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{"title":"Invasion of the oak lace bug Corythucha arcuata (Say.) in Romania: a first extended reporting","authors":"R. Tomescu, N. Olenici, C. Netoiu, Flavius Bălăcenoiu, A. Buzatu","doi":"10.15287/AFR.2018.1187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15287/AFR.2018.1187","url":null,"abstract":"In the context of globalization, the biological invasions affect all the countries, including Romania, where this phenomenon is increasingly visible in the last years. Besides the invasive forest insects already known to be established in Romania, a new species - Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832), commonly known as the oak lace bug and originating in North America, appeared in the last years. It was reported for the first time in Romania in 2015, and it spread across the country in 2016-2017. In order to detect the species and to draw its distribution area, a species identification sheet, as well as a working protocol were developed, considering the insect morphology and the type of attack. During the vegetation seasons 2016 and 2017, the species was found in 67 out of the 124 surveyed locations, mainly in the southern and western parts of the country, but also in the eastern part. The main host species of the oak lace bug were Quercus robur, Q. petraea, Q. cerris, Q. frainetto, and Q. pubescens. It attacked the host trees in all habitats (tree stands, parks, nurseries, isolated trees etc.) and the intensity of attack varied from 1% to 100% of the leaves.","PeriodicalId":48954,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Forest Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48915041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of a wood damage monitoring system for mechanized harvesting","authors":"T. Palander, J. Eronen, K. Kärhä, H. Ovaskainen","doi":"10.15287/AFR.2018.1084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15287/AFR.2018.1084","url":null,"abstract":"Cut-to-length harvesting is a cost-efficient method of the wood supply chain. However, it risks causing stem damage in the mechanized process of thinning forest stands, thereby reducing the growth and technical quality of the remaining trees, which would then be exposed on the increased vulnerability to fungal diseases. For these reasons, it is critical to support quality monitoring of harvesting machines. One way to support quality monitoring is through the application of machine vision solutions. In this study, the damaged stems were photographed systematically from a strip road. The success of the stem-damage detection was analyzed to determine the relationships between successful detection, stand condition, and the image-processing technique. Statistically meaningful relationships were identified via logistic regression analysis, which can be used in selection of tailored image processing technique. The study indicated that the quality-monitoring system of mechanized harvesting could be improved by an increased focus on developing the multi-view photogrammetry of stem damages according to different stand conditions. Further, refining the machine learning system would support the need to determine accurate image-processing thresholds of the texture of stem damages. Then, the overall proportion of successful stem-damage detections will be 89%. These improvements of the quality monitoring system will provide the efficient thinning process in the sustainable wood supply from forests to forest industry. The implementation of such a system could be much broader, initially under Nordic conditions and then in other countries as well, given that its development takes into considerations the significant calibration factors of local conditions.","PeriodicalId":48954,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Forest Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2018-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47884010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Annals of Forest Research: ten years of international publication","authors":"S. Popescu, M. Teodosiu","doi":"10.15287/AFR.2018.1022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15287/AFR.2018.1022","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents some history and the last ten years of Annals of Forest Research as an international scientific publication.","PeriodicalId":48954,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Forest Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2018-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41293910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adaptive genetic potential of European silver fir in Romania in the context of climate change","authors":"G. Mihai, M. Birsan, A. Dumitrescu, Alin Alexandru, I. Mirancea, P. Ivanov, E. Stuparu, M. Teodosiu, M. Daia","doi":"10.15287/AFR.2018.1021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15287/AFR.2018.1021","url":null,"abstract":"Five provenance tests with twenty-six European silver fir autochthonous populations were used in order to assess the response of populations to climate change. Height growth and diameter at breast height of trees at age 31 years were considered as response variables and eight climate variables as predictors. Climatic variables for the trial sites and for origin location of provenances were calculated from 1961 to 2010. The experiments revealed a large genetic variability within species level and a plastic response to climate change, which certainly has a genetic basis. The transfer to warmer climate has resulted in an increase of the provenances growth, in the trial sites situated on the lower vegetation layer. But growth is significantly influenced by mean annual temperature and annual precipitation of planting site and also by the differences in mean annual temperature, annual precipitation, monthly mean temperature in July and July precipitation between provenance site and test site. These are the climatic factors which should be associated with risk in case of the transfer of forest reproductive materials. The provenance origin should be especially considered if the species will be planted outside of its current climate optimum. The best provenances in terms of total height and diameter at 1.30 m came from origin climate close to site climate, small transfer distances. Based on growth response functions and RCP4.5 scenario, we could project the shifts in species distribution for 