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“Is What We See Always Real?” A Comparative Study of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Urban Green Spaces: The Case of Shenzhen’s Central District "我们看到的总是真实的吗?二维与三维城市绿地比较研究:深圳中心区案例
IF 2.9 2区 农林科学
Forests Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.3390/f15060983
Xiang Jing, Zheng Li, Hongsheng Chen, Chuan Zhang
{"title":"“Is What We See Always Real?” A Comparative Study of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Urban Green Spaces: The Case of Shenzhen’s Central District","authors":"Xiang Jing, Zheng Li, Hongsheng Chen, Chuan Zhang","doi":"10.3390/f15060983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f15060983","url":null,"abstract":"This paper takes the central area of Shenzhen as an example to explore the correlation and differences between 2D and 3D green spaces on urban roads during the summer of 2023. By collecting street view image data and using convolutional neural networks for image semantic segmentation, the Green View Index (GVI) was calculated and combined with the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) for analysis. The results show that the road greening levels in Nanshan District, Futian District, and Luohu District of Shenzhen are relatively high, with GVI exceeding 25%. The Pearson correlation coefficient between the 2D and 3D greening data is 0.5818, indicating a moderate correlation. By analyzing four typical greening scenarios (high NDVI and high GVI, high NDVI and low GVI, low NDVI and high GVI, and low NDVI and low GVI), the study found specific reasons for the differences in green data in different dimensions; the analysis revealed that factors such as building height, density, and elevated transportation facilities significantly affect the accuracy of NDVI in urban spaces. The study suggests that in urban greening assessments, the complementarity and differences between street view data and remote sensing data should be comprehensively considered to improve the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the analysis.","PeriodicalId":12339,"journal":{"name":"Forests","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141268344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Using a Logistic Regression Model to Examine the Variables Influencing Changes in Northern Thailand’s Forest Cover and Comparing Machine Learning Algorithms 使用逻辑回归模型研究影响泰国北部森林覆盖率变化的变量并比较机器学习算法
IF 2.9 2区 农林科学
Forests Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.3390/f15060981
Morakot Worachairungreung, Nayot Kulpanich, Pichamon Yodsuk, Thactha Kaewnet, Pornperm Sae-ngow, Pattarapong Ngansakul, Kunyaphat Thanakunwutthirot, Phonpat Hemwan
{"title":"Using a Logistic Regression Model to Examine the Variables Influencing Changes in Northern Thailand’s Forest Cover and Comparing Machine Learning Algorithms","authors":"Morakot Worachairungreung, Nayot Kulpanich, Pichamon Yodsuk, Thactha Kaewnet, Pornperm Sae-ngow, Pattarapong Ngansakul, Kunyaphat Thanakunwutthirot, Phonpat Hemwan","doi":"10.3390/f15060981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f15060981","url":null,"abstract":"Protecting biodiversity and keeping the Earth’s temperature stable are both very important jobs performed by tropical forests. In the last few decades, remote sensing has given us new tools and ways to track changes in land cover. To understand what causes changes in forest cover, it is important to look at the things that affect those changes. However, there is not enough research that uses a logistic regression model (LRM) and compares the results with machine learning (ML) techniques to investigate the specific factors that cause forest cover change in remote mountainous areas like Thailand’s Mae Hong Son and Chiang Mai Provinces. Following a comparison of an LRM, a random forest, and an SVM, this study of the causes of changes in forest cover in Mae Hong Son found six important factors: soil series, rock types, slope, the NDVI, the NDWI, and the distances to city areas. Compared to the LRM, both the RF and SVM machine learning algorithms had higher values for the kappa coefficient, sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive and negative predictions, and sensitivity, especially the RF. Following what was found in Mae Hong Son, when the important factors were examined in Chiang Mai, the RF came out on top. It is believed that these results can be used in more situations to help make plans for restoring ecosystems and to promote long-lasting methods of managing land use.","PeriodicalId":12339,"journal":{"name":"Forests","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141268333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Genetic Diversity, Mating System, and Seed Viability Reveal a Trade-Off between Outcrossing and Inbreeding in Pinus yunnanensis var. tenuifolia, an Ecologically Important Conifer Species Growing in a Hot-Dry River Basin Habitat in Southwest China 遗传多样性、交配系统和种子活力揭示了生长在中国西南干热河流域生境中具有重要生态意义的针叶树种云南松变种(Pinus yunnanensis var. tenuifolia)在外交和近交之间的权衡关系
IF 2.9 2区 农林科学
Forests Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.3390/f15060982
Xian-Qin Li, Yu-Zhuo Wen, Chun-Hui Huang, Meng-Yun Tang, Wei-Xin Jiang, Tian-Dao Bai
