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Large-scale characterization of forest structure and complexity from remote sensing optical images

open access: yes
Xu X   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Partitioning overstory and understory evapotranspiration in a semiarid savanna woodland from the isotopic composition of water vapor [PDF]

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2003
The relative contributions of overstory and understory plant transpiration and soil evaporation to total evapotranspiration (ET) in a semiarid savanna woodland were determined from stable isotope measurements of atmospheric water vapor. The savanna overstory was dominated by the deeply rooted, woody legume Prosopis velutina (“mesquite”), and the ...
Enrico A Yépez   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

FIRE, LOGGING, AND OVERSTORY AFFECT UNDERSTORY ABUNDANCE, DIVERSITY, AND COMPOSITION IN BOREAL FOREST

Ecological Monographs, 2008
Understory vegetation plays a critical role in boreal ecosystems. Despite this, quantitative evaluation of the factors controlling understory vegetation abundance, diversity, and composition in the most diverse boreal forest region in North America is lacking. This study examined the dynamics of understory vegetation of stands of fire origin and tested
Han Y H Chen
exaly   +2 more sources

Disentangling Effects of Time Since Fire, Overstory Composition and Organic Layer Thickness on Nutrient Availability in Canadian Boreal Forest

open access: yesEcosystems, 2018
Wildfire is the primary abiotic disturbance in the boreal forest, and its long-term absence can lead to large changes in ecosystem properties, including the availability and cycling of nutrients. These effects are, however, often confounded with the effects of successional changes in vegetation toward nutrient-conservative species.
Cavard, Xavier   +4 more
core   +5 more sources

Geomorphic influences on ground-flora and overstory composition in upland forests of northwestern lower Michigan

Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 1992
Ground-flora and overstory composition and abundance patterns in 76 upland forest stands were related to the glacial geomorphology of a five-county area in northwestern lower Michigan. Nine classes of landforms were identified based on parent material and surface configuration.
George E Höst, Kurt S Pregitzer
exaly   +2 more sources

Forest overstory composition and seedling height influence defoliation of understory regeneration by spruce budworm

Forest Ecology and Management, 2018
Abstract Higher hardwood content in stands results in lower defoliation of overstory balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) caused by spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.). To determine whether higher overstory hardwood content also reduced defoliation and mortality of balsam fir regeneration of varying height classes during a spruce ...
Zhuoyi Nie   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Influence of overstory composition on understory colonization by native species in plantations on a degraded tropical site

Journal of Vegetation Science, 1995
Abstract. Patterns of understory colonization by native and naturalized trees and shrubs were evaluated in 4.5‐year‐old plantations of three exotic tree species, Casuarina equisetifolia, Eucalyptus robusta, and Leucaena leucocephala, on a degraded coastal grassland site with reference to overstory composition and understory environmental conditions ...
John A Parrotta
exaly   +2 more sources

Overstory species composition of naturally regenerated clearcuts in an ecological classification framework

Plant Ecology, 2009
Multifactor ecological classification systems are being developed for many regions. An element of these systems not yet well understood is how disturbances, clearcutting in this instance, may alter the vegetative component of the classification units at the stand and landscape levels.
Robert C Morrissey   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

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