Pub Date : 2023-12-02DOI: 10.1007/s10342-023-01633-1
Katharina Tiebel, Johannes Dahlmann, Antje Karge
Prolonged periods without precipitation in spring prevent timely and rapid germination of pioneer tree seeds and could lead to an accelerated loss of germination capacity (reduced lifespan). To get knowledge about the shortening of seed lifespan and, thus, the shortening of natural regeneration windows under climate change, an experiment was conducted. Seeds of Alnus glutinosa, Betula pendula, Populus tremula, Salix caprea, Larix decidua, Pinus sylvestris, and Picea abies were exposed to temperatures of 15 °C, 25 °C (past or present climate), and 40 °C (future climate) with low or high humidity for a period of 3 months. Regardless of air humidity, the initial germination percentage of Alnus glutinosa, Betula pendula, Larix decidua, and Pinus sylvestris seeds decreased only slightly by 5–15% over the 91-day period when stored at 15 °C and 25 °C. For Populus tremula and Salix caprea, time windows of maximum 14–49 days and 42–91 days were identified, respectively.
However, as climate change progresses with rising temperatures and increasing absolute air humidity values, the window of opportunity for successful germination will shorten for all studied tree species. In the moist air humidity variant of 40 °C, the germination percentage dropped to 0% after 42 days for Alnus glutinosa, Betula pendula, and Larix decidua. The natural regeneration window will be reduced by half from more than three months to about three weeks under climate change. The lifespan of Populus tremula and Salix caprea seeds will be shortened to 1 week. For Picea abies, the time window will shorten to a maximum of 28 days.
{"title":"Global warming could shorten the seed lifespan of pioneer tree species and thus natural regeneration window of damaged areas","authors":"Katharina Tiebel, Johannes Dahlmann, Antje Karge","doi":"10.1007/s10342-023-01633-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01633-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Prolonged periods without precipitation in spring prevent timely and rapid germination of pioneer tree seeds and could lead to an accelerated loss of germination capacity (reduced lifespan). To get knowledge about the shortening of seed lifespan and, thus, the shortening of natural regeneration windows under climate change, an experiment was conducted. Seeds of <i>Alnus glutinosa</i>, <i>Betula pendula</i>, <i>Populus tremula</i>, <i>Salix caprea</i>, <i>Larix decidua</i>, <i>Pinus sylvestris,</i> and <i>Picea abies</i> were exposed to temperatures of 15 °C, 25 °C (past or present climate), and 40 °C (future climate) with low or high humidity for a period of 3 months. Regardless of air humidity, the initial germination percentage of <i>Alnus glutinosa</i>, <i>Betula pendula</i>, <i>Larix decidua,</i> and <i>Pinus sylvestris</i> seeds decreased only slightly by 5–15% over the 91-day period when stored at 15 °C and 25 °C. For <i>Populus tremula</i> and <i>Salix caprea</i>, time windows of maximum 14–49 days and 42–91 days were identified, respectively.</p><p>However, as climate change progresses with rising temperatures and increasing absolute air humidity values, the window of opportunity for successful germination will shorten for all studied tree species. In the moist air humidity variant of 40 °C, the germination percentage dropped to 0% after 42 days for <i>Alnus glutinosa</i>, <i>Betula pendula,</i> and <i>Larix decidua</i>. The natural regeneration window will be reduced by half from more than three months to about three weeks under climate change. The lifespan of <i>Populus tremula</i> and <i>Salix caprea</i> seeds will be shortened to 1 week. For <i>Picea abies</i>, the time window will shorten to a maximum of 28 days.</p>","PeriodicalId":11996,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Forest Research","volume":"19 11-12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138513072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-30DOI: 10.1007/s10342-023-01625-1
Mária Potterf, Kyle Eyvindson, Clemens Blattert, María Triviño, Ryan C. Burner, Daniel Burgas, Mikko Mönkkönen
Mitigating future forest risks, safeguarding timber revenues and improving biodiversity are key considerations for current boreal forest management. Alternatives to rotation forestry likely have an important role, but how they will perform under a changing climate remains unclear. We used a boreal forest growth simulator to explore how variations on traditional clear-cutting, in rotation length, thinning intensity, and increasing number of remaining trees after final harvest (green tree retention), and on extent of continuous cover forestry will affect stand-level probability of wind damage, timber production, deadwood volume, and habitats for forest species. We used business-as-usual rotation forestry as a baseline and compared alternative management adaptations under the reference and two climate change scenarios. Climate change increased overall timber production and had lower impacts on biodiversity compared to management adaptations. Shortening the rotation length reduced the probability of wind damage compared to business-as-usual, but also decreased both deadwood volume and suitable habitats for our focal species. Continuous cover forestry, and management with refraining from thinnings, and extension of rotation length represent complementary approaches benefiting biodiversity, with respective effects of improving timber revenues, reducing wind damage risk, and benefiting old-growth forest structures. However, extensive application of rotation length shortening to mitigate wind damage risk may be detrimental for forest biodiversity. To safeguard forest biodiversity over the landscape, shortening of the rotation length could be complemented with widespread application of regimes promoting old-growth forest structures.
