Estimating wood quality attributes from dense airborne LiDAR point clouds
2024
Mapping individual tree quality parameters from high-density LiDAR point clouds is an important step towards improved forest inventories. We present a novel machine learning-based workflow that uses...
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Grouping tree species to estimate basal area increment in temperate multispecies forests in Durango, Mexico
2024
Multispecies forests have received increased scientific attention, driven by the hypothesis that biodiversity improves ecological resilience. However, a greater species diversity presents challenges...
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Modeling the effect of stand and site characteristics on the probability of mistletoe infestation in Scots pine stands using remote sensing data
2024
Over the past decade, the presence of mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. austriacum) in Scots pine stands has increased in many European countries. Understanding the factors that influence the occurrence...
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No generality in biodiversity-productivity relationships along elevation in temperate and subtropical forest landscapes
2024
An improved understanding of biodiversity-productivity relationships (BPRs) along environmental gradients is crucial for effective ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation. The stress-gradient...
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A tree detection method based on trunk point cloud section in dense plantation forest using drone LiDAR data
2023
Single-tree detection is one of the main research topics in quantifying the structural properties of forests. Drone LiDAR systems and terrestrial laser scanning systems produce high-density point clouds...
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Allometry-based estimation of forest aboveground biomass combining LiDAR canopy height attributes and optical spectral indexes
2022
Accurate estimates of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) are essential for global carbon cycle studies and have widely relied on approaches using spectral and structural information of forest canopies...
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Aboveground carbon sequestration of Cunninghamia lanceolata forests: Magnitude and drivers
2024
Understanding the spatial variation, temporal changes, and their underlying driving forces of carbon sequestration in various forests is of great importance for understanding the carbon cycle and carbon...
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Plant functional trait diversity and structural diversity co-underpin ecosystem multifunctionality in subtropical forests
2023
Tree species diversity is assumed to be an important component in managing forest ecosystems because of effects on multiple functions or ecosystem multifunctionality. However, the importance of tree...
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Why ecosystem characteristics predicted from remotely sensed data are unbiased and biased at the same time – and how this affects applications
2024
Remotely sensed data are frequently used for predicting and mapping ecosystem characteristics, and spatially explicit wall-to-wall information is sometimes proposed as the best possible source of information...
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Old-growth mixed dipterocarp forests show variable losses and gains in aboveground biomass and standing carbon over forty years
2024
No studies have documented long-term trends in aboveground biomass (AGB) for mixed-dipterocarp forests (MDF), the dominant rain forest type in tropical wet equatorial Asia. In our study, we sought to...
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Response of fungal communities to afforestation and its indication for forest restoration
2023
Soil fungi in forest ecosystems have great potential to enhance host plant growth and systemic ecological functions and services. Reforestation at Saihanba Mechanized Forest Farm, the world's largest...
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Tree species identity and interaction determine vertical forest structure in young planted forests measured by terrestrial laser scanning
2024
Vertical forest structure is closely linked to multiple ecosystem characteristics, such as biodiversity, habitat, and productivity. Mixing tree species in planted forests has the potential to create...
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An improved area-based approach for estimating plot-level tree DBH from airborne LiDAR data
2023
The diameter at breast height (DBH) of trees and stands is not only a widely used plant functional trait in ecology and biodiversity but also one of the most fundamental measurements in managing forests....
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Stand dynamics of old-growth hemlock forests in central Bhutan are shaped by natural disturbances
2024
Understanding how past disturbances have influenced the development of forests is critical for deciphering their current structure and composition and forecasting future changes. In this study, dendrochronological...
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Drivers of spatial structure in thinned forests
2024
As is widely known, an increasing number of forest areas were managed to preserve and enhance the health of forest ecosystems. However, previous research on forest management has often overlooked the...
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The changes in soil organic carbon stock and quality across a subalpine forest successional series
2024
Soil organic carbon (SOC) affects the function of terrestrial ecosystem and plays a vital role in global carbon cycle. Yet, large uncertainty still existed regarding the changes in SOC stock and quality...
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Twenty years of population dynamics in European beech-oak forest at their rear range margin anticipate changes in its structure and composition
2024
There is an increasing interest in restoring degraded forests, which occupy half of the forest areas. Among the forms of restoration, passive restoration, which involves the elimination of degrading...
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Predicting carbon storage of mixed broadleaf forests based on the finite mixture model incorporating stand factors, site quality, and aridity index
2024
The diameter distribution function (DDF) is a crucial tool for accurately predicting stand carbon storage (CS). The current key issue, however, is how to construct a high-precision DDF based on stand...
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Litter quality and decomposer complexity co-drive effect of drought on decomposition
2024
Litter decomposition is key to ecosystem carbon (C) and nutrient cycling, but this process is anticipated to weaken due to projected more extensive and prolonged drought. Yet how litter quality and...
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Polypore funga and species diversity in tropical forest ecosystems of Africa, America and Asia, and a comparison with temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere
2024
Polypores play a crucial role in energy recycling and forest regeneration in forest ecosystems. The majority of them are wood degraders; some are forest pathogens and others are ectomycorrhizal symbionts....
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Subtropical forest macro-decomposers rapidly transfer litter carbon and nitrogen into soil mineral-associated organic matter
2024
Forest soils in tropical and subtropical areas store a significant amount of carbon. Recent frameworks to assess soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics under evolving global conditions suggest that dividing...
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Competitive effect, but not competitive response, varies along a climatic gradient depending on tree species identity
2024
Understanding the role of species identity in interactions among individuals is crucial for assessing the productivity and stability of mixed forests over time. However, there is limited knowledge concerning...
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The interaction between temperature and precipitation on the potential distribution range of Betula ermanii in the alpine treeline ecotone on the Changbai Mountain
2024
Alpine treeline ecotones are highly sensitive to climate warming. The low temperature-determined alpine treeline is expected to shift upwards in response to global warming. However, little is known...
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Developing allometric equations to estimate forest biomass for tree species categories based on phylogenetic relationships
2023
The development of allometric biomass models is important process in biomass estimation because the reliability of forest biomass and carbon estimations largely depends on the accuracy and precision...
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Atmospheric nitrogen deposition affects forest plant and soil system carbon:nitrogen:phosphorus stoichiometric flexibility: A meta-analysis
2024
Nitrogen (N) deposition affects forest stoichiometric flexibility through changing soil nutrient availability to influence plant uptake. However, the effect of N deposition on the flexibility of carbon...
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