2050s and 2100s and identify vulnerable populations.","PeriodicalId":48954,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Forest Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2018-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48457377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Leaf morphological and genetic variation between Quercus rubra and Quercus ellipsoidalis: comparison of sympatric and parapatric populations","authors":"O. Gailing, Sarah A. Kostick, Oliver Caré, Sudhir Khodwekar","doi":"10.15287/AFR.2018.1020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15287/AFR.2018.1020","url":null,"abstract":"Species boundaries in oaks are often not clear-cut, which is potentially a result of interspecific hybridization with trait introgression and phenotypic plasticity. Quercus rubra L. and Quercus ellipsoidalis E.J. Hill are two interfertile partially sympatric red oak species (section Lobatae) with different adaptations to drought. Quercus ellipsoidalis is the most drought tolerant of the North American red oak species and is characterized by deep tap roots, a shrubby growth and by deeply dissected leaves. Genetic differentiation between species is low for most molecular markers. However, one genic microsatellite in a CONSTANS-like (COL) gene, FIR013, was previously identified as outlier locus under strong divergent selection between species. In this study, we analyzed leaf morphometric traits in neighboring (parapatric) Q. rubra/Q. ellipsoidalis populations and in one sympatric population from the same region along an environmental gradient. Using multivariate statistics of leaf traits both species showed distinct bimodal frequency distributions for the first canonical discriminant function with some overlap in the phenotypic extremes, especially in the sympatric population. Leaf dissection traits showed strong and consistent differentiation between species in sympatric and parapatric populations, while differentiation for leaf size was lower in the sympatric population under more similar environmental conditions. Leaf phenotypes in F1 hybrids and introgressive forms suggested maternal effects and introgression of leaf traits between species. The association of outlier gene copy number at FIR013 with species-discriminating leaf traits in Quercus rubra can be a reflection of population differences since outlier gene copy number and population membership show significant collinearity. Similar environmental selection pressures on outlier alleles and leaf shape could also have resulted in this association. In future studies, segregating full-sib families could be used to test whether outlier alleles and associated genomic regions are indeed associated with leaf traits or other species-discriminating characters.","PeriodicalId":48954,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Forest Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46610227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A preliminary investigation on AFLP marker-wood density trait association in teak (Tectona grandis L. f.)","authors":"V. Vaishnav, S. A. Wali, S. B. Tripathi, M. S. Negi, S. A. Ansari","doi":"10.15287/AFR.2018.1018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15287/AFR.2018.1018","url":null,"abstract":"Association between 276 AFLP loci and wood density of 46 teak (Tectona grandis L. f.) genotypes was evaluated, confirming the genetic structure among the genotypes and significant (p < 0.01) linkage disequilibrium between 9.4% loci-pair. AFLP markers with Bayesian correction for inbreeding coefficient detected a low genetic structure vis-a-vis high genetic diversity (0.23) and high polymorphism (57.41 ± 9.62%). AMOVA allocated 26.34% variation among the populations and 73.65% variation among the genotypes with FST = 0.16. The wood density with 8.71% variation displayed significant normal distribution. The careful control of statistical estimates incorporating Q and K to avoid the false discovery resulted in four AFLP loci significantly associated with the wood density trait. This is the first report dealing with marker-trait association in teak against the scarcity of background genomic information in this species. The AFLP markers associated with the wood density trait may be developed into STS markers for marker-assisted selection and breeding for genetic improvement of the species.","PeriodicalId":48954,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Forest Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49149949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Genetic diversity in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seed stands in the Romanian Carpathians","authors":"Anna-Mária Szász-Len, M. Konnert","doi":"10.15287/AFR.2018.1019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15287/AFR.2018.1019","url":null,"abstract":"In Romania, European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is the most important broadleaved tree species. The goal of the present study was to determine the genetic diversity and differentiation in and between natural beech populations from the Romanian Carpathians and the transmission of the genetic diversity to the next generation. The populations analyzed were registered as seed stands. Genetic analysis was based on ten nuclear microsatellites. The highest amount of genetic variation was within populations, whereas genetic differentiation between populations was low. In the adult populations the mean number of alleles per locus varied from 8.0 to 10.9, the effective number from 8.3 to 9.6. Heterozygosity ranged from 0.637 to 0.750 with the mean of 0.681(±0.018). The overall genetic differentiation FST between populations averaged 0.014. Geographic patterns within this region were not detected. Regenerating these stands naturally has not implied a reduction in the genetic variation in the following generation. Allelic richness, genetic diversity and heterozygosity in adult stands and their natural regeneration is not significantly different. Inbreeding effects were not observed (F between -0.032 and 0.061). The results complete the knowledge on genetic variation of beech in Romania and give insides into the genetic diversity of beech seed stands. They can be helpful too for the delineation of provenance regions in the Romanian Carpathians.","PeriodicalId":48954,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Forest Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47791893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A