Overstorey–Understorey Interactions Intensify After Drought-Induced Forest Die-Off: Long-Term Effects for Forest Structure and Composition
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DOI: 10.1007/s10021-017-0181-5
Abstract: Severe drought events increasingly affect forests worldwide, but little is known about their long-term effects at the ecosystem level. Competition between trees and herbs (‘overstorey–understorey competition’) for soil water can reduce tree growth and regeneration… read more here.
Keywords: drought; long term; forest structure; structure composition ... See more keywords
A quantitative assessment of rockfall influence on forest structure in the Swiss Alps
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DOI: 10.1007/s10342-020-01317-0
Abstract: Forests below rocky cliffs often play a very important role in protecting settlements against rockfall. The structure and development of these forests are expected to be substantially affected by the disturbance of the falling rocks.… read more here.
Keywords: swiss alps; influence; forest structure; rockfall ... See more keywords
The Relevance of Forest Structure for Biomass and Productivity in Temperate Forests: New Perspectives for Remote Sensing
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DOI: 10.1007/s10712-019-09519-x
Abstract: Forests provide important ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration. Forest landscapes are intrinsically heterogeneous—a problem for biomass and productivity assessment using remote sensing. Forest structure constitutes valuable additional information for the improved estimation of these… read more here.
Keywords: biomass productivity; remote sensing; forest structure; structure ... See more keywords
Culturally modified trees and forest structure at a Kawésqar ancient settlement at Río Batchelor, western Patagonia
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DOI: 10.1007/s10745-020-00200-1
Abstract: Indigenous land use occurring on temporal scales over centuries or millennia shapes forests in specific ways and influences the dynamics of forest ecosystems. It is challenging to study such land use, but analysis of “culturally… read more here.
Keywords: forest structure; land; culturally modified; modified trees ... See more keywords
Using airborne LiDAR to assess spatial heterogeneity in forest structure on Mount Kilimanjaro
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DOI: 10.1007/s10980-017-0550-7
Abstract: ContextField inventory plots which usually have small sizes of around 0.25–1 ha can only represent a sample of the much larger surrounding forest landscape. Based on airborne laser scanning (LiDAR) it has been shown for tropical… read more here.
Keywords: mount kilimanjaro; landscape plots; forest structure; landscape ... See more keywords
Evaluation of forest structure, biomass and carbon sequestration in subtropical pristine forests of SW China
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8506-7
Abstract: Very old natural forests comprising the species of Fagaceae (Lithocarpus xylocarpus, Castanopsis wattii, Lithocarpushancei) have been prevailing since years in the Ailaoshan Mountain Nature Reserve (AMNR) SW China. Within these forest trees, density is quite… read more here.
Keywords: carbon sequestration; carbon; forest structure; density ... See more keywords
Forest structure and carbon dynamics of an intact lowland mixed dipterocarp forest in Brunei Darussalam
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DOI: 10.1007/s11676-017-0410-y
Abstract: Tropical forests play a critical role in mitigating climate change because they account for large amount of terrestrial carbon storage and productivity. However, there are many uncertainties associated with the estimation of carbon dynamics. We… read more here.
Keywords: carbon; carbon dynamics; biomass; forest structure ... See more keywords
Anthropogenic disturbance effects remain visible in forest structure, but not in lemur abundances
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.03.021
Abstract: Abstract The persistence of tropical rainforests, together with their flora and fauna, is highly threatened by anthropogenic disturbances. In this study, we investigate to what extent selective logging influences the structure and composition of a… read more here.
Keywords: lemur; less disturbed; forest structure; structure ... See more keywords
Prescribed fire and natural recovery produce similar long-term patterns of change in forest structure in the Lake Tahoe basin, California
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.11.013
Abstract: Abstract In the context of concerns about degrading forest health, increasing fire activity, and practical restoration alternatives, we analyzed 20 years of data on the response of mixed conifer forest stands in the Sierra Nevada, California… read more here.
Keywords: prescribed fire; lake tahoe; untreated areas; tahoe basin ... See more keywords
Quality of substrate and forest structure determine macrofungal richness along a gradient of management intensity in beech forests
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118512
Abstract: Abstract The richness of saproxylic species is commonly found to be compromised in managed forests. However, it is often less clear if this reflects local scarcity of high quality deadwood objects or changes to the… read more here.
Keywords: quality; deadwood; forest structure; management ... See more keywords
The importance of forest structure for carbon fluxes of the Amazon rainforest
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DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aabc61
Abstract: Precise descriptions of forest productivity, biomass, and structure are essential for understanding ecosystem responses to climatic and anthropogenic changes. However, relations between these components are complex, in particular for tropical forests. We developed an approach… read more here.
Keywords: amazon rainforest; carbon; productivity; forest structure ... See more keywords