Nice study showing yet another effect of the ongoing temperature increase due to #ClimateChange : French oak populations were, over time, less exposed to late spring frost damage, in frequency as well as extent, which are largely driven by the temporal advance of both the last spring frost day and budburst dates.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110927

#Forest #EUForests #ForestEcology #ForestDynamics #Ecology #EcologicalModelling
#AcademicChatter

Montane ecosystem (Ecosystems 🏞️)

Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial factor in shaping plant community, biodiversity, metabolic processes and ecosystem dynamics for montane ecosy...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montane_ecosystem

#MontaneEcosystem #Ecosystems #ForestEcology #MontaneEcology

Forest floor (Biogeochemical cycle 🔄)

The forest floor, also called detritus or duff, is the part of a forest ecosystem that mediates between the living, aboveground portion of the forest and the mineral soil, principally composed of dead and decaying plant matter such as rotting wood and shed leaves. In some countries, like Canada, forest floor refers to L, F and H organic hori...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_floor

#ForestFloor #Leaves #SoilBiology #ForestEcology #BiogeochemicalCycle

Canopy (botany) (Habitat 🌄)

In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns. In forest ecology, the canopy is the upper layer or habitat zone, formed by mature tree crowns and including other biological organisms. The communities that inhabit the canopy layer are thought to be involved in maintain...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopy_(botany)

#Canopy #Habitat #Rainforests #ForestEcology #BotanicalTerminology

Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source

Pan, Y. et al. The enduring world forest carbon sink. Nature 631, 563–569 (2024). Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed …
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #CarbonCycle #Climate-changeecology #Forestecology #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #multidisciplinary #Science #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/188254/

Diversity in forest management promotes biodiversity

An international team studied #ManagementZoning in European beech woods using real-world data and virtual landscapes. They collected data about three types of #ForestManagement to develop “virtual forest landscapes” for analysis: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=7924

Research in PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2512683122

#ForestBiodiversity #Sustainability #ForestEcology

05.10.2025 16:26:28
Dense cluster of gilled fungi on forest floor, with ochre to yellow-brown caps and pale stipes. Morphology suggests *Hypholoma* (sulphur tuft group). Several species in this group are toxic, making accurate identification essential. 🍄🌲

#Mycology #Fungi #Mushrooms #Hypholoma #ForestEcology #Biodiversity #Basidiomycota