{"title":"Genetic Diversity, Mating System, and Seed Viability Reveal a Trade-Off between Outcrossing and Inbreeding in Pinus yunnanensis var. tenuifolia, an Ecologically Important Conifer Species Growing in a Hot-Dry River Basin Habitat in Southwest China","authors":"Xian-Qin Li, Yu-Zhuo Wen, Chun-Hui Huang, Meng-Yun Tang, Wei-Xin Jiang, Tian-Dao Bai","doi":"10.3390/f15060982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f15060982","url":null,"abstract":"Revealing the relationship between the mating system (i.e., the outcrossing/inbreeding degree) and the fitness of seeds in tree species under wild conditions is essential for understanding the ecological adaptability and evolutionary stability of the species. This study collected open-pollinated seeds from seven wild populations of Pinus yunnanensis var. tenuifolia that exhibited fragmentation in the Nanpan–Hongshui River basin, an ecologically fragile area in China. The seeds and sprouts (germinated seeds) from 20 families were genotyped (24 seeds and 24 sprouts per family) using twelve microsatellite loci to reveal the genetic diversity, mating status, and effect of inbreeding on the three seed quality indicators (thousand-seed weight, germination rate, and germination potential). The three seed quality indicators differed significantly between families (p < 0.001). Higher values of genetic diversity (except the observed heterozygosity) were observed in the sprout group than those in the seed group. Families from different populations showed a notable genetic differentiation (Φst = 0.12), and a large part of families from the common populations had a high degree of coancestry, which signified that the current habitat fragmentation is limiting gene flow between populations. High levels of outcrossing rates (tm) were observed in both the seed group (tm = 0.974) and the sprout group (tm = 0.978), indicating that a low proportion of seeds were self-fertilized. Although there was a slightly higher single outcrossing rate (ts = 0.888) and a lower proportion of biparental inbreeding (tm − ts = 0.077) in sprouts compared to the seeds (ts = 0.871, tm − ts = 0.091), indicating that a part of inbred seeds were purged during the germination stage, curve fitting between the outcrossing rate and seed quality indicators showed that a certain degree of biparental inbreeding (ts between 0.89 and 0.91 and tm − ts between 0.09 and 0.11) did have a positive effect on seed germination ability. This highlights that excessive inbreeding or outbreeding seems to be unfavorable to seed viability. The peculiar relationship between seed viability and the mating system in P. yunnanensis var. tenuifolia was likely an evolutionary consequence of a trade-off between the nature of mixed mating and its specific ecological niche.","PeriodicalId":12339,"journal":{"name":"Forests","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141265454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Morphological, Physiological, Biochemical and Metabolite Analyses of Parenchyma Cells Reveal Heartwood Formation Mechanism of Schima superba 对实质细胞的形态学、生理学、生物化学和代谢物分析揭示了超马属植物的心材形成机制
IF 2.9 2区 农林科学
Forests Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.3390/f15060984
Lili Wen, Shixiang Chen, Penglian Wei, Yunlin Fu
{"title":"Morphological, Physiological, Biochemical and Metabolite Analyses of Parenchyma Cells Reveal Heartwood Formation Mechanism of Schima superba","authors":"Lili Wen, Shixiang Chen, Penglian Wei, Yunlin Fu","doi":"10.3390/f15060984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f15060984","url":null,"abstract":"A sapwood tree is a species in which the sapwood does not differ significantly from the heartwood and cannot be classified by shades of color. It is generally accepted that heartwood has a higher economic value than sapwood, but most of the studies related to heartwood formation have focused on heartwood trees, with less research on sapwood trees. In this paper, we take the sapwood tree Schima superba as the research object and analyze the physiological and biochemical changes in the process of heartwood formation by studying the anatomical structure of parenchyma cells, and then further explore the main categories of metabolites and compositional changes. The results showed that during heartwood formation, the parenchyma cells become inactive and the nucleus disappears, while at the same time, the storage substance starch is gradually degraded under the action of enzymes and transformed into secondary metabolites, which include terpenoids, phenols and alkaloids. The accumulation of white and colorless compounds in large quantities in the heartwood, which has some effect on the heartwood color, is an important reason why the heartwood in Schima superba shows normal formation but no difference in color from the sapwood. This study fills a gap in the mechanism of heartwood formation in sapwood trees.","PeriodicalId":12339,"journal":{"name":"Forests","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141267605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Evaluation of Productivity and Cost Analysis on a Combined Logging System 组合测井系统的生产率评估和成本分析
IF 2.9 2区 农林科学
