A new approach for modeling delayed fire‐induced tree mortality
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3458
Abstract: Global change is expanding the ecological niche of mixed-severity fire regimes into ecosystems that have not usually been associated with wildfires, such as temperate forests and rainforests. In contrast to stand-replacing fires, mixed-severity fires may… read more here.
Keywords: new approach; post fire; mixed severity; mortality ... See more keywords
Burn weather and three-dimensional fuel structure determine post-fire tree mortality
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DOI: 10.1007/s10980-020-00983-0
Abstract: Context Post-fire tree mortality is a spatially structured process driven by interacting factors across multiple scales. However, empirical models of fire-caused tree mortality are generally not spatially explicit, do not differentiate among scales, and do… read more here.
Keywords: tree mortality; post fire; mortality;
Avian communities are decreasing with piñon pine mortality in the southwest
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.06.035
Abstract: Abstract An increase in tree mortality is expected to occur worldwide due to climate-induced drought and increasing temperatures. The 2000–2002 drought in the southwestern United States was one of the most severe in the last… read more here.
Keywords: communities decreasing; avian communities; decreasing pine; mortality ... See more keywords
Relative importance of density dependence and topography on tree mortality in a subtropical mountain forest
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.10.049
Abstract: Abstract Tree mortality is an important process in forest dynamics, and potentially affects species coexistence and community assembly. Detecting spatial pattern of tree mortality and examining the possible driving factors are critical to understand the… read more here.
Keywords: topography; relative importance; subtropical mountain; mortality ... See more keywords
Tree mortality of a flood-adapted species in response of hydrographic changes caused by an Amazonian river dam
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.04.016
Abstract: Abstract The annual and regular flood pulse is the main hydrologic feature found in the large floodplains along Amazonian rivers triggering nutrient cycles, growth rhythms and life cycles of the biota as well as primary… read more here.
Keywords: dam; river; mortality flood; tree mortality ... See more keywords
How do tree mortality models from combined tree-ring and inventory data affect projections of forest succession?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.11.042
Abstract: Abstract Tree mortality is caused by complex interactions between multiple biotic and abiotic factors. Processes of tree mortality that are not induced by natural disturbances are often reflected in distinct radial growth patterns of trees,… read more here.
Keywords: mortality models; forest succession; mortality; inventory data ... See more keywords
Characterizing recent bark beetle-caused tree mortality in the western United States from aerial surveys
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118402
Abstract: Abstract Bark beetle (Curculionidae, Scolytinae) outbreaks have been extensive and severe across the western United States in recent decades, and assessments of tree mortality are critical for documenting patterns and increasing understanding of drivers and… read more here.
Keywords: bark; mortality; beetle; united states ... See more keywords
Variable thinning and prescribed fire influence tree mortality and growth during and after a severe drought
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118595
Abstract: Abstract California’s high density, fire-excluded forests experienced an extreme drought accompanied by warmer than normal temperatures from 2012 to 2015, resulting in the deaths of millions of trees. We examined tree mortality and growth of mixed-conifer stands… read more here.
Keywords: mortality growth; basal area; drought; mortality ... See more keywords
Detecting tree mortality with Landsat-derived spectral indices: Improving ecological accuracy by examining uncertainty
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111497
Abstract: Abstract Satellite-derived fire severity metrics are a foundational tool used to estimate fire effects at the landscape scale. Changes in surface characteristics permit reasonably accurate delineation between burned and unburned areas, but variability in severity… read more here.
Keywords: uncertainty; spectral indices; accuracy; mortality ... See more keywords
Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18996-3
Abstract: The carbon sink capacity of tropical forests is substantially affected by tree mortality. However, the main drivers of tropical tree death remain largely unknown. Here we present a pan-Amazonian assessment of how and why trees… read more here.
Keywords: tree mode; risk; death; mortality ... See more keywords
Field-based tree mortality constraint reduces estimates of model-projected forest carbon sinks.
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29619-4
Abstract: Considerable uncertainty and debate exist in projecting the future capacity of forests to sequester atmospheric CO2. Here we estimate spatially explicit patterns of biomass loss by tree mortality (LOSS) from largely unmanaged forest plots to… read more here.
Keywords: mortality constraint; field based; carbon; forest carbon ... See more keywords