Stand spatial structure promotes tree growth and sapling diversity in northern tropical karst seasonal rainforest [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceStand spatial structure and sapling diversity are essential for maintaining ecosystem stability. However, the dynamic characteristics of stand spatial structure, its driving factors, and its influence on sapling diversity remain unclear.
Lingyan Li +21 more
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Effects of Stand Spatial Structure on Soil Enzyme Activities in Chinese Fir Plantations in the Mid-Subtropical Zone of China [PDF]
PlantsSoil enzyme activities regulate organic matter decomposition and nutrient cycling and are widely used as indicators of microbial functioning and ecosystem processes. However, the mechanisms underlying their spatial heterogeneity, particularly the role of
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Stand Structure Extraction and Analysis of Camellia taliensis Communities in Qianjiazhai, Ailao Mountain, China, Based on Backpack Laser Scanning [PDF]
PlantsThe stand structure of ancient tea tree (Camellia taliensis) communities is critical for maintaining their structural and functional stability. Therefore, this study employed backpack laser scanning (BLS) technology to extract individual tree parameters (
Xiongfu Gao +8 more
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Stand structure influences understory plant diversity through soil factors: three afforestation types of Masson’s pine in the upper Yangtze River, China [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant SciencePurposeIn general, mixed forests have the potential to enhance understory plant diversity. However, the effects of stand spatial structure formed by different types of mixed afforestation on understory plants communities are still not clear.MethodsTo ...
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Species and structural diversity of trees at the structural type level [PDF]
BMC Ecology and EvolutionBackground Species and structural diversity are important for understanding the formation of forest communities, key ecological processes, and improving forest ecological functions and services, but their spatial characteristics have received little ...
Yuanfa Li, Liting Wei
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Spatial Dimension of Stand Mixture
Forestist, 2010 Karmaşık ekolojik süreçlere sahip olan meşcerenin boy, çap, ağaç sayısı, sıklığı, göğüs yüzeyi, şekilkatsayısı, hacmi, verim sınıfı, karışımı ve tür bileşimi gibi özellikleri çeşitli ormancılık bilim dallarındaaraştırma konusu olmuştur.
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Analysis of Zagros forest structure using neighborhood-based indices (Case study: Ghalehgol forest, Khorramabad) [PDF]
تحقیقات جنگل و صنوبر ایران, 2014 Analysis of forest structure is essential for enhanced understanding of forest ecology and management. In this study, the spatial structure of the existing species in Perk district of Ghaleh Gol site in Lorestan Province was explored.
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Spatial structural characteristics of forests dominated by Pinus tabulaeformis Carr.
PLoS ONE, 2018 The Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis Carr.) is an ecologically and economically important evergreen coniferous tree which dominates warm temperate forests throughout northern China.
Lianjin Zhang +3 more
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Journal of Forest Science, 2013 Stand structure and species diversity are two useful parameters to provide a synthetic measure of forest biodiversity. The stand structure is spatial distribution, mutual position, diameter and height differentiation of trees in a forest ecosystem and it
F. Pastorella, A. Paletto
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A precise forest spatial structure investigation using the SLAM+AR technology
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 IntroductionForest spatial structures are the foundations of the structure and function of forest ecosystems. Quantitative descriptions and analyses of forest spatial structure have recently become common tools for digitalized forest management ...
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