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Amazonian secondary forests are greatly reducing fragmentation and edge exposure in old-growth forests

Environmental Research Letters, 2023
Restoration of tropical landscapes through the expansion of secondary forests is crucial for climate change mitigation and offers co-benefits for biodiversity.
Charlotte C Smith, Jos Barlow, John R Healey, Leonardo de Sousa Miranda, Paul J Young, Naomi B Schwartz   +5 more
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An indicator species highlights continuous deadwood supply is a key ecological attribute of boreal old‐growth forests

Ecosphere, 2021
Old‐growth forests are optimal habitats for many woodpeckers, which are often themselves excellent indicators of deadwood‐associated biodiversity. Old‐growth forests are, however, heterogeneous ecosystems in terms of structure, composition, and deadwood ...
Maxence Martin, Junior A. Tremblay, Jacques Ibarzabal, Hubert Morin   +3 more
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Tree-related microhabitats and deadwood dynamics form a diverse and constantly changing mosaic of habitats in boreal old-growth forests

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Tree-related microhabitats (TreM) and deadwood are two forest attributes providing essential resources for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services.
Maxence Martin, Nicole J. Fenton, Hubert Morin   +2 more
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An index for tracking old-growth value in disturbance-prone forest landscapes

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Forests in their later stages of development attain attributes that support biodiversity and provide a variety of ecological benefits (e.g. clean water and carbon storage).
Luizmar de Assis Barros, Ché Elkin
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Effects of forest management on native bee biodiversity under the tallest trees in the world

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
It is not clear if mature secondary growth coniferous forests can support similar pollinator communities as old growth coniferous forests, or how active management (e.g., retention forestry) in mature secondary growth forests may affect pollinator ...
Nya Ealy, Jaime Pawelek, Jenny Hazlehurst   +2 more
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Conservation of Genetic Diversity of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in a Central European National Park Based on cpDNA Studies

Diversity, 2022
In the old pine stands of national parks, it is possible to observe genetic processes in a state free from disturbance by humans. Studies of this type make it possible to evaluate the effectiveness of the conservation of genetic variation and its ...
Paweł Przybylski, Anna Tereba, Joanna Meger, Iwona Szyp-Borowska, Łukasz Tyburski   +4 more
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Not the same old(‐growth) forests [PDF]

New Phytologist, 2019
This article is a Commentary on Both et al., 221: 1853–1865.
Marcos Longo, Michael Keller
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Identifying Old-Growth Forests in Complex Landscapes: A New LiDAR-Based Estimation Framework and Conservation Implications

Remote Sensing, 2023
Old-growth forests provide many ecosystem services and benefits. However, they are becoming increasingly rare and thus are an urgent priority for conservation. Accurately mapping old-growth forests is a critical step in this process. Here, we used LiDAR,
Raphaël Trouvé, Ruizhu Jiang, Patrick J. Baker, Sabine Kasel, Craig R. Nitschke   +4 more
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Old-growth forests in the Pollino National Park (southern Italy): current status and future perspectives

Forest@, 2023
Old-growth forests have a primary environmental and ecological value, as they closely recall primeval forests and the natural forest landscape that was spread throughout Italy and Europe before man intervention heavily altered the functioning of most ...
Castellaneta M, Schettino A, Travascia D, Lapolla A, Colangelo M, Marchianò V, Bernardo L, Gargano D, Passalacqua N, Rivelli Anna R, Misano G, Regina L, Maradei V, Digilio S, Viggiano P, Ripullone F   +15 more
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Defining Old Growth for Fire-adapted Forests of the Western United States

Ecology and Society, 2007
There are varying definitions of old-growth forests because of differences in environment and differing fire influence across the Intermountain West. Two general types of forests reflect the role of fire: 1) forests shaped by natural changes in structure
Merrill R. Kaufmann, Daniel Binkley, Peter Z. Fulé, Marlin Johnson, Scott L. Stephens, Thomas W. Swetnam   +5 more
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