Current climate change aggravates human health hazards posed by heat stress. Forests can locally mitigate this by acting as strong thermal buffers, yet potential mediation by forest …
C Gong, Q Tan, G Liu, M Xu - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil erosion poses a major threat to the sustainability and stability of global terrestrial ