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Reinhard Mey, Christian Temperli, Jonas Stillhard, Jens Nitzsche, Esther Thurig, Harald Bugmann, Jurgen Zell
Summary: Most forest management decisions are based on stand-level information, and quantitative forest models are important for sustainable management. However, data for large spatial scales are often lacking. This study evaluates different methods for deriving stand descriptions using data from small sample plots, and contributes to the improvement of forest models and simulation of future forest development.
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(2023)
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John D. Boone, Chris Witt, Elisabeth M. Ammon
Summary: The Pinyon Jay is a social bird species that has declined in population in the western United States. Research shows that they have distinct habitat preferences for different behaviors like seed caching, foraging, and nesting.
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Luiz Otavio Rodrigues Pinto, Cleber Rodrigo de Souza, Marcela de Castro Nunes Santos Terra, Jose Marcio de Mello, Natalino Calegario, Fausto Weimar Arcebi Junior
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FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Roberto Silvestro, Jean-Daniel Sylvain, Guillaume Drolet, Valentina Butto, Isabelle Auger, Maurizio Mencuccini, Sergio Rossi
Summary: This study explores the variability in wood phenology among balsam fir trees and highlights the connection between wood formation and carbon sequestration. However, the causes of the observed differences in wood phenology remain unresolved. The study emphasizes the importance of considering sample size when assessing wood phenology to allow reliable upscaling of carbon allocation in forests.
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Plant Sciences
James A. Westfall, Jason G. Henning, Christopher B. Edgar
Summary: The collection and analysis of urban forest inventory data has been increasing steadily in recent decades and estimates of ecosystem services provide empirical indicators of quantity and monetary value to anthropologic populations. Measurement variation may contribute larger amounts of uncertainty for urban inventories lacking adequate field crew training and quality assurance processes.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2021)
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Forestry
Jeremiah D. Groom, Vicente J. Monleon
Summary: Climate change is causing shifts in the geographic range of tree species, but detecting these shifts is challenging due to limited data and contradictory findings. This study analyzes data from the U.S. Forest Service to examine shifts in tree species ranges and densities in California, Oregon, and Washington. The results suggest that while the geographic range of tree species may not change rapidly, their densities within these ranges are already shifting in response to changing environmental conditions.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Forestry
Adrian Lazaro-Lobo, Rima D. Lucardi, Carlos Ramirez-Reyes, Gary N. Ervin
Summary: Invasive plants are widely spread in the forests of the southern United States and are expected to increase their distributional ranges. They have negative impacts on forest regeneration at local scales, with fast-growing hardwood tree species showing the least negative associations with invasive plants. Incorporating invasive plants into management strategies is crucial for ensuring the persistence of native forest communities and the ecological services they provide.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ziyu Zhao, Zhongke Feng, Jiali Liu, Yuan Wang
Summary: Forest resource inventory is essential for sustainable forest management. This study designed a multi-functional, high-precision, real-time tree-measuring instrument that integrates plot set-up, tree position measurement, DBH measurement, and tree height measurement. The results showed that the instrument has high measurement accuracy and efficiency, making it practical for forest inventory applications.
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Environmental Sciences
Jie Wang, Chunjing Yao, Hongchao Ma, Junhao Xu, Chen Qian
Summary: The rapid development of LiDAR technology has brought significant changes to forest resource surveys, providing precise height and detailed structure information of trees. By establishing relationship models, these developments can potentially expand to large-scale forest resource surveys. In this study, the LiDAR scanner riegl-vq-1560i is used to verify and update information from eight sample plots. The experiment results demonstrate the practicality of LiDAR-based surveys and their potential for wide application in forest resource monitoring.
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Plant Sciences
P. Meyer, A. P. Spinu, A. Molder, J. Bauhus
Summary: The high tree mortality during the dry and hot years of 2018-2019 in Europe has raised concerns about the future of European beech forests under climate change. This study compared the mortality rates of managed and unmanaged stands of beech trees in Hessen, Germany. The results showed that various factors, including initial stand density, tree removals, climate water balance, and competitive status of trees, influenced mortality rates.
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Environmental Sciences
Lukasz Kolendo, Marcin Kozniewski, Marek Ksepko, Szymon Chmur, Bozydar Neroj
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Forestry
Chungan Li, Xin Lin, Huabing Dai, Zhen Li, Mei Zhou
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Environmental Sciences
Julia Tatum, David Wallin
Summary: This study is the first to model tree species from LiDAR in natural Pacific Northwest forests and to classify these species at the landscape scale. The results suggest that LiDAR alone can provide useful information on tree species in limited applications, even in structurally challenging conditions. With slight changes to the modeling approach, higher accuracies may be possible.
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Remote Sensing
Om P. P. Kalwar, Yousif A. Hussin, Michael J. C. Weir, C. A. J. M. de Bie, Yogendra Karna
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING
(2021)
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Stuart I. Graham, Ariel Rokem, Claire Fortunel, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers
Summary: Regularized regression is a more efficient neighborhood modeling method that can provide accurate insights on tree growth despite its ecological unrealistic nature. Both regularized regression and classical methods are capable of interpolating out-of-sample tree growth, with varying accuracy depending on the focal species.
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Forestry
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(2015)
Review
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ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE
(2016)
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Forestry
Michal Bosela, Patrizia Gasparini, Lucio Di Cosmo, Barbara Parisse, Flora De Natale, Stanislao Esposito, Lubomir Scheer
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Forestry
Lucio Di Cosmo, Patrizia Gasparini, Giovanni Tabacchi
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2016)
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Forestry
Mirco Rodeghiero, Lars Vesterdal, Barbara Marcolla, Loris Vescovo, Wim Aertsen, Cristina Martinez, Lucio Di Cosmo, Patrizia Gasparini, Damiano Gianelie
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2018)
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Forestry
Giovanni Tabacchi, Lucio Di Cosmo, Patrizia Gasparini
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2011)
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Forestry
L. Di Cosmo, P. Gasparini, A. Paletto, M. Nocetti
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2013)
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Chemistry, Analytical
Patrizia Gasparini, Remo Bertani, Flora De Natale, Lucio Di Cosmo, Enrico Pompei
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
(2009)
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Forestry
Lucio Di Cosmo, Diego Giuliani, Maria M. Dickson, Patrizia Gasparini
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Forestry
Lucio Di Cosmo, Patrizia Gasparini
SEEFOR-SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN FORESTRY
(2020)
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Forestry
Patrizia Gasparini, Lucio Di Cosmo, Maria Rizzo, Diego Giuliani
JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2017)