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Dendroecological Potential of Appalachian Riverscour Woodland Trees

Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 2023
Appalachian riverscour woodlands are intermittently flooded areas along high-energy rivers characterized by exposed bedrock and poorly developed sandy soils, high plant diversity, and scattered and stunted trees.  These sites can be negatively impacted by dam construction and alterations to river hydrology, trampling associated with riverside ...
Haidyn DePinho, Thomas Saladyga
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Growth rings show limited evidence for ungulates’ potential to suppress shrubs across the Arctic

Environmental Research Letters, 2022
Global warming has pronounced effects on tundra vegetation, and rising mean temperatures increase plant growth potential across the Arctic biome. Herbivores may counteract the warming impacts by reducing plant growth, but the strength of this effect may ...
Katariina E M Vuorinen, Gunnar Austrheim, Jean-Pierre Tremblay, Isla H Myers-Smith, Hans I Hortman, Peter Frank, Isabel C Barrio, Fredrik Dalerum, Mats P Björkman, Robert G Björk, Dorothee Ehrich, Aleksandr Sokolov, Natalya Sokolova, Pascale Ropars, Stéphane Boudreau, Signe Normand, Angela L Prendin, Niels Martin Schmidt, Arturo Pacheco-Solana, Eric Post, Christian John, Jeff Kerby, Patrick F Sullivan, Mathilde Le Moullec, Brage B Hansen, Rene van der Wal, Åshild Ø Pedersen, Lisa Sandal, Laura Gough, Amanda Young, Bingxi Li, Rúna Í Magnússon, Ute Sass-Klaassen, Agata Buchwal, Jeffrey Welker, Paul Grogan, Rhett Andruko, Clara Morrissette-Boileau, Alexander Volkovitskiy, Alexandra Terekhina, James D M Speed   +40 more
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Bridging implementation gaps to connect large ecological datasets and complex models

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Merging robust statistical methods with complex simulation models is a frontier for improving ecological inference and forecasting. However, bringing these tools together is not always straightforward.
Ann M. Raiho, E. Fleur Nicklen, Adrianna C. Foster, Carl A. Roland, Mevin B. Hooten   +4 more
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From Dawn to Dusk: High-Resolution Tree Shading Model Based on Terrestrial LiDAR Data

Remote Sensing
Light availability and distribution play an important role in every ecosystem as these affect a variety of ecosystem processes and functions. To estimate light availability and distribution, light simulations can be used.
Zoe Schindler, Elena Larysch, Julian Frey, Jonathan P. Sheppard, Nora Obladen, Katja Kröner, Thomas Seifert, Christopher Morhart   +7 more
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Forest succession after a major anthropogenic disturbance: a case study of the Jewish Forest in the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic

Journal of Forest Science, 2014
The knowledge of forest development after disturbances, particularly anthropogenic disturbances, is of major importance for forest management. Many areas of mountain forests in Europe have been affected by human activities such as felling and livestock ...
J. Bednařík, V. Čada, K. Matějka
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Crown–branching trade-offs mediate growth and resilience to drought, frost, and masting under moderate thinning in European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)

Annals of Forest Science
Key message Thinning boosts radial growth in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), but more is not always better: moderate thinning offers the best vitality balance by keeping resilience comparable to heavily thinned trees, while reducing the sensitivity ...
Elena Larysch, Zoe Schindler, Mareike Hirsch, Katja Kröner, Joshua Braun-Wimmer, Julian Frey, Philipp Reiter, Michael Bücking, Thomas Seifert   +8 more
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Influence of crown morphology and branch architecture on tree radial growth of drought-affected Fagus sylvatica L.

Forest Ecosystems
Trees are able to adapt to changing environmental conditions through modifications in their crown morphology and branch architecture. In light-limited environments, tree structures are mainly optimised to increase light interception. This might have side
Katja Kröner, Elena Larysch, Zoe Schindler, Nora Obladen, Julian Frey, Dominik Florian Stangler, Thomas Seifert   +6 more
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Linking radial growth patterns and moderate‐severity disturbance dynamics in boreal old‐growth forests driven by recurrent insect outbreaks: A tale of opportunities, successes, and failures

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
In boreal landscapes, emphasis is currently placed on close‐to‐nature management strategies, which aim to maintain the biodiversity and ecosystem services related to old‐growth forests.
Maxence Martin, Cornélia Krause, Hubert Morin   +2 more
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Climate change and fire alter biotic interactions and tree growth in high‐elevation forests

Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2026.
Abstract Climate change and shifting fire regimes have the potential to alter forest structure and tree growth dynamics in high‐elevation forests; however, the relative role of competitive and facilitative interactions in shaping postfire responses remains unclear.
Josh Beisel, C. Alina Cansler, Sean A. Parks, David L. R. Affleck, Ashley P. Ballantyne, Andrew J. Larson   +5 more
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The 3D reconstruction of wood and leaves from terrestrial laser scanning – a case study on PAR measurements below a solitary Malus domestica tree

Silva Fennica
In this paper, we present a new methodology that directly extracts the geometry of woody features (wood and bark) and foliage from 3D data originating from terrestrial laser scans.
Julian Frey, Zoe Schindler, Patrick McClatchy, Christopher Morhart, Elena Larysch, Thomas Seifert   +5 more
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