Many species and communities thrive in, on, around and under trees. Although these have been studied for centuries, investigations of the complexity and diversity of the interactions with trees still come up with surprising discoveries to this day. Ongoing deforestation also threatens many of the...

We investigated the influence of seasonality and proximity to the forest canopy on nocturnal turbulence regimes in the roughness sublayer of a Central Amazon forest. Since convective systems of different scales are common in this region, we also analyzed the effect of extreme wind gusts (propagated ...

Leaf angle distribution (LAD) is an important plant structural trait that determines radiation interception, biomass production, rainfall interception, and evapotranspiration. LAD has remained one of the most poorly constrained parameters and a major source of uncertainty in ecological models due...

China has experienced extensive afforestation over the recent 20 years. The observed terrestrial vegetation greening in China, characterized by increasing leaf area index (LAI), is mainly associated with afforestation illustrated by increasing tree cover fraction. The increasing tree cover fraction ...

Wood bark is a structurally complex by-product of the pulp and paper industry, which focuses primarily on the valorization of structurally more regular wood xylem components. The aim of this study was the elucidation of the less valorised willow wood counterparts (whole bark, inner bark,...

Modelling the response of plants to climate change is limited by our incomplete understanding of the component processes of photosynthesis and their temperature responses within and among species. For ≥20 individuals, each of six common subtropical tree species occurring across steep urban thermal...

Mixed-vegetation planting patterns are commonly seen in urban areas for specific reasons like aesthetic, cooling, and particle deposition effects of the vegetation. However, they may have a negative impact on human health by worsening the air quality inside the street canyon due to the decreased...

According to the industry, the value of wood logs is heavily influenced by their internal structure, particularly the distribution of knots within the trees. Nowadays, CT scanners combined with classical computer vision approach are the most common tool for obtaining reliable and accurate images of ...

This article talks about the current state of Ukrainian forests in the face of climate, war, and fire. With more than nine million hectares of forest, the Ukraine is only behind Germany in a European comparison, although it is a country with few forests. Forest management focuses on productivity...

Mangroves in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide are recognized as important sinks for microplastics (MPs). However, recent studies have focused on surface sediments, and in China, the vertical distribution and characteristics of MPs in mangrove sediments remain poorly understood. In this...