Forests Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.3390/f15060980
S. Papandrea, Stanimir I Stoilov, M. Cataldo, Krasimir Petkov, Georgi Angelov, Antonio Zumbo, A. Proto
{"title":"Evaluation of Productivity and Cost Analysis on a Combined Logging System","authors":"S. Papandrea, Stanimir I Stoilov, M. Cataldo, Krasimir Petkov, Georgi Angelov, Antonio Zumbo, A. Proto","doi":"10.3390/f15060980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f15060980","url":null,"abstract":"The efficient planning and control of timber harvesting operations is crucial to growth productivity and reducing costs, and different systems or methods are applied to obtain elevated performance. In particular, cable yarding is a highly appreciated and very efficient wood extraction method in areas that are difficult to access with ground-based extraction machines. Combined logging systems are not diffuse and not often implemented. For this reason, the use and the application of innovative methods are limited. However, some combinations have recently been observed in forest operations. This study, conducted in a deciduous stand in Bulgaria, paid attention to the combination of a tractor-mounted tower yarder (Valentini V400) with a clambunk skidder (Timberjack 1010D), aiming to examine the viability and develop the operational efficiency of the two-stage extraction system and to define the time, log volume extracted per unit by the yarder and the clambunk, and the yarding and skidding costs. The researchers carried out a time-motion study and performed a regression analysis to identify those variables that are most likely to affect the duration of work elements and productivity. For cost analysis, the COST model was used. The mean productivity of the tower yarder was 10.34 m3/PMH and 8.11 m3/SMH, while for the clambunk skidder, the productivity was 6.23 m3/PMH and 4.93 m3/SMH. The net costs for the combined logging system were calculated as 120.87 €/PMH and 14.93 €/m3. This study adds new data about the correct use of both machines, supporting their application in beech forests.","PeriodicalId":12339,"journal":{"name":"Forests","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141266626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Elevation Shapes Soil Microbial Diversity and Carbon Cycling in Platycladus orientalis Plantations 海拔高度影响东方桔种植园的土壤微生物多样性和碳循环
IF 2.9 2区 农林科学
Forests Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.3390/f15060979
Yushu Zhang, Chao Yuan, Dongyang Hu, Yong Zhang, Lina Hou, Jinyu Li, Siyu Han, Yuanyang Dou, Jixin Cao
{"title":"Elevation Shapes Soil Microbial Diversity and Carbon Cycling in Platycladus orientalis Plantations","authors":"Yushu Zhang, Chao Yuan, Dongyang Hu, Yong Zhang, Lina Hou, Jinyu Li, Siyu Han, Yuanyang Dou, Jixin Cao","doi":"10.3390/f15060979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f15060979","url":null,"abstract":"Diversified soil microbiomes are the key drivers of carbon fixation and plant residue decomposition in forest ecosystems. Revealing the elevation patterns of soil microbial carbon cycling in forests is essential for utilization of forest ecological resources. However, the soil microbial diversity and carbon cycle processes in Platycladus orientalis plantations across different elevations are still unclear. Here, we established a gradient with three elevations (118 m, 300 m, and 505 m) on the Beijing Ming Dynasty Tombs Forest Farm, which is located in Changping District, Beijing. The metagenomics method was applied to study the soil microbiome, with a special focus on the carbon cycle process at each elevation. We found the diversity and composition of the soil microbiomes significantly varied across the elevation gradients. The structure of bacteria and archaea was mainly driven by soil total potassium, pH and NH4+, but the eukaryota had no significant relationship with the environmental factors. The relative abundance of genes involved in microbial carbon fixation and decomposition of organic carbon were also significantly impacted by elevation, with the former showing increasing, u-shaped, or hump trends with increasing elevation, but the latter only showing hump trends. The rTCA cycle and 3-hydroxypropionate pathway were the dominant carbon fixation pathways in the Platycladus orientalis plantations. The elevation gradient shaped the microbial decomposition of plant-derived organic carbon by changing soil properties and, furthermore, led to soil organic carbon stock losses. These findings increase our understanding of soil microbial diversity and the carbon cycle across different elevations and provide a theoretical basis for the utilization of forest ecological resources to promote carbon sequestration.","PeriodicalId":12339,"journal":{"name":"Forests","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141270618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Modelling Diameter at Breast Height Distribution for Eight Commercial Species in Natural-Origin Mixed Forests of Ontario, Canada 加拿大安大略省天然起源混交林中八种商业树种的胸径分布建模
IF 2.9 2区 农林科学
Forests Pub Date : 2024-06-02 DOI: 10.3390/f15060977
Baburam Rijal, Mahadev Sharma
