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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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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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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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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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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The storage and utilization of carbohydrates in response to elevation mediated by tree organs in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests
2024
Global climate change can affect tree growth and carbon sink function by influencing plant carbohydrate synthesis and utilization, while elevation can be used as an ideal setting under natural conditions...
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Encroachment drives facilitation at alpine shrublines
2024
Ongoing encroachment is driving recent alpine shrubline dynamics globally, but the role of shrub-shrub interactions in shaping shrublines and their relationships with stem density changes remain poorly...
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How topography and neighbor shape the fate of trees in subtropical forest restoration: Environmental filtering and resource competition drive natural regeneration
2024
The structure of plant communities at local scales depends on both the spatial heterogeneity of abiotic environmental factors and the biotic interactions within the community. However, although environmental...
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What diameter? What height? Influence of measures of average tree size on area-based allometric volume relationships
2024
Volume is an important attribute used in many forest management decisions. Data from 83 fixed-area plots located in central New Brunswick, Canada, are used to examine how different measures of stand-level...
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Reconstructing historical forest fire risk in the non-satellite era using the improved forest fire danger index and long short-term memory deep learning-a case study in Sichuan Province, southwestern China
2024
Historical forest fire risk databases are vital for evaluating the effectiveness of past forest management approaches, enhancing forest fire warnings and emergency response capabilities, and accurately...
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Deadwood position matters: Diversity and biomass of saproxylic beetles in a temperate beech forest
2024
Deadwood plays a key role for biodiversity in forests. A significant number of beetles from this group are currently listed as endangered in the Red List. In addition to other management recommendations,...
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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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Drought events influence nutrient canopy exchanges and green leaf partitioning during senescence in a deciduous forest
2024
The increase in the frequency and intensity of drought events expected in the coming decades in Western Europe may disturb forest biogeochemical cycles and create nutrient deficiencies in trees. One...
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Early response of understory vegetation to the mass dieback of Norway spruce in the European lowland temperate forest
2024
Spruce-dominated forests are commonly exposed to disturbances associated with mass occurrences of bark beetles. The dieback of trees triggers many physical and chemical processes in the ecosystem resulting...
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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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Evaluating soil acidification risk and its effects on biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in the drylands of China
2024
Soil acidification caused by anthropogenic activities may affect soil biochemical cycling, biodiversity, productivity, and multiple ecosystem-related functions in drylands. However, to date, such information...
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Enhancing wood efficiency through comprehensive wood flow analysis: Methodology and strategic insights
2024
Wood, an essential natural resource in human civilization, remains widely used despite advances in technology and material substitution. The surge in greenhouse gas emissions and environmental concerns...
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Plant life form determines spatiotemporal variability and climate response of plant seed rain in subtropical forests
2024
Spatiotemporal variation of seed rain reflects the response of plants in terms of their reproductive strategy to environmental gradients. In this study, we collected seeds from four sites in the Dalaoling...
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Modelling analysis embodies drastic transition among global potential natural vegetations in face of changing climate
2024
Potential natural vegetation (PNV) is a valuable reference for ecosystem renovation and has garnered increasing attention worldwide. However, there is limited knowledge on the spatio-temporal distributions,...
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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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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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Understory seedlings of Quercus mongolica survive by phenological escape
2024
Understanding understory seedling regeneration mechanisms is important for the sustainable development of temperate primary forests in the context of increasingly intense climate warming events. The...
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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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Potential reduction in carbon fixation capacity under climate change in a Pinus koraiensis forest
2024
There has been an increasing recognition of the crucial role of forests, responsible for sequestering atmospheric CO2, as a moral imperative for mitigating the pace of climate change. The complexity...
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