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Short-term effects of understory removal on understory diversity and biomass of temperate forests in northeast China

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
IntroductionUnderstory removal is a traditional practice in forest management to reduce fire risk and promote seedling regeneration. However, its effect on understory diversity, biomass and soil nutrients in temperate forest ecosystems is less known ...
Yanyan Zhang, Yanyan Zhang, Quan Yuan, Quan Yuan, Quan Yuan, Jiaojiao Deng, Jiaojiao Deng, Li Zhou, Li Zhou, Dapao Yu, Dapao Yu, Wangming Zhou, Wangming Zhou, Qing-Wei Wang, Qing-Wei Wang   +14 more
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Hyperspectral species maps and LiDAR‐based structured population models show future forest fire frequency may compromise forest resilience

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Monitoring forest recovery from disturbances at scale requires tracking tree dynamics, yet traditional ground‐based approaches are resource‐intensive. We present a pipeline to parameterize integral projection models (IPMs) using LiDAR data and hyperspectral‐based species maps to assess post‐fire recovery across large, forested areas at the Caribou ...
Jessica McLean, Tommaso Jucker, Alice Rosen, Sean M. McMahon, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +4 more
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Large‐scale characterization of horizontal forest structure from remote sensing optical images

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Sub‐meter resolution remote sensing data and tree crown segmentation techniques hold promise in offering detailed information that can support the characterization of forest structure from a horizontal perspective, offering new insights in the tree crown structure at scale.
Xin Xu, Martin Brandt, Xiaowei Tong, Maurice Mugabowindekwe, Yuemin Yue, Sizhuo Li, Qiue Xu, Siyu Liu, Florian Reiner, Kelin Wang, Zhengchao Chen, Yongqing Bai, Rasmus Fensholt   +12 more
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Scale dependence in remotely sensed biodiversity: Leveraging continental‐scale imaging spectroscopy from the National Ecological Observatory Network

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Imaging spectroscopy enables large‐scale biodiversity assessment, yet spectral diversity metrics are scale dependent. Across 15 NEON ecosystems, we find that spectral richness increases sub‐linearly from 3600 m2 to 4 km2, whereas spectral divergence shows weak or inconsistent scaling with area, underscoring the importance of scale‐aware interpretation ...
Meghan T. Hayden, Matthew W. Rossi, Laura E. Dee, Kyle Kovach, Cibele H. Amaral, Jacob Nesslage, Madeline Slimp, Rachel S. Meyer, E. Natasha Stavros   +8 more
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Metagenomic Insights into How Understory Vegetation Enhances Soil Nitrogen Availability via Microbial Nitrogen Transformation in Poplar Plantations

Agronomy
Long-term monoculture of poplar plantations for industrial material production has been widely reported to cause severe soil degradation, while the presence of understory vegetation might enhance soil nitrogen (N) transformation and supply.
Wenyu Jia, Tong Li, Peilei Ye, Yuxin Chen, Ruoning Zhu, Ruixin Yan, Haoran Yue, Ye Tian   +7 more
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Classification of tree species and standing dead trees in Boreal forests using UAV‐based RGB, multispectral, and LiDAR point clouds

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
We evaluated single‐ and multi‐sensor UAV approaches for classifying tree species and standing dead trees in boreal forests, focusing on key biodiversity indicators such as European aspen. Using spectral and structural features extracted from RGB, multispectral (MSP), and LiDAR point clouds for 1,205 field‐measured trees, we compared classification ...
Anton Kuzmin, Lauri Korhonen, Topi Tanhuanpää, Mikko Kukkonen, Matti Maltamo, Timo Kumpula   +5 more
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Monitoring of Crustose Coralline Algae Using Low‐Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Intertidal Reefs

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
High‐resolution visible‐light imagery from low‐altitude unmanned aerial vehicles, combined with superpixel segmentation and a Random Forest classifier, provides an efficient and scalable framework for mapping and monitoring crustose coralline algae and reef habitats.
Po‐Chien Lin, Han‐Yang Yeh, Zhi‐Cheng Huang   +2 more
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Using Airborne Laser Scanning and Sentinel‐2 to Understand Subcanopy Light Regimes and Understory Diversity of Vascular Plants in Temperate Mountain Forests

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates that not just Airborne Laser Scanning, but also Sentinel‐2 can effectively estimate absolute canopy cover and canopy cover heterogeneity ‐ structural metrics that determine the subcanopy light regime, found to be linked to the vascular plant species richness in the understory of temperate mountain forests.
Felix Wieland‐Glasmann, Cornelius Senf, Kristin H. Braziunas, Rupert Seidl, Peter Annighöfer   +4 more
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Understory Vegetation Structure in Remnant Natural Forests and Acacia Plantations on Coastal Sand Dunes in North Central Vietnam

South-East European Forestry
In the coastal sand dune forests of North Central Vietnam, vegetation has been seriously damaged by war and overexploitation. To recover ecosystem functions, including sand stabilisation under harsh environments, exotic species like Acacia spp. have been
Tuan Quoc Doan, Tetsuya K. Matsumoto, Tai Tien Dinh, Hung Thai Le, Tuan Ngoc Anh Ho, Naoko H. Miki, Hoang Thai Dac Ho, Muneto Hirobe   +7 more
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A Comparison of Mobile Laser Scanning Data Acquisition Methods in Closed Forest, Open Woodland and Sub‐Alpine Woodland Ecosystems

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates that the mobile laser scanning (MLS) sampling density required to reliably characterise vegetation structure increases with a site's structural complexity. Applying a five‐level acquisition framework across open woodland, closed forest and sub‐alpine woodland ecosystems, we found that longer scanning paths increased the ...
Johann Tiede, Karin Reinke, Trung H. Nguyen, Simon Jones   +3 more
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