{"title":"Modelling Diameter at Breast Height Distribution for Eight Commercial Species in Natural-Origin Mixed Forests of Ontario, Canada","authors":"Baburam Rijal, Mahadev Sharma","doi":"10.3390/f15060977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f15060977","url":null,"abstract":"Diameter at breast height (DBH) is a unique attribute used to characterize forest growth and development for forest management planning and to understand forest ecology. Forest managers require an array of DBHs of forest stands, which can be reconstructed using selected probability distribution functions (PDFs). However, there is a lack of practices that fit PDFs of sub-dominating species grown in natural mixed forests. This study aimed to fit PDFs and develop predictive models for PDF parameters, so that the predicted distribution would represent dynamic forest structures and compositions in mixed forest stands. We fitted three of the simplest forms of PDFs, log-normal, gamma, and Weibull, for the DBH of eight tree species, namely balsam fir (Abies balsamea [L.] Mill.), eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.), paper birch (Betula papyrifera Marshall), red maple (Acer rubrum L.), red pine (Pinus resinosa Aiton), trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx), and white spruce (Picea glauca [Moench] Voss), all grown in natural-origin mixed forests in Ontario province, Canada. We estimated the parameters of the PDFs as a function of DBH mean and standard deviation for these species. Our results showed that log-normal fit the best among the three PDFs. We demonstrated that the predictive model could estimate the recovered parameters unbiasedly for all species, which can be used to reconstruct the DBH distributions of these tree species. In addition to prediction, the cross-validated R2 for the DBH mean ranged between 0.76 for red maple and 0.92 for red pine. However, the R2 for the regression of the standard deviation ranged between 0.00 for red pine and 0.69 for sugar maple, although it produced unbiased predictions and a small mean absolute bias. As these mean and standard deviations are regressed with dynamic covariates (such as stem density and stand basal area), in addition to climate and static geographic variables, the predicted DBH distribution can reflect change over time in response to management or any type of disturbance in the regime of the given geography. The predictive model-based DBH distributions can be applied to the design of appropriate silviculture systems for forest management planning.","PeriodicalId":12339,"journal":{"name":"Forests","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141273521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Innovative Treatment of Ancient Architectural Wood Using Polyvinyl Alcohol and Methyltrimethoxysilane for Improved Waterproofing, Dimensional Stability, and Self-Cleaning Properties 使用聚乙烯醇和甲基三甲氧基硅烷对古建筑木材进行创新处理,提高防水性、尺寸稳定性和自洁性
IF 2.9 2区 农林科学
Forests Pub Date : 2024-06-02 DOI: 10.3390/f15060978
Shaojiang Zheng, Wei Tang, Jihui Tong, Kehao Cao, Houjie Yu, Linkun Xie
{"title":"Innovative Treatment of Ancient Architectural Wood Using Polyvinyl Alcohol and Methyltrimethoxysilane for Improved Waterproofing, Dimensional Stability, and Self-Cleaning Properties","authors":"Shaojiang Zheng, Wei Tang, Jihui Tong, Kehao Cao, Houjie Yu, Linkun Xie","doi":"10.3390/f15060978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f15060978","url":null,"abstract":"This study introduced a novel two-step treatment to enhance the waterproofing, dimensional stability, and self-cleaning capabilities of ancient architectural wood. The process was initiated with the immersion of wood in an organic hybrid sol, composed of an acidic methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS)-based silica sol and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), which effectively sealed the wood’s inherent pores and cracks to mitigate degradation effects caused by aging, fungi, and insects. Subsequently, the treated wood surface was modified with an alkaline MTMS-based silica sol to form a functional superhydrophobic protective layer. The modification effectiveness was meticulously analyzed using advanced characterization techniques, including scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results demonstrated substantial improvements: the modified wood’s water contact angle (WCA) reached 156.0°, and the sliding angle (SA) was 6.0°. Additionally, the modified wood showed a notable reduction in water uptake and moisture absorption, enhancing its dimensional stability. The superhydrophobic surface endowed the wood with excellent self-cleaning properties and robust resistance to pollution. Enhanced mechanical durability of superhydrophobic surface was observed under rigorous testing conditions, including sandpaper abrasion and tape peeling. Furthermore, the modification improved the thermal stability, compressive strength, and storage modulus of the wood. Collectively, these enhancements render this modification a potent methodology for the preservation and functional augmentation of historic architectural woodwork.","PeriodicalId":12339,"journal":{"name":"Forests","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141273729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Microbial Fertilizers and Shading Contribute to the Vegetation Assembly and Restoration of Steep-Slope after Soil Spray-Sowing in the Yuanjiang Dry-Hot Valley Region 微生物肥料和遮阳有助于沅江干热河谷地区土壤喷播后陡坡植被的集结和恢复
