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Plastic deformation assessment of sawdust-rPET composites under bending load
(Elsevier Science BV, 2024)Due to the scarcity of raw wood materials and the current state of the market's economic growth, the development of novel composite materials utilizing alternate raw material sources is crucial. Sawdust and waste polymers, ... -
Heart Rate Index as a Measure of Physical Workload in Chainsaw Operations
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2024)Timber harvesting operations, including manual and motor-manual activities, require workers who are in good health to be able to work effectively. The aim of our paper was to introduce a simplified index methodology for ... -
The influence of false heartwood of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) on tensile shear strength of lap joints
(North Carolina State University, 2024)The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of false heartwood of beech wood on the shear strength of glued joints for thermoplastic and reactoplastic adhesives for plywood production. The tensile shear strength ... -
Dothistroma septosporum and Dothistroma pini, the causal agents of Dothistroma needle blight, are infected by multiple viruses
(Elsevier Science BV, 2024)Dothistroma septosporum and Dothistroma pini are severe foliar pathogens of conifers. They infect a broad spectrum of hosts (mainly Pinus spp.), causing chlorosis, defoliation of needles, and eventually the death of pine ... -
Trait diversity and spider community composition are associated with lower herbivory in young forest plantations
(Elsevier Science Inc., 2025)Spiders constitute a numerically dominant group of generalist predators in forest ecosystems, but their biocontrol function in forest plantations is not well understood. The biocontrol potential of spiders may depend upon ... -
Evaluation of the effect of different thinning types on dendrometric parameters and subsequent spontaneous growth in a beech-oak-linden stand
(Česká akademie zemědělských věd, 2024)Due to an increasing risk of further damage to forests, forest managers are considering introducing an alternative direction for their future development - via the cultivation of mixed forests. At middle altitudes in the ... -
Landscape and local factors drive pesticide distribution in perennial agroecosystems
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2024)Pesticides constitute a major threat to biodiversity, but our understanding of the complex interactions between local and landscape factors influencing their distribution in agroecosystems remains limited. We conducted a ... -
Stemflow infiltration hotspots near-tree stems along a soil depth gradient in a mixed oak–beech forest
(Springer New York, 2023)In an upland forested micro-catchment during the growing season, we tested soil responses to precipitation events as well as soil water content (SWC). We asked ourselves if what is the difference of SWC response to ... -
Female melon fruit flies, Zeugodacus cucurbitae, are attracted to a synthetic chemical blend based on male epicuticular components
(Springer Heidelberg, 2024)The melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is considered to be the most destructive pest of melons and other related cucurbit crops worldwide. Despite the potential of behaviour-based control ... -
Germination responses with different treatments, seed vigour and seedling growth of Pterolobium stellatum (Forssk.) provenances stored from 19 to 30 years
(Springer Netherlands, 2024)Knowledge of the genetic variability of different species for conservation purposes and quality seedling production after longer storage time is important. The aim of the research paper was to examine the effect of longer ... -
Effects of species and moisture content on the behaviour of solid wood under impact
(Springer New York, 2024)The article's main aim is to assess the effects of species and moisture content (MC) on the behaviour of solid wood material under the low velocity of impact and present a pattern for predicting loading vs time curves for ... -
The Ecological Potential of Poplars (Populus L.) for City Tree Planting and Management: A Preliminary Study of Central Poland (Warsaw) and Silesia (Chorzów)
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2024)Urban environments face escalating challenges due to uncontrolled urbanization, rapid population growth, and climate changes, prompting the exploration of sustainable solutions for enhancing urban green spaces (UGSs). For ... -
Long-term shift towards shady and nutrient-rich habitats in Central European temperate forests
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2024)Biodiversity world-wide has been under increasing anthropogenic pressure in the past century. The long-term response of biotic communities has been tackled primarily by focusing on species richness, community composition ... -
The response of forested upland micro-watersheds to extreme precipitation in a precipitation abundant year
(Springer Wien, 2024)We performed a comparative paired catchment study of three headwater upland forest micro-catchments with different forest types in the precipitation-abundant year 2020. The analysis was based on baseflow separation and ... -
The generalized Kelvin chain-based model for an orthotropic viscoelastic material
(Springer Netherlands, 2024)We propose a constitutive material model to describe the rheological (viscoelastic) mechanical response of timber. The viscoelastic model is based on the generalized Kelvin chain applied to the orthotropic material and is ... -
Enhancing fire safety and thermal performance: Wood composites with bio-based phase change materials and fire retardants for building applications
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2024)This work explores the elaboration of wood particle-based composites incorporating bio-based phase change materials, with epoxidized linseed oil or clay as a binder. Fire performance evaluation of the novel composites ... -
Transformation of dry dipterocarp to dry evergreen forests alters food webs of web-building spiders and their prey
(Springer Netherlands, 2024)Anthropogenic habitat modification is a major contributor to global change. While the modification of natural habitats to agroecosystems attracts most of the attention, little is known about the conversion of one natural ... -
Combined effects of rainfall-runoff events and antecedent soil moisture on runoff generation processes in an upland forested headwater area
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2024)In this study, we investigate the combined effect of different rainfall-runoff event types and antecedent soil moisture (ASM) on runoff processes in the headwater elementary discharge area of a small forested upland ... -
Bark beetles on logging residues of European larch: Effects of shading and diameter of logging residues on infestation density
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2024)1. Ips cembrae, an important pest of European larch (Larix decidua), has caused local outbreaks in the last two decades and is becoming increasingly important as the proportion of European larch in forests increases. 2. ... -
Hidden Phytophthora diversity unveiled in tree nurseries of the Czech Republic with traditional and metabarcoding techniques
(Springer Netherlands, 2024)Phytophthora diversity was examined in eight forest and ornamental nurseries in the Czech Republic. A leaf baiting isolation technique and, in two nurseries, also Illumina DNA metabarcoding were used to reveal the diversity ...