{"title":"Diversification of forest management can mitigate wind damage risk and maintain biodiversity","authors":"Mária Potterf, Kyle Eyvindson, Clemens Blattert, María Triviño, Ryan C. Burner, Daniel Burgas, Mikko Mönkkönen","doi":"10.1007/s10342-023-01625-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01625-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Mitigating future forest risks, safeguarding timber revenues and improving biodiversity are key considerations for current boreal forest management. Alternatives to rotation forestry likely have an important role, but how they will perform under a changing climate remains unclear. We used a boreal forest growth simulator to explore how variations on traditional clear-cutting, in rotation length, thinning intensity, and increasing number of remaining trees after final harvest (green tree retention), and on extent of continuous cover forestry will affect stand-level probability of wind damage, timber production, deadwood volume, and habitats for forest species. We used business-as-usual rotation forestry as a baseline and compared alternative management adaptations under the reference and two climate change scenarios. Climate change increased overall timber production and had lower impacts on biodiversity compared to management adaptations. Shortening the rotation length reduced the probability of wind damage compared to business-as-usual, but also decreased both deadwood volume and suitable habitats for our focal species. Continuous cover forestry, and management with refraining from thinnings, and extension of rotation length represent complementary approaches benefiting biodiversity, with respective effects of improving timber revenues, reducing wind damage risk, and benefiting old-growth forest structures. However, extensive application of rotation length shortening to mitigate wind damage risk may be detrimental for forest biodiversity. To safeguard forest biodiversity over the landscape, shortening of the rotation length could be complemented with widespread application of regimes promoting old-growth forest structures.</p>","PeriodicalId":11996,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Forest Research","volume":"10 11-12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138513078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-28DOI: 10.1007/s10342-023-01621-5
Leo G. Bont, Janine Schweier, Christian Temperli
Efficient forest operations are essential for forest enterprises, who provide wood and numerous ecosystem services for the society. Important factors influencing the efficiency of forest operations, and thus the harvesting costs, are the level of mechanization, the harvesting method applied, the forest road network, and the training of the labourers. The cost of labour, i.e. salaries, is another important driver of harvesting costs. However, its effect on and relative importance for overall harvesting costs is poorly described in the scientific literature. Thus, this study aims to analyse the influence of labour costs in more detail, especially on the country-wide wood harvesting potentials. In addition, we aimed to cross-compare the effect of labour costs with the effect of switching to a more efficient harvesting method. For this purpose, we calculated timber harvesting costs with varying salaries for all sample plots of the Swiss National Forest Inventory (NFI) for both, the currently applied harvesting method recorded in the NFI, and the potential best suitable harvesting method. A 1% change in labour costs affects harvesting costs by 0.33–0.77%, depending on the harvesting method applied. The influence is larger for systems that involve a large share of motor-manual work and for cable-based methods. Changing labour costs by ± 30% affects the number of plots for which timber harvesting is economically feasible, by 5 to 15 percent points. The effect of switching from the current to the best suitable harvesting method is comparable to that of reducing labour costs by 15–30%. These results indicate that the efficiency of wood harvesting can be increased with further mechanization and does not require cutting salaries of forestry personnel. In that, our results may inform forestry planning and policy making at regional to national level.
