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Small Machines and Their Role in Forest Management - From Their Introduction to the Present Day with AutomationNARA Subscribed
Purpose of review This review traces the development of mini forestry crawlers (MFCs) from earlier small-scale skidding machines to modern remote-controlled tool carriers, and evaluates their current applications, technological characteristics, operational performance, safety, soil impact, ergonomics, and automation potential. Recent findings Recent studies show that MFCs have evolved from simple extraction-oriented machines i...
Pathogens in the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinusNARA Subscribed
Wild rodents are important reservoirs and vectors of various pathogens, and play a crucial role in the spread of zoonotic pathogens. The garden dormouse ( Eliomys quercinus ), an arboreal nocturnal rodent species native to Europe, has declined throughout much of its natural range in recent decades. The reason for this ongoing decline is not yet fully understood, but infectious diseases may play a role. This study aimed to revi...
Herbaceous vegetation responses to experimental fire in savannas and forests depend on biome and climateNARA Subscribed
Fire–vegetation feedbacks potentially maintain global savanna and forest distributions. Accordingly, vegetation in savanna and forest ecosystems should have differential responses to fire, but fire response data for herbaceous vegetation have yet to be synthesized across biomes. Here, we examined herbaceous vegetation responses to experimental fire at 30 sites spanning four continents. Across a variety of metrics, herbaceous v...
Hantavirus Brno loanvirus is highly specific to the common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) and widespread in Central EuropeNARA Subscribed
Bat-associated hantaviruses have been detected in Asia, Africa and Europe. Recently, a novel hantavirus (Brno loanvirus, BRNV) was identified in common noctule bats ( Nyctalus noctula ) in the Czech Republic, but nothing is known about its geographical range and prevalence. The objective of this study was to evaluate the distribution and host specificity of BRNV by testing bats from neighbouring countries Germany, Austria and...
Multi-year, post-harvesting impact assessment in a neotropical secondary Atlantic ForestNARA Subscribed
Subject to overexploitation in the past centuries, the Atlantic Forest is subject to very rigorous protection rules. However, the law is a controversial issue since landowners are not compensated for the limited choice of land use possibilities. We believe that, alternatively to a general timber harvest ban, sustainable forest management of the Atlantic Forest has the potential to generate income for the landowners while susta...
Trafficability Prediction Using Depth-to-Water Maps: the Status of Application in Northern and Central European ForestryNARA Subscribed
Purpose of Review Mechanized logging operations with ground-based equipment commonly represent European production forestry but are well-known to potentially cause soil impacts through various forms of soil disturbances, especially on wet soils with low bearing capacity. In times of changing climate, with shorter periods of frozen soils, heavy rain fall events in spring and autumn and frequent needs for salvage logging, forest...
Systemic mesalazine treatment prevents spontaneous skin fibrosis in PLK2-deficient miceNARA Subscribed
Skin fibrosis is a complex biological remodeling process occurring in disease like systemic sclerosis, morphea, or eosinophilic fasciitis. Since the knowledge about the underlying pathomechanisms is still incomplete, there is currently no therapy, which prevents or reverses skin fibrosis sufficiently. The present study investigates the role of polo-like kinase 2 (PLK2) and the pro-fibrotic cytokine osteopontin (OPN) in the pat...
Repurposing mesalazine against cardiac fibrosis in vitroNARA Subscribed
Cardiovascular diseases are exacerbated and driven by cardiac fibrosis. TGFβ induces fibroblast activation and differentiation into myofibroblasts that secrete excessive extracellular matrix proteins leading to stiffening of the heart, concomitant cardiac dysfunction, and arrhythmias. However, effective pharmacotherapy for preventing or reversing cardiac fibrosis is presently unavailable. Therefore, drug repurposing could be a...
Spatial population genomics of a recent mosquito invasionNARA Subscribed
Population genomic approaches can characterize dispersal across a single generation through to many generations in the past, bridging the gap between individual movement and intergenerational gene flow. These approaches are particularly useful when investigating dispersal in recently altered systems, where they provide a way of inferring long‐distance dispersal between newly established populations and their interactions with...
Drainage has turned peatlands from a carbon sink into one of the world's largest greenhouse gas ( GHG ) sources from cultivated soils. We analyzed a unique data set (12 peatlands, 48 sites and 122 annual budgets) of mainly unpublished GHG emissions from grasslands on bog and fen peat as well as other soils rich in soil organic carbon ( SOC ) in Germany. Emissions and environmental variables were measured with identical methods...
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