Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Machine learning-based modeling of soil respiration components across four forest types in a subtropical mountainous forest with implications for modeling strategies and hydrothermal controlsNan Deng · Yaqin Xiao · Fengfeng Ma · Yuxin TianFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1972229
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Spatiotemporal associations between ecosystem service value and human activity intensity: a case study of the Chengdu metropolitan area, ChinaLin Wang · Li Luo · Weijing Zeng · Guanghao Ren · Xiaojun LuoFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1989806
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Divergent successional responses and environmental drivers of soil bacterial and fungal communities in subalpine forests of the Eastern Qilian MountainsZhengni Chen · Wenzhen Zong · Lei Ling · Quanlin MaFrontiers in Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1968766
CorrectionPublished 8 October 2026Correction: Using an inclusive bioeconomy framework in support of indigenous peoples and local communities living in mountainsJianchu Xu · R. Edward GrumbineFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1988183
Original ResearchPublished 6 October 2026Soil organic carbon storage across Mediterranean mountain forests: a comparative assessment of forest ecosystem diversity and geological substrate in Ifrane and Talassemtane National Parks, MoroccoMohamed El Mderssa · Meysara ELMALKI · Fouad Malki · Taha Abdelhakim · Younes Abbas · Jamal IbijbijenFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1959268
Original ResearchPublished 2 October 2026Land-use dynamics and multi-scenario projections in a mountainous ecological barrier: ecosystem service value responses and spatial sensitivityShutao Zhou · Yingqi Lin · Chulun Sun · Weina ZhouFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1942894
Original ResearchPublished 29 September 2026Large tree and forest structural attributes drive biomass and carbon distribution in tropical dry deciduous forests of Rajasthan, IndiaNaveen Kumar · Archana MeenaFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1815587
Original ResearchPublished 28 September 2026Topographic heterogeneity regulates nonlinear vegetation responses to climate and human activities in China’s ecological transition zoneXinwen Su · Di Wen · Jun Li · Dailiang PengFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1948232
Original ResearchPublished 24 September 2026Contrasting groundwater flow systems in comparable African Mountains-role of permeability structureSeifu Kebede · Sascha Roopa · Thapelo Mongala · Dereje AyalewFrontiers in Waterdoi 10.3389/frwa.2026.1925623
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026Operational challenges of industrial wastewater treatment plants in a multi-river province of China: implications for problem identification and managementZhilong Dong · Jing Zhou · Nan Li · Yi Huang · Fengli Tang · Long Sun · Wei Tao · Bowen Dong · Chengcheng WenFrontiers in Chemistrydoi 10.3389/fchem.2026.1955505
Original ResearchPublished 17 September 2026Modeling forest soil organic carbon dynamics under seasonal freeze–thaw cycles: implications for carbon sequestration in cold-region forest ecosystemsTong Gao · Xingyu Jiang · Jiaqi Zhou · Yaoxiang Li · Xibin DongFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1939588
Original ResearchPublished 14 September 2026Listening to the mountain: oral history, biocultural heritage, and sustainability transitions in Serra da EstrelaMaria Fernanda Rollo · Joana RalãoFrontiers in Sustainabilitydoi 10.3389/frsus.2026.1854985
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026A study on the spatial assessment of site quality in the Manas River Basin based on the site indexZhongqiong Zhao · Mei Zan · Lili Zhai · Jia Zhou · Jian Ke · Yuting Zhao · Ruilian Yuan · Chenyang Gan · Jimei LiFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1923592
Original ResearchPublished 27 July 2026Bioactivity screening of plant ethanol extracts against Plutella xylostella and field evaluation of an optimized botanical combination formulationJie Zhang · Xiaoe Wang · Xiaoli Xu. · Williamson Gustave · Xiaokai ZhangActa Biochimica Polonicadoi 10.3389/abp.2026.169182,321 views
Original ResearchPublished 17 July 2026Evaluating statistical downscaling methods for future temperature and precipitation projections in the Qilian mountainsGuohua Liu · Chanchan Gao · Zhangwen Liu · Huibang Han · Chuntan Han · Jiaze Li · Rensheng ChenFrontiers in Remote Sensingdoi 10.3389/frsen.2026.1890112
Original ResearchPublished 24 June 2026Nest-site selection and breeding ecology of the Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus) in the Afroalpine ecosystem of Bale Mountains National Park, Southeast EthiopiaHadis Tadele · Afework Bekele · George Archibald · Mark van NiekerkFrontiers in Bird Sciencedoi 10.3389/fbirs.2026.1787991
Original ResearchPublished 16 June 2026Rainmaking and climate change: global discourse and local perspectives over regicide in South SudanIsao MurahashiPastoralism: Research, Policy and Practicedoi 10.3389/past.2026.15944
Original ResearchPublished 4 June 2026The neurobiological basis of the awe experience in affective disorders: an exploratory EEG studyElena Bondi · Flavia Carbone · Giandomenico Schiena · Yara Massalha · MariaPia Marra · Lorena Di Consoli · Maddalena Mazzocut-Mis · Andrea Gaggioli · Alice Chirico · Paolo Brambilla · Eleonora MaggioniFrontiers in Systems Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fnsys.2026.1805778
Original ResearchPublished 22 April 2026Differences in potassium and chlorine incorporation in members of an alpine stream food web in the West CarpathiansMartin Janiga · Marián Janiga · Jakub Tuchyňa · Patrik Pánik · Zuzana Kompišová BallováFrontiers in Freshwater Sciencedoi 10.3389/ffwsc.2026.1746686
Original ResearchPublished 5 February 2026Ranges of Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) call types 1 and 2 documented from community science and targeted placement of automated recordersWilliam M. Kirsch · Thomas P. Hahn · Matthew A. Young · W. Douglas RobinsonFrontiers in Bird Sciencedoi 10.3389/fbirs.2026.1671357
Brief Research ReportPublished 21 January 2026The Linnean shortfall in action: amphibian surveys reveal undocumented species in the Nguru Mountains, TanzaniaJohn V. Lyakurwa · Ardgard Mwamgeni · H. Christoph Liedtke · Michele Menegon · Wilirk Ngalason · Simon P. LoaderFrontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Sciencedoi 10.3389/famrs.2025.1678339
Original ResearchPublished 10 December 2025Poikilitic hornblende pyroxenite in the southern end of the Abukuma Mountains, Northeast Japan, as result of adakitic magmatismAkira Wakazono · Mayuko Fukuyama · Keita Itano · Yumiko Harigane · Akihiro Tamura · Tomoaki MorishitaFrontiers in Geochemistrydoi 10.3389/fgeoc.2025.1697337
Bee SciencePublished 12 December 2024Socio-ecological surveys of Apis dorsata in the mountains of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats, IndiaShiny Mariam Rehel · Mahadesha Basavegowda · Justinraj Thankiyan · Pratim RoyFrontiers in Bee Sciencedoi 10.3389/frbee.2024.1385640
