Development of forest structure and leaf area in secondary forests regenerating on abandoned pastures in Central Amazonia [PDF]
, 2005 The area of secondary forest (SF) regenerating from pastures is increasing in the Amazon basin; however, the return of forest and canopy structure following abandonment is not well understood. This study examined the development of leaf area index (LAI),
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Weak Environmental Controls of Tropical Forest Canopy Height in the Guiana Shield
Remote Sensing, 2016 Canopy height is a key variable in tropical forest functioning and for regional carbon inventories. We investigate the spatial structure of the canopy height of a tropical forest, its relationship with environmental physical covariates, and the ...
Youven Goulamoussène +5 more
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Nitrogen cycling, forest canopy reflectance, and emergent properties of ecosystems [PDF]
, 2013 In Ollinger et al. (1), we reported that mass-based concentrations of nitrogen in forest canopies (%N) are positively associated with whole-canopy photosynthetic capacity and canopy shortwave albedo in temperate and boreal forests, the latter result ...
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Vertical distribution of sources and sinks of volatile organic compounds within a boreal forest canopy [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2023 The ecosystem–atmosphere flux of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) has important impacts on tropospheric oxidative capacity and the formation of secondary organic aerosols, influencing air quality and climate.
R. Petersen +5 more
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International Journal of Digital Earth, 2023 Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) provides effective photon-counting light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data for estimating forest height across extensive geographical areas.
Jialu Zhou +6 more
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Modeling canopy-induced turbulence in the Earth system: a unified parameterization of turbulent exchange within plant canopies and the roughness sublayer (CLM-ml v0) [PDF]
, 2017 Land surface models used in climate models neglect the roughness sublayer and parameterize within-canopy turbulence in an ad hoc manner. We implemented a roughness sublayer turbulence parameterization in a multilayer canopy model (CLM-ml v0) to test if ...
Bonan, Gordon B. +6 more
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Forests and Their Canopies: Achievements and Horizons in Canopy Science [PDF]
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2017 Forest canopies are dynamic interfaces between organisms and atmosphere, providing buffered microclimates and complex microhabitats. Canopies form vertically stratified ecosystems interconnected with other strata. Some forest biodiversity patterns and food webs have been documented and measurements of ecophysiology and biogeochemical cycling have ...
Nakamura, Akihiro +16 more
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Can increased training and awareness take forest research to new heights?
Trees, Forests and People, 2020 Forest canopies contribute significantly to global forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, yet are declining and understudied. One reason for a knowledge gap is that accessing forest canopies can be difficult and dangerous.
David L. Anderson +5 more
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Health assessment of plantations based on LiDAR canopy spatial structure parameters
International Journal of Digital Earth, 2022 The Yellow River Delta (YRD) has China's largest artificial Robinia pseudoacacia forest, which was planted in the late 1970s and suffered extensive dieback in the 1990s.
Pengyu Meng +7 more
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The influence of forest regrowth, original canopy cover and tree size on saproxylic beetles associated with old oaks [PDF]
, 2000 Abandoned management has caused many sites with free-standing, large oaks (Quercus robur) to become more shaded. This study shows how forest regrowth affects beetle species associated with old oaks in south-eastern Sweden. Beetles were trapped by pitfall
Jansson, Nicklas, Ranius, Thomas
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