comparison of two methods of data collection for modelling productivity of harvesters: manual time study and follow-up study using on-board-computer stem records","authors":"J. Brewer, B. Talbot, H. Belbo, P. Ackerman, S. Ackerman","doi":"10.15287/AFR.2018.962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15287/AFR.2018.962","url":null,"abstract":"Productivity of a mechanized P. patula cut-to-length harvesting operation was estimated and modelled using two methods of data collection: manual time study and follow-up study using StanForD stem files. The objective of the study was to compare the productivity models derived using these two methods to test for equivalence. Manual time studies were completed on four different machines and their operators. Two Ponsse Bear harvesters fitted with H8 heads, and two Ponsse  Beaver harvesters, fitted with  H6 heads, were included. All machines were equipped with Ponsse Opti2 information system. All four operators had approximately 1 year of experience working with their respective machines. The four machines worked in separate four-tree-wide harvesting corridors, and they each harvested 200 trees.  Individual tree diameter at breast height (DBH), and height measurements were made manually. Subsequently, data on the trees in each study were extracted from the StanForD stem reports from each of the harvesters. Cycle times in the stem reports were determined based on the difference between consecutive harvest timestamps. The two methods were compared in terms of their abilities to estimate equivalent measures for tree DBH, volume, and productivity. In all four cases, significant differences were found between the DBH and volume measures derived using the two methods. Subsequently, the volume measures from the manual methods were used as the basis for productivity calculations. Results of the productivity comparisons found no significant differences between the models developed from the two methods. These results suggest that equivalent productivity models can be developed in terms of time using either method, however volume discrepancies indicate a need to reconcile bark and volume functions with the high variability experienced in the country.","PeriodicalId":48954,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Forest Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2018-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45218095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Floral morphometric analysis of Prosopis affinis Spreng. (Fabaceae) suggests flexibility of the reproductive system in isolated populations within the Brazilian Pampa","authors":"Camila Lobo, V. M. Stefenon","doi":"10.15287/AFR.2018.959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15287/AFR.2018.959","url":null,"abstract":"Morphological characteristics of inflorescences and flowers of Prosopis affinis growing in the Pampa biome were measured aiming to indirectly infer the species reproductive system. The pollen/ovule ratio and the outcrossing index suggest flexibility of the reproductive system, with values intermediary between facultative autogamy and xenogamy. No clear reproductive specialization related to flower position in the inflorescence was observed, although basal flowers in the inflorescence presented reduction of the androecium. Further analyzes comparing isolated and larger continuous populations, as well as estimations of the real outcrossing rate of P. affinis through genetic studies and controlled experiments to evaluate auto-compatibility are recommended in order to generate more information about this issue.","PeriodicalId":48954,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Forest Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2018-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42957512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of soil water decline on diurnal and seasonal variations in sap flux density for differently aged Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) trees","authors":"K. Tsuruta, T. Kume, H. Komatsu, K. Otsuki","doi":"10.15287/AFR.2017.938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15287/AFR.2017.938","url":null,"abstract":"The effects of soil drought on transpiration are often neglected when predicting transpiration for forests in humid regions under the influence of the Asian monsoon. These effects have indeed been neglected for Japanese cypress, Chamaecyparis obtusa, a major plantation species in Japan and the surrounding area, probably because previous studies have reported no clear effects of soil drought on transpiration for Japanese cypress forests. However, a few studies have reported an apparent reduction in transpiration with soil drought for young Japanese cypress forests. It remains unclear whether such a reduction in transpiration is limited to young Japanese cypress forests or if it is not uncommon for mature Japanese cypress forests, which occupy a large area in Japan. To clarify this point, we conducted sap flux measurements in a year with soil drought on three differently aged Japanese cypress stands including mature (43 years old) and relatively young (23 and 26 years old) trees. In a diurnal time scale, a cross correlation analysis of sap flux density (Fd) and vapor pressure deficit (VPD) showed that the time lags between Fd and VPD were 1-3 h in dry soil conditions. These were larger than those of wet soil conditions (<1 h) for all sample trees. Fd at a given VPD in dry soil conditions was smaller than that in wet soil conditions for all sample trees; a 28%–63% reduction in the rate of change in Fd was observed under dry soil conditions. Because our results were obtained when the non-exceedance probability of recorded monthly precipitation was 9%–18%, the results suggest the need to consider the effects of soil drought more extensively. Those effects should be considered for not only relatively young but also mature Japanese cypress when predicting diurnal and seasonal patterns of transpiration in years with soil drought, and when predicting inter-annual patterns of transpiration for Japanese cypress despite humid temperate climate.","PeriodicalId":48954,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Forest Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2018-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45657096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}