The scale of opportunity to implement forest restoration exceeds billions of ha worldwide,
and a part of this area in northern temperate regions includes formerly oak (Quercus spp.) …

Pyrophytic oak landscapes across the central and eastern United States are losing
dominance as shade-tolerant, fire-sensitive, or opportunistic tree species encroach into …

Fire-sustained open oak and pine forests were once widespread across eastern North
America, but are now comparatively scarce. To regain the goods and services of these open …

The oak wilt disease caused by the invasive fungal pathogen Bretziella fagacearum is one
of the greatest threats to oak-dominated forests across the Eastern United States. Accurate …

Across much of the eastern United States, oak forests are undergoing mesophication as
shade‐tolerant competitors become more abundant and suppress oak regeneration. Given …

The role of fire in the eastern broadleaf and Appalachian forest regions, until recently, was
poorly understood or minimally examined, as this region was long overlooked as a …

Pollarding oak trees is a traditional silvopastoral technique practiced across wide areas of
the northern Zagros mountains, a unique and vast semi-arid forest area with a strong cultural …

Abstract In the Central Appalachian forest region, oaks (Quercus L.) and other disturbance-
dependent tree species are experiencing widespread regeneration failure after decades of …

Active management for promoting oaks (Quercus spp.) and restraining maples (Acer spp.) is
mostly conducted in public forests (eg, national forests [NF] and state forests [SF]) because …

Background Few studies address the issue of hybridization in a more than two-species
context. The species-rich Quercus complex is one of the systems which can offer such an …