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Hobbs R 《Journal of environmental management》2009,90(9):2857-2865
In the latter half of the 20th century, native pine woodlands in Scotland were restricted to small remnant areas within which there was little regeneration. These woodlands are important from a conservation perspective and are habitat for numerous species of conservation concern. Recent developments have seen a large increase in interest in woodland restoration and a dramatic increase in regeneration and woodland spread. The proximate factor enabling this regeneration is a reduction in grazing pressure from sheep and, particularly, deer. However, this has only been possible as a result of a complex interplay between ecological, political and socio-economic factors. We are currently seeing the decline of land management practices instituted 150-200 years ago, changes in land ownership patterns, cultural revival, and changes in societal perceptions of the Scottish landscape. These all feed into the current move to return large areas of the Scottish Highlands to tree cover. I emphasize the need to consider restoration in a multidisciplinary framework which accounts not just for the ecology involved but also the historical and cultural context. 相似文献
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An evaluation of coastal landscape of pine forest in Greece by summer visitors of various nationalities was carried out. The
visual preferences for a set of landscape, represented in photographs, expressed by these various nationality groups were
compared. The subjects used in this research came from Greece, Germany, Italy, France, Great Britain, Austria, Yugoslavia,
and Scandinavian countries. The findings show that there is an agreement over the basic preference, but, nevertheless, there
are differences of opinion between the nationality groups that might be attributed to cultural influences and the effect of
being familiar with their own environments. Since coastal landscape plays an important role in the tourist industry, these
findings could be very useful to policy-making agencies. 相似文献
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Gatto P Zocca A Battisti A Barrento MJ Branco M Paiva MR 《Journal of environmental management》2009,90(2):683-691
This paper assesses the private and social profitability of current strategies for managing processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) in Portuguese pine forests, looking at economic and environmental costs and benefits. Costs include the expenses for forest treatment and the social costs of threats to human health (dermatitis amongst others); benefits are assessed in terms of both revenue and social benefits such as carbon fixation and recreation. The evaluation was done using Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) as an analytical framework. While this tool is currently applied to forest and environmental assessment and specific applications to pest management strategies are to be found in agricultural economics, rather few attempts have been made in the field of forest pest management. In order to assess and compare with--without options, a case-study was analysed for the Setúbal Peninsula, south of Lisbon, an area where extensive stands of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) grow. The exercise has shown that CBA can be a valuable tool for assessing the economic and social profitability of pest management. The results demonstrate that the loss of revenues in the no-management option is not sufficient to make pest management profitable for private forest owners in the short-term. Conversely, a social profit is gained as pest management minimizes health risks for humans and avoids possible recreational losses. 相似文献
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Oguntimehin I Nakatani N Sakugawa H 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2008,154(2):264-271
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been widely studied with respect to their carcinogenic and mutagenic effects on animals and human cells. Phenanthrene (PHE) and fluoranthene (FLU) effects on the needle photosynthetic traits of 2-year-old Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora Sieb. et. Zucc.) seedlings were investigated. Three months after fumigation of foliage with solutions containing these PAHs (10 microM each), FLU had negative effects on net photosynthesis at near-saturating irradiance, stomatal conductance, initial chlorophyll fluorescence, and the contents of total chlorophyll, magnesium, and ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (rubisco) of current-year needles. PHE had similar negative effects to FLU but in lesser magnitude. The effects of the PAHs were mitigated by the addition of an OH-radical scavenger (mannitol) into the PAH solutions. PAHs deposited on the surface of pine needles may induce the generation of reactive oxygen species in the photosynthetic apparatus, a manner closely resembling the action of the herbicide paraquat. 相似文献
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Microwave digestion procedures using HNO3, HNO3+H2O2, HNO3+HClO4, HF mixtures and dry ashing with HF were investigated for heavy metals analysis by either inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) or ICP-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in pine needles. The HF digestion procedures gave about 1.5 times higher values than a mixture of HNO3+H2O2 alone. For Ti determination in needles, the HF procedure using dry ashing is thus recommended. The mean concentrations amounted to 900 mg/kg for Fe and 21.8 mg/kg for Ti in needles collected at an area polluted by a stainless steel works. Those concentrations were 10.6 and 4.3 times higher than in needles collected at an area nearby a pulp mill complex (84.5 mg/kg Fe and 5.0 mg/kg Ti). 相似文献
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In the asperillo dune system, Southwest Spain, lichen vegetation covering the dune sand, has a low species diversity but is
an important component of the perennial vegetation, providing stability, nutrients, and moisture to the soil layer. The Asperillo
dunes harbour (1) natural ecosystems, (2) disturbed systems affected by forestry activities where the natural vegetation is
eliminated, and (3) pine forest resulting from afforestation withPinus pinea since the end of the 1940s where the composition and abundance of the lichen flora has been drastically changed.
Our hypothesis was that the lichen species composition and distribution are influenced by the type and period of human intervention.