{"title":"Effect of labour costs on wood harvesting costs and timber provision","authors":"Leo G. Bont, Janine Schweier, Christian Temperli","doi":"10.1007/s10342-023-01621-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01621-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Efficient forest operations are essential for forest enterprises, who provide wood and numerous ecosystem services for the society. Important factors influencing the efficiency of forest operations, and thus the harvesting costs, are the level of mechanization, the harvesting method applied, the forest road network, and the training of the labourers. The cost of labour, i.e. salaries, is another important driver of harvesting costs. However, its effect on and relative importance for overall harvesting costs is poorly described in the scientific literature. Thus, this study aims to analyse the influence of labour costs in more detail, especially on the country-wide wood harvesting potentials. In addition, we aimed to cross-compare the effect of labour costs with the effect of switching to a more efficient harvesting method. For this purpose, we calculated timber harvesting costs with varying salaries for all sample plots of the Swiss National Forest Inventory (NFI) for both, the currently applied harvesting method recorded in the NFI, and the potential best suitable harvesting method. A 1% change in labour costs affects harvesting costs by 0.33–0.77%, depending on the harvesting method applied. The influence is larger for systems that involve a large share of motor-manual work and for cable-based methods. Changing labour costs by ± 30% affects the number of plots for which timber harvesting is economically feasible, by 5 to 15 percent points. The effect of switching from the current to the best suitable harvesting method is comparable to that of reducing labour costs by 15–30%. These results indicate that the efficiency of wood harvesting can be increased with further mechanization and does not require cutting salaries of forestry personnel. In that, our results may inform forestry planning and policy making at regional to national level.</p>","PeriodicalId":11996,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Forest Research","volume":"17 11-12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138513075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-27DOI: 10.1007/s10342-023-01632-2
Pavel Unar, Pavel Daněk, Dušan Adam, Lenka Paločková, Jan Holík
Deadwood is known to be an irreplaceable substrate for various groups of organisms but its importance for vascular plants is still unclear. To examine which deadwood characteristics promote its colonization by vascular plants and whether species can prefer this substrate to mineral soil (or vice versa), we used regression modeling and ordination methods to analyze an extensive data set of vegetation records from more than 1800 pieces of lying deadwood and 200 control plots on soil. Data were collected in four old-growth forest sites ranging from lowland alluvial to mountain spruce forests. Colonization of deadwood of all decay classes, including freshly fallen logs, was frequent at all study sites. The density of colonizers differed between deadwood species, increased with deadwood decomposition stage and was higher when deadwood was exposed to light. On average, about 40% of observed species showed a preference for either deadwood or soil substrate with preference for soil usually being more common. Species that preferred deadwood to soil were typically early successional species, while those with preference for soil were often hygrophytes or typical understorey species. Most species responded consistently to substrate across multiple sites. With its unique microsite conditions and specific composition of plant colonizers, we highlight the importance of deadwood for herb layer species composition. Deadwood retention should be encouraged not only in protected but also in commercial forests.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.1007/s10342-023-01631-3
Jürgen Aosaar, Mikko Buht, Laura Erik, Mats Varik, Kristiina Aun, Marek Uri, Mai Kukumägi, Agnes Sepaste, Hardo Becker, Maris Hordo, Veiko Uri
Pre-commercial thinning (PCT) is a common silvicultural practice for directing the development of the young stand in Nordic and Baltic countries. However, its impact on the stands carbon (C) cycling is still poorly studied. We carried out a comprehensive case study for estimating net ecosystem production (NEP) in unthinned control plot and in moderately and heavily thinned plots (2,500 and 1,500 trees ha−1 remaining, respectively), in the next growing season after PCT in young Betula pendula stands on mineral soil (Site 1) and Betula pubescens stands on drained organic soil (Site 2). Thus, the study demonstrates post-thinning changes in C cycling in stands of two species of the same genus. The control plots of both sites served as C sinks: NEP 1.5 and 3.6 t C ha−1 yr−1 in Site 1 and Site 2, respectively. However, the thinned plots acted as C sinks on Site 1 (1.8 t C ha−1 yr−1) and as C sources on Site 2 (−1.4 and −3.1 t C ha−1 yr−1 in heavily and moderately thinned plot, respectively). The declined net primary production of trees after PCT was compensated for by the production of herbaceous vegetation and stump sprouts. Soil heterotrophic respiration (Rh) was the largest flux in the C budget of both sites and all treatments. Despite the increasing trend of Rh with increasing thinning intensity on Site 2, no statistically significant difference in the annual Rh flux occurred between the treatments in either site.
商业前间伐(PCT)是北欧和波罗的海国家指导幼林发展的常见造林实践。然而,其对林分碳(C)循环的影响尚缺乏研究。我们对未疏林对照样地、中度和重度疏林样地(分别剩余2500和1500棵树ha - 1)进行了全面的案例研究,估算了PCT后下一个生长季节的净生态系统产量(NEP),这些样地分别位于矿土(Site 1)上的幼桦林和排水有机土(Site 2)上的短毛桦林。因此,该研究证明了同一属两种林分在疏林后碳循环的变化。两个地点的对照样地都起到了碳汇的作用:站点1和站点2的NEP分别为1.5和3.6 t C ha - 1年- 1。然而,稀疏样地在Site 1上充当碳汇(1.8 t C ha−1年−1),在Site 2上充当碳源(重度和中度稀疏样地分别为- 1.4和- 3.1 t C ha−1年−1)。PCT后树木净初级生产量的下降被草本植被和树桩芽的生产量所补偿。土壤异养呼吸(Rh)是两样地和各处理C收支中最大的通量。在2号样地,Rh随伐减强度的增加呈上升趋势,但各处理间的年Rh通量差异无统计学意义。
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Pub Date : 2023-11-13DOI: 10.1007/s10342-023-01630-4
Pablo Cuevas-Reyes, Marcela Sofía Vaca-Sánchez, Ken Oyama, G. Wilson Fernandes, Francisco Javier Loera-Padilla, Ma. Carmen López-Maldonado, Marcílio Fagundes, Maurício Lopes de Faria, Magno Augusto Zazá Borges, Yurixhi Maldonado-López
