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Forest Disturbance Thresholds and Cumulative Hydrological Impacts

Water Resources Research
Forest disturbance threshold is defined as a critical disturbance level (e.g., % of forest cover change) in forested landscapes above which significant hydrological impacts are detected.
Yiping Hou, Xiaohua Wei
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Adding to Fire Fighter Safety by Including Real-Time Radar Data in Short-Range Forecasts of Thunderstorm-Induced Wind Shifts

Fire, 2021
Abrupt changes in wind direction and speed caused by thunderstorm-generated gust fronts can, within a few seconds, transform slow-spreading low-intensity flanking fires into high-intensity head fires.
Gary L. Achtemeier, Scott L. Goodrick
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Developments of Recent Applications for Early Diagnosis of Diseases Using Electronic-Nose and Other VOC-Detection Devices

Sensors, 2023
This Editorial provides summaries and an overview of research and review articles published in the Sensors journal, volumes 21 (2021), 22 (2022), and 23 (2023), within the biomedical Special Issue “Portable Electronic-Nose Devices for Noninvasive Early ...
Alphus Dan Wilson
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Distinguishing Abrupt and Gradual Forest Disturbances With MODIS-Based Phenological Anomaly Series

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Capturing forest disturbances over time is increasingly important to determine the ecosystem's capacity to recover as well as aiding a timely response of foresters.
Anne Gnilke, Anne Gnilke, Tanja G. M. Sanders, Tanja G. M. Sanders   +3 more
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Forest Disturbance Types and Current Analogs for Historical Disturbance-Independent Forests [PDF]

Land, 2021
Forest classifications by disturbance permit designation of multiple types of both old growth forests and shorter-lived forests, which auto-replace under severe disturbance, and also identification of loss of the disturbance type and associated forest. Historically, fire and flooding disturbance regimes, or conversely, infrequent disturbance, produced ...
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Potential for Early Noninvasive COVID-19 Detection Using Electronic-Nose Technologies and Disease-Specific VOC Metabolic Biomarkers

Sensors, 2023
The established efficacy of electronic volatile organic compound (VOC) detection technologies as diagnostic tools for noninvasive early detection of COVID-19 and related coronaviruses has been demonstrated from multiple studies using a variety of ...
Alphus Dan Wilson, Lisa Beth Forse
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LiDAR Voxel-Size Optimization for Canopy Gap Estimation

Remote Sensing, 2022
Terrestrial laser scanning of forest structure is used increasingly in place of traditional technologies; however, deriving physical parameters from point clouds remains challenging because LiDAR returns do not have defined areas or volumes.
C. Wade Ross, E. Louise Loudermilk, Nicholas Skowronski, Scott Pokswinski, J. Kevin Hiers, Joseph O’Brien   +5 more
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A model comparison of fire return interval impacts on carbon and species dynamics in a southeastern U.S. pineland

Ecosphere, 2021
Ecosystem process models can be used to predict forest response to disturbances at a range of scales. Selection of the spatial class of model should depend on the scale of the research or management question, and model type should depend on the ecosystem
Steven A. Flanagan, J. Kevin Hiers, Mac A. Callaham Jr., Scott Goodrick, Joseph J. O’Brien, Gregory Starr, Susanne Wiesner, Kier D. Klepzig, E. Louise Loudermilk   +8 more
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Winter Climate Variability, De-Icing Salt and Streetside Tree Vitality

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
De-icing salts are applied to roads and walking surfaces to mitigate winter hazards resulting from ice, snow and freezing rain. The vitality of streetside trees, especially those growing in densely built urban areas, is compromised by repeated exposure ...
Justin Miron, Andrew A. Millward, Maryamsadat Vaziriyeganeh, Janusz J. Zwiazek, James Urban   +4 more
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Pursuit of environmental justice in urban forest planning and practice

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2023
IntroductionThere is a growing demand for urban forest management that prioritizes genuine community involvement, acknowledges power imbalances within society, and embraces the principles of environmental justice.
Amber Grant, Amber Grant, Andrew A. Millward, Andrew A. Millward, Sara Edge   +4 more
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