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Quantifying understory vegetation density using multi-temporal Sentinel-2 and GEDI LiDAR data

GIScience and Remote Sensing, 2022
Understory vegetation contributes considerably to biodiversity and total aboveground biomass of forest ecosystems. Whereas field inventories and LiDAR data are generally used to estimate understory vegetation density, methods for large-scale and ...
Wenmin Zhang, Martin Stefan Brandt, Qingjiu Tian   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Forest understory vegetation study: current status and future trends

Forestry Research, 2023
Understory vegetation accounts for a large proportion of floral diversity. It provides various ecosystem functions and services, such as productivity, nutrient cycling, organic matter decomposition and ecosystem self-regeneration.
Jiaojiao Deng, Shuai Fang, Xiangmin Fang, Yanqiang Jin, Yuanwen Kuang, Fangmei Lin, Jiaqing Liu, Jingran Ma, Yanxia Nie, Shengnan Ouyang, Jing Ren, Liehua Tie, Songbo Tang, Xiangping Tan, Xugao Wang, Zhaofei Fan, Qing-Wei Wang, Hang Wang, Chenggang Liu   +18 more
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Understory vegetation in planted pine forests governs bird community composition and diversity in the eastern Mediterranean region

Forest Ecosystems, 2019
Background Managed forests can become a seminatural habitat by allowing natural vegetation to establish under the tree canopy. The aim of this study was to examine how this natural understory vegetation in pine plantations affects bird community ...
Ido Izhaki, Izhaki Ido
exaly   +3 more sources

Relationship between topography and the distribution of understory vegetation in a Pinus massoniana forest in Southern China

International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2015
The poor growth of understory vegetation and the severe losses of soil and water in Pinus massoniana forests have recently become serious concerns in an area in southern China with eroded red soil.
Guanghui Zhang
exaly   +3 more sources

Drivers of understory vegetation structure in a fire-suppressed ecosystem

Environmental Research: Ecology
Many fire-adapted ecosystems embedded in human-dominated landscapes have experienced long-term fire suppression and related shifts in vegetation structure and diversity.
Joanna Lumbsden-Pinto, Tim Green, Kathy Schwager, Martin Dovciak   +3 more
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Changes in the understory diversity of secondary Pinus tabulaeformis forests are the result of stand density and soil properties

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Although the responses of forests to the regulation of stand density are better understood, a further elucidation is required as to how it impacts understory vegetation and soil properties.
Yunxiang Zhang, Tairui Liu, Jingping Guo, Zhijie Tan, Wei Dong, HuiHui Wang   +5 more
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Recognition of Area without Understory Vegetation Based on the RGB-UAV Ultra-High Resolution Images in Red Soil Erosion Area

Remote Sensing, 2023
Understory vegetation plays an important ecological role in maintaining the diversity of the ecosystem, the stability of ecosystem services, and the accumulation of nutrient elements, as an important part of a forest ecosystem.
Chunming Han, Jia Liu, Yixing Ding, Peng Chai, Xiaolin Bian   +4 more
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Quantifying Understory Vegetation Cover of Pinus massoniana Forest in Hilly Region of South China by Combined Near-Ground Active and Passive Remote Sensing

Drones, 2022
Understory vegetation cover is an important indicator of forest health, and it can also be used as a proxy in the exploration of soil erosion dynamics. Therefore, quantifying the understory vegetation cover in hilly areas in southern China is crucial for
Ruifan Wang, Tiantian Bao, Shangfeng Tian, Linghan Song, Shuangwen Zhong, Jian Liu, Kunyong Yu, Fan Wang   +7 more
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Short-term effects of thinning on the development and communities of understory vegetation of Chinese fir plantations in Southeastern China [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Background High-density conditions are global issues that threaten the sustainable management of plantations throughout the world. Monocultures and untimely management practices have identically resulted in the simplex of community structures, decreases ...
Xuelei Xu, Xinjie Wang, Yang Hu, Ping Wang, Sajjad Saeed, Yujun Sun   +5 more
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Do environmental variables and overstory communities affect the spatial pattern of understory vegetation? Lessons from Monotheca buxifolia (Falc.) A. DC. forests in Pakistan

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2022
The importance of understory vegetation cannot be denied as an integral component of forest ecosystems, but there is a dearth of studies to explore the effects of environmental variables and canopy species on its diversity and composition.
Fayaz Ali, Nasrullah Khan
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