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Displaying 1 - 10 of 63,185 Publications- Wildfires have increased in size and severity and so has concern over how wildfires impact water security. The current literature suggests that wildfires may negatively impact surface water quality and community drinking water systems dependent on surface water as their drinking water source. Yet few studies consider the implications for the populations served by these downstream community drinking water systems. This research contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of water security by characterizing community water systems (CWSs) historically exposed to wildfire as well as their fu...AuthorsCharlotte Wachter, Jordan F. Suter, Jesse Burkhardt, Wes Austin, Beth M. Haley, Siyu Pan, Sonja H. KolstoeSourceScience of The Total Environment. 989(7): 179814.Year2025
Winter activity of tricolored bats in aboveground and subterranean hibernacula in the southeastern USA
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Susceptibility of bats to white-nose syndrome (WNS), a lethal disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), may be influenced by the amount of activity outside hibernacula during the winter. We tested the effects of hibernaculum type (aboveground or subterranean) and Pd status (positive or negative) on winter activity of tricolored bats (Perimyotis subflavus) in the southeastern USA along with the effects of ambient temperature, precipitation, and stage of hibernation. We placed acoustic detectors at the entrances of 13 hibernacula (4 aboveground and Pd-positive, 4 abovegroun...AuthorsSusan C. Loeb, William C. Bridges, Eric A. Winters, Rebecca L. Brown, Jessica R. Anderson, Mack Ferrari, Jordyn R. Upton, Lisa M. Smith, Thomas C. McElroy, Andrew J. Edelman, Christopher T. CornelisonKeywordsSourceScientific ReportsYear2025- Forests in the Western United States face escalating threats from wildfire, pest outbreaks, and drought, leading experts and policymakers to call for extensive forest management to promote forest resilience and reduce wildfire risk. High treatment costs represent a major choke point to achieving forest management goals, but selling timber and biomass from forest thinning can offset costs and provide the revenue to help rapidly scale management actions. In this study, we assess how forest product market conditions influence the economic feasibility and scale of forest management by modeling tre...AuthorsEvan Patrick, Samuel G. Evans, Jeremy S. Fried, Matthew D. PottsSourceCurrent Research in Environmental Sustainability. 9: 100296.Year2025
- Firewood banks are community-driven initiatives that aim to reduce fuel poverty by providing firewood to households facing heating insecurity. As firewood bank expansion continues, there is an emergent urgency to understand their operations, processes, capacities, and challenges. We formally surveyed known firewood bank leaders and evaluated the results through the framework of a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis to better understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of firewood banks more broadly. Further understanding of firewood bank attri...AuthorsS. M. Butler, E. E. Griffith, R. W. Harper, J. E. Leahy, B. J. Butler, J. Comiskey, C. Hart, J. E. Dampier, D. DyerKeywordsSourceJournal of Rural and Community DevelopmentYear2025
- Korean oak wilt disease associated with Dryadomyces quercus-mongolicae recently emerged as a major tree disease in South Korea. A comprehensive transcriptome analysis is presented for D. quercus-mongolicae grown in vitro on three different culture media, identifying nearly 7,000 expressed transcripts. Most transcripts are associated with proteins essential for fungal survival and growth. The 40S ribosomal protein S25, ceramide very long chain fatty acid hydroxylase, Epl1 protein, and ADP/ATP translocase are particularly important due to their critical roles in the metabolism and environmental ...AuthorsHyowon Park, Jorge R. Ibarra Caballero, Jane E. Stewart, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Uk Lee, Mee-Sook KimKeywordsSourceThe Plant Pathology Journal. 41(3): 409-418.Year2025
- This field guide - designed for use by people with minimal botanical training - is an identification aid for nearly 200 plant species having ecological indicator value in northern Idaho forest habitat types. It contains line drawings, simplified taxonomic descriptions, characteristics, tables, conspectuses, and keys. It emphasizes characteristics useful for field identification of many common and special interest plants. This is not a comprehensive taxonomy of northern Idaho flora.Previous Versions:RMRS-GTR-118-CD (2004): https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/65151INT-GTR-180: https://resear...AuthorsPatricia A. Patterson, Kenneth E. Neiman, Jonalea (Tonn) HansonSourceGen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-414. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 248 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-GTR-414Year2025
- Silvopasture is a type of agroforestry system in which trees and shrubs are intentionally integrated with forages and livestock on the same unit of land. Silvopasture systems achieve multiple ecological, social, and production benefits. In addition to their value for timber and nontimber products, trees in silvopasture systems create beneficial shade for livestock during summer months and can enhance forage quality and quantity and provide other ecosystem services.AuthorsKate MacFarland, Sam Feibel, Mark Batcheler, Annabelle Moore, Matthew M. Smith, Aaron JoslinYear2025
Unexpected soundscape response to insecticide application in oak forests
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Rachel Carson’s warning of a silent spring directed attention to unwanted side effects of pesticide application. Though her work led to policies restricting insecticide use, various insecticides currently in use affect nontarget organisms and may contribute to population declines. The insecticide tebufenozide is used to control defoliating Lepidoptera in oak forests harboring rich insect faunas. Over 3 years, we tested the effect of its aerial application on bird populations with autonomous sound recorders in a large, replicated, full factorial field experiment during a spongy moth (Lymantria ...AuthorsOliver Mitesser, Sophia Hochrein, Zuzana Burivalova, Sandra Müller, Christian Strätz, Andrew M. Liebhold, Benjamin M. L. Leroy, Torben Hilmers, Kostadin B. Georgiev, Soyeon Bae, Wolfgang Weisser, Jörg MüllerKeywordsSourceConservation BiologyYear2025- This study focused on an outbreak of D. sapinea and Diplodia scrobiculata, which caused extensive dieback and mortality of slash pines (Pinus elliottii) along a highway in central Florida starting in 2012. The presence of an unusually large and uniform outbreak led to concern about what factors were responsible in the development of the outbreak. The objectives of this study were to (1) examine the effect of nutrients in this outbreak and (2) investigate the role of nitrogen in disease severity using inoculated saplings.AuthorsClaudia A. Paez, Eric J. Jokela, Patrick D. James, Jason A. SmithSourcePaez, Claudia A.; Jokela, Eric J.; James, Patrick D.; Smith, Jason A. 2025. Etiology of Diplodia tip blight outbreak on slash pine in Florida. In: Conkling, B.L.; Pandit, K., eds. Forest Health Monitoring: Evaluation Monitoring project summaries 2023. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-105a. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 25–30. Chapter 4.Year2025
- Valued for timber and wildlife, oaks (Quercus spp.) face many regeneration challenges in the eastern United States. Decades of fire suppression have produced favorable conditions for tree species that grow well in humid climates, such as maples, and less favorable conditions for species that thrive under drier conditions, such as oaks. The Hoosier National Forest in southern Indiana noticed a lack of oak advance regeneration in the 2010s, when long-term research showed that clearcut harvests performed in the 1980s, which were intended to regenerate oak, were now more dominated by red maple, tu...AuthorsJenna Zukswert, John Kabrick, Daniel DeyKeywordsSourceFS; Rooted in ResearchYear2025