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Managing climate change adaptation in forests: a case study from the U.S. Southwest.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Kerhoulas, L. P. & Kolb, T. E. & Hurteau, M. D. & Koch, G. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest mortality related to climate change is an increasingly common global phenomenon. We provide a case study of the U.S. Southwest to investigate t...

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Historical maps confirm the accuracy of zero-inflated model predictions of ancient tree abundance in English wood-pastures.

Published online: 23 Dec 2021

Authors: Nolan, V. & Reader, T. & Gilbert, F. & Atkinson, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ancient trees have important ecological, historical and social connections, and are a key source of dead and decaying wood, a globally declining resou...

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Effect of nitrogen supply on nutrient uptake in Corsican pine.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Miller, H. G. & Miller, J. D. & Pauline, O. J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The growth of Corsican pine (Pinus nigra var. maritima) on a nitrogen-deficient site in the Moray Forest declined progressively while up to 36% of the...

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Systematic spatial variation of stomatal conductance in a Sitka spruce plantation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Leverenz, J. & Deans, J. D. & Ford, E. D. & Jarvis, P. G. & Milne, R. & Whitehead, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Null balance diffusion porometers were used to estimate the variation of stomatal conductance (gs) in a Sitka spruce plantation. Samples were stratifi...

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Clarifying climate change adaptation responses for scattered trees in modified landscapes.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Breed, M. F. & Ottewell, K. M. & Gardner, M. G. & Lowe, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many studies have investigated adaptation to climate change. However, the term 'adaptation' has been used ambiguously and sometimes included parts of ...

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Response of mountain Picea abies forests to stand-replacing bark beetle outbreaks: neighbourhood effects lead to self-replacement.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Zeppenfeld, T. & Svoboda, M. & DeRose, R. J. & Heurich, M. & Müller, J. & Čížková, P. & Starý, M. & Bače, R. & Donato, D. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large, severe disturbances drive many forest ecosystems over the long term, but pose management uncertainties when human experience with them is limit...

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Seasonal variation in nitrogen fixation by different ages of root nodules of Alnus nepalensis plantations, in the eastern Himalayas.

Published online: 10 Jun 1986

Authors: Sharma, E. & Ambasht, R. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Alnus nepalensis, a species with symbiotic Frankia in its root nodules, is common in the Eastern Himalayas. Five different ages of plantations from th...

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Determinants of stemwood production in Pinus contorta var. latifolia forests: the influence of site quality and stand structure.

Published online: 21 Mar 1992

Authors: Long, J. N. & Smith, F. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Results are reported from a study of leaf area dynamics in 100 plots in stands of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia, age range 67-134 yr) ...

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Exploring spatial and temporal resilience in socio-ecological systems: evidence from sacred forests in Epirus, Greece.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Govigli, V. M. & Healey, J. R. & Wong, J. L. G. & Stara, K. & Tsiakiris, R. & Halley, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Socio-ecological resilience is the capacity of a system to adapt to changing ecological and social disturbances. Its assessment is extremely important...

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Impact of human extraction on tropical humid forests in the Western Ghats in Uttara Kannada, South India.

Published online: 24 Apr 1996

Authors: Daniels, R. J. R. & Madhav Gadgil & Joshi, N. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Thirty strip transects of 2400 m2 each, in the evergreen forest tract of the district of Uttara Kannada, were clustered into 2 groups with high and lo...

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