Vegetation patterning in water-limited and other resource-limited ecosystems highlights
spatial self-organization processes as potentially key drivers of community assembly. These …

Abstract Knowledge on forest structure is vital for sustainable forest management decisions.
Currently, Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) has been well established as an effective tool to …

Understory plants are one of the important components of forest biological diversity and play
important roles in forest function. Although convincing evidence exists that mixed-species …

Urban parks are an important part of urban ecosystems and play an important role in
biodiversity conservation. However, it is still unclear how park characteristics affect plant …

Aim To analyse the biogeographic patterns of Temperate Deciduous Forests (TDFs) in
Western Eurasia based on different life‐forms and forests layers and explore their …

Understory vegetation is an important component in most forest ecosystems. It is very
important for soil and water conservation in karst region, study on understory will provide …

The biodiversity, including the diversity of autotrophic organisms of mostly plant species,
assembled in vegetation patches and its impact on the course of ecosystem processes is still …

Chinese pine (Pinus tabuliformis) is one of the main tree species for water and soil
conservation on the Loess Plateau. However, most of these plantations face a series of …

Forest ecosystem carbon (C) storage primarily includes vegetation layers C storage, litter C
storage, and soil C storage. The precise assessment of forest ecosystem C storage is a …

Accurate description of forest fuels is necessary for developing appropriate fire management
strategies aimed at reducing fire risk. Although field surveys provide accurate measurements …