IF 2.9 2区 农林科学
Forests Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.3390/f15060973
Gaojuan Zhao, Jinrong Li, Xiong Li, Yulin Yang, Jianbo Yang, Xinyu Wang, Tianliang Li, A. Ayemele, Jianchu Xu, Zijiang Yang
{"title":"Microbial Fertilizers and Shading Contribute to the Vegetation Assembly and Restoration of Steep-Slope after Soil Spray-Sowing in the Yuanjiang Dry-Hot Valley Region","authors":"Gaojuan Zhao, Jinrong Li, Xiong Li, Yulin Yang, Jianbo Yang, Xinyu Wang, Tianliang Li, A. Ayemele, Jianchu Xu, Zijiang Yang","doi":"10.3390/f15060973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f15060973","url":null,"abstract":"Road construction and strip mining in mountainous regions inevitably causes the destruction of vegetation and soil, leading to large ranges of exposed slopes. Although soil spray-sowing has become a promising method to accelerate community assembly in humid regions, the application of microbial fertilizers and shading in slope recovery during soil spray-sowing are rarely reported in dry-hot valleys. This study compared the effectiveness among artificial seeding, arch column + planting bags, and soil spray-sowing by slope restoration trials in the Yuanjiang dry-hot valley, southwest China. Additionally, we explored the effect of slope degrees, shade, and microbial fertilizers on seedling survival and growth after soil spray-sowing. Results indicated that soil spray-sowing displayed better species survival and growth performance than artificial seeding and arch column + planting bags. The richness, density, and height of seedlings dropped dramatically with the increasing of slope degrees after soil spray-sowing, especially when the slope degree was greater than 1. Although shading observably improved the species density, it inhibited the growth of Albizia julibrissin and Crotalaria pallida. Moreover, microbial fertilizers Penicillium chrysogenum and Bacillus aryabhattai markedly enhanced the density and growth of species Azadirachta Indica, Cajanus cajan, Indigofera cassioides, and Sophora xanthanth. Soil spray-sowing, combined with shading and microbial fertilizers, contributes to species survival and growth when the slope degree is less than 1.73 and the soil spray-sowing process coincides with the rainy season, which provides the theoretical basis and technical support for ecological restoration in the dry-hot river valley.","PeriodicalId":12339,"journal":{"name":"Forests","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141280102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Infrared/Visible Light Fire Image Fusion Method Based on Generative Adversarial Network of Wavelet-Guided Pooling Vision Transformer 基于小波引导集合视觉变换器生成式对抗网络的红外/可见光火灾图像融合方法
IF 2.9 2区 农林科学
Forests Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.3390/f15060976
Haicheng Wei, Xinping Fu, Zhuokang Wang, Jing Zhao
{"title":"Infrared/Visible Light Fire Image Fusion Method Based on Generative Adversarial Network of Wavelet-Guided Pooling Vision Transformer","authors":"Haicheng Wei, Xinping Fu, Zhuokang Wang, Jing Zhao","doi":"10.3390/f15060976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/f15060976","url":null,"abstract":"To address issues of detail loss, limited matching datasets, and low fusion accuracy in infrared/visible light fire image fusion, a novel method based on the Generative Adversarial Network of Wavelet-Guided Pooling Vision Transformer (VTW-GAN) is proposed. The algorithm employs a generator and discriminator network architecture, integrating the efficient global representation capability of Transformers with wavelet-guided pooling for extracting finer-grained features and reconstructing higher-quality fusion images. To overcome the shortage of image data, transfer learning is utilized to apply the well-trained model to fire image fusion, thereby improving fusion precision. The experimental results demonstrate that VTW-GAN outperforms the DenseFuse, IFCNN, U2Fusion, SwinFusion, and TGFuse methods in both objective and subjective aspects. Specifically, on the KAIST dataset, the fusion images show significant improvements in Entropy (EN), Mutual Information (MI), and Quality Assessment based on Gradient-based Fusion (Qabf) by 2.78%, 11.89%, and 10.45%, respectively, over the next-best values. On the Corsican Fire dataset, compared to data-limited fusion models, the transfer-learned fusion images enhance the Standard Deviation (SD) and MI by 10.69% and 11.73%, respectively, and compared to other methods, they perform well in Average Gradient (AG), SD, and MI, improving them by 3.43%, 4.84%, and 4.21%, respectively, from the next-best values. Compared with DenseFuse, the operation efficiency is improved by 78.3%. The method achieves favorable subjective image outcomes and is effective for fire-detection applications.","PeriodicalId":12339,"journal":{"name":"Forests","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141279409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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