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The importance of large-diameter trees to the creation of snag and deadwood biomass
Ecological Processes, 2021 Background Baseline levels of tree mortality can, over time, contribute to high snag densities and high levels of deadwood (down woody debris) if fire is infrequent and decomposition is slow. Deadwood can be important for tree recruitment, and it plays a
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Ecological importance of large-diameter trees in a temperate mixed-conifer forest. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Large-diameter trees dominate the structure, dynamics and function of many temperate and tropical forests. Although both scaling theory and competition theory make predictions about the relative composition and spatial patterns of large-diameter trees ...
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Headwaters suffer from reduced leaf and wood inputs and retention capacity from historical land actions like watershed logging and agriculture. When in-stream wood is reduced, stream retention capacity declines and subsequent changes in streamwater flow ...
Sally A. Entrekin +6 more
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Effects of Post-Fire Management on a Mediterranean Small Mammal Community
Fire, 2023 Wildfires simplify ecosystems, modifying the ecological niches of the fauna living in the recently burned areas. Small mammals respond rapidly to changes in habitat structure and composition after fire, but the effects of fire can be ameliorated by some ...
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Taxonomic and functional diversity of land snails reflects habitat complexity in riparian forests
Scientific Reports, 2023 Habitat complexity affects the structure and dynamics of ecological communities, more often with increased complexity leading to greater species diversity and abundance.
Voichița Gheoca +2 more
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The Evaluation of Color Spaces for Large Woody Debris Detection in Rivers Using XGBoost Algorithm
Remote Sensing, 2022 Large woody debris (LWD) strongly influences river systems, especially in forested and mountainous catchments. In Taiwan, LWD are mainly from typhoons and extreme torrential events.
Min-Chih Liang +2 more
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Frontiers in Forests and Global ChangeDowned woody debris is important for biodiversity, forest regeneration, and carbon, nutrient, and water cycling, and past studies have examined how the coarse fraction is affected by climate or harvesting.
Winnifred Jean Roach +2 more
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Effects of a large woody debris accumulation on channel-bed morphology during flood events
E3S Web of Conferences, 2018 A novel experimental setup for the laboratory was designed in order to investigate large woody debris accumulations and their influence on hydraulic flow conditions and channel morphology at a river cross-section.
Spreitzer Gabriel +2 more
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THE EFFECT OF ANCHORED LARGE WOODY DEBRIS ON BEACH MORPHOLOGY: A PHYSICAL MODEL STUDY
Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 2023 As the demand for nature-based coastal protection methods increases globally, there remains a stringent need to develop evidence-based design guidance for many of these methods and techniques. Anchored Large Woody Debris (LWD) has been used as an economical method of coastal protection for several decades and has, more recently, gained notoriety as a ...
Wilson, Jessica +4 more
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Aerial-Drone-Based Tool for Assessing Flood Risk Areas Due to Woody Debris Along River Basins
DronesRiver morphology is highly dynamic, requiring accurate datasets and models for effective management, especially in flood-prone regions. Climate change and urbanisation have intensified flooding events, increasing risks to populations and infrastructure ...
Innes Barbero-García +4 more
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