results showed that the condition of ecosystem status damaged in 2008, whereby, the status of mangrove ecosystems is moderate with a density of 1100 trees/ha, the status of seagrass ecosystems damaged by percentage cover of 38,76%, and the status of coral reef ecosystems are damaged by the percentage of live coral is 42,27%. …”
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Urbanization leads to asynchronous homogenization of soil microbial communities across biomes by Bangxiao Zheng, Nan Hui, Ari Jumpponen, Changyi Lu, Richard Pouyat, Katalin Szlavecz, David A. Wardle, Ian Yesilonis, Heikki Setälä, D. Johan Kotze

“…To capture different disturbance intensities, urban parks were classified by tree age into old parks (>60-year-old trees) and young parks (10–20-year-old trees). …”
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