{"title":"Importance of abiotic factors in shaping canopy arthropod assemblages: the case of Quercus castanea Née (Fagales:Fagaceae) a Mexican endemic oak","authors":"Pablo Cuevas-Reyes, Marcela Sofía Vaca-Sánchez, Ken Oyama, G. Wilson Fernandes, Francisco Javier Loera-Padilla, Ma. Carmen López-Maldonado, Marcílio Fagundes, Maurício Lopes de Faria, Magno Augusto Zazá Borges, Yurixhi Maldonado-López","doi":"10.1007/s10342-023-01630-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01630-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11996,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Forest Research","volume":"70 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136347482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-11DOI: 10.1007/s10342-023-01623-3
Luciana Jaime, Enric Batllori, Francisco Lloret
{"title":"Bark beetle outbreaks in coniferous forests: a review of climate change effects","authors":"Luciana Jaime, Enric Batllori, Francisco Lloret","doi":"10.1007/s10342-023-01623-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01623-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11996,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Forest Research","volume":"39 20","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135041619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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, genetic differentiation and demographic history of Cryptomeria (Cupressaceae), a tertiary relict plant in East Asia based on RAD sequencing","authors":"Xinyu Li, Mengying Cai, Minqiu Wang, Xingtong Wu, Saneyoshi Ueno, Kentaro Uchiyama, Yunosuke Onuma, Minjun Dai, Yiling Tao, Yafeng Wen, Yoshihiko Tsumura","doi":"10.1007/s10342-023-01629-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01629-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11996,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Forest Research","volume":"108 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135136950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-09DOI: 10.1007/s10342-023-01628-y
Marta Kuželková, Lukáš Jačka, Martin Kovář, Václav Hradilek, Petr Máca
{"title":"Tree trait-mediated differences in soil moisture regimes: a comparative study of beech, spruce, and larch in a drought-prone area of Central Europe","authors":"Marta Kuželková, Lukáš Jačka, Martin Kovář, Václav Hradilek, Petr Máca","doi":"10.1007/s10342-023-01628-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01628-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11996,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Forest Research","volume":" 86","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135241580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-09DOI: 10.1007/s10342-023-01626-0
Anežka Kozdasová, Lucie Galčanová Batista, Radim Hédl, Péter Szabó
Abstract Coppicing is a form of forest management in European broadleaved forests. While it is still practised in south-eastern Europe, in central and western Europe it was almost completely replaced by high forest management. Currently, there are increasing efforts to reintroduce coppice management into former coppice woods. However, little comprehensive knowledge is available about the extent and management of coppice reintroduction and the processes governing it. In this paper, we present an overview of localities in the Czech Republic where coppice reintroduction was taking place in 2020. We identified 8 localities and conducted 10 semi-structured interviews with experts involved in their management in order to understand what motivated them to restart coppicing and what obstacles they have had to face. The main motivation of site managers is nature conservation, while the most important obstacles are operational issues, such as bureaucracy, complicated land ownership and legal responsibilities or lack of workforce. Other motivating factors identified in other European countries (production of a renewable energy source and potential for rural employment) have so far played a minor role in the Czech Republic. We conclude that a major challenge for future forest policies will be to utilise the economic experiences of regions with active coppicing to foster the spread of coppice woods in order to combine renewable energy production with biodiversity conservation.
{"title":"Coppice reintroduction in the Czech Republic: extent, motivation and obstacles","authors":"Anežka Kozdasová, Lucie Galčanová Batista, Radim Hédl, Péter Szabó","doi":"10.1007/s10342-023-01626-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01626-0","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Coppicing is a form of forest management in European broadleaved forests. While it is still practised in south-eastern Europe, in central and western Europe it was almost completely replaced by high forest management. Currently, there are increasing efforts to reintroduce coppice management into former coppice woods. However, little comprehensive knowledge is available about the extent and management of coppice reintroduction and the processes governing it. In this paper, we present an overview of localities in the Czech Republic where coppice reintroduction was taking place in 2020. We identified 8 localities and conducted 10 semi-structured interviews with experts involved in their management in order to understand what motivated them to restart coppicing and what obstacles they have had to face. The main motivation of site managers is nature conservation, while the most important obstacles are operational issues, such as bureaucracy, complicated land ownership and legal responsibilities or lack of workforce. Other motivating factors identified in other European countries (production of a renewable energy source and potential for rural employment) have so far played a minor role in the Czech Republic. We conclude that a major challenge for future forest policies will be to utilise the economic experiences of regions with active coppicing to foster the spread of coppice woods in order to combine renewable energy production with biodiversity conservation.","PeriodicalId":11996,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Forest Research","volume":" 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135192173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}