To test this hypothesis a 1.2 km × 1.1 km area, which includes zones with different degrees of conservation and perturbation,
consisting of five different habitats, was selected: well preservedJuniperus woodland,Pinus pinea plantations with dense scrub, dense scrub,P. pinea plantations cleared from scrub, and pioneer scrub in recent pine afforestation. In each area, randomly located 5m × 5 m homogeneous
plots were sampled. In each plot the cover of shrub and lichen species was recorded.
The first results show that lichen cover is higher in the most preserved areas,Cladonia mediterranea being the dominant species under theJuniperus phoenicea canopy. The lichen community changes in composition and abundance depending on the time elapsed since the last perturbation. 相似文献
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A. M. Rusanov 《Russian Journal of Ecology》2007,38(1):11-15
The influence of the Buzuluk Pine Forest on biodiversity of plants and soil properties in adjacent territories has been studied. The results show that in the immediate vicinity of the pine forest, under the influence of the relatively mild and humid mesoclimate, natural phytocenoses are dominated by mesophytic species. Biodiversity reaches a peak at a distance of 17–18 km from the forest, which is explained by the presence of both mesophytes and xerophytes in the same phytocenosis. The same zone is also characterized by the maximum diversity of soil properties and structural complexity of the soil cover. Grass communities on ordinary chernozems with a homogeneous soil cover, typical of the steppe zone, are formed at greater distances from the forest. 相似文献
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Gon Ok Sung-Hee Ji Sang-Jo Kim Young-Kyo Kim Ji-Hoon Park Young-Seup Kim Young-Ho Han 《Chemosphere》2002,46(9-10)
The atmospheric contamination levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) were evaluated from the analysis of pine needles in South Korea. Pine needles were collected from 30 sampling points at five main cities in South Korea (Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Changwon and Jeju island). The highest concentrations of PCDDs/DFs (2.19–26.88 pg I-TEQ/g of dry weight) were measured at Busan, where is the city of the highest population density and traffic volume among five cities. The lowest concentration was detected at Jeju with 0.62 pg I-TEQ/g dry weight, suggesting Jeju could be an environmental background area in Korea. The dominant homologues of PCDDs/DFs in pine needles were the lower chlorine-substituted compounds such as tetra CDDs and CDFs, and the distribution ratios of PCDDs/DFs decreased with increase of the number of chlorine substituents. Homologue profiles of pine needle samples were similar to PCDDs/DFs profiles of the vapor phase in the ambient air, and thus the pine needles absorbed the vapor phase of PCDDs/DFs from air. Results suggested that pine needles could be used as an indicator of the atmospheric contamination for PCDDs/DFs in Korea. 相似文献
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Woodlands of the Mediterranean speciesJuniperus oxycedrus ssp.macrocarpa (maritime juniper) are both vulnerable and ecologically important. Their ecology and biological status along the SW coast
of Spain are not well known; this, the first major study of these juniper populations is a basis for future research and restoration
policies. These communities are subject to harsh conditions, the plant composition being controlled by several factors at
different scales. On a large scale, climate and soil texture play an important role in controlling the soil water availability
to plants, and in separating xerophytic from mesic communities. On a small scale, coastal physiography, and substrate composition
are related to differences in the floristic composition. Coastal plantations modify environmental conditions, such as sand
mobility and salt spray deposition, inducing important changes in plant communities. The population of maritime juniper on
this coast was estimated in ca. 25 000 individuals, of which 93.6% are concentrated in three locations. Large proportions
of young individuals were found in extensive and protected populations. Howerver, adult individuals dominated the smaller
populations located under pine plantations. This limitation of recruitment may be imposed by several factors. A male biased
ratio was detected on the southern coast of Cádiz, which I hypothesize is due to the lower cost of pollen production in a
stressful habitat. Preservation of suitable habitats, the recovery of abandoned pine plantations, and the connection between
juniper populations, seem to be important requisites for the conservation of maritime juniper in the southwestern coast of
Spain. 相似文献
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Regine Keymeulen Mikls Grgnyi Kroly Hberger Anda Priksane Herman Van Langenhove 《Atmospheric environment (Oxford, England : 1994)》2001,35(36)
Concentrations of benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylenes (BTEX) in ambient air and in 1 yr old Pinus sylvestris pine needles were monitored along a busy road, petrol station and rural area of Belgium, Hungary and Latvia in a 1 yr period. To test P. sylvestris as a possible biomonitor for the BTEX concentrations, samples were taken in the four seasons. As the distribution of data was not normal, the level of pollution on different sites and seasons was compared and evaluated by non-parametric tests. The measured air concentrations did not differ significantly from one season to another throughout the year. There were, however, differences between sampling places. The C2-alkylbenzene and toluene concentrations in the needles were similar in the autumn/winter and spring/summer periods but a significant decrease in their concentration was observed in every place between winter and spring. This effect was less obvious for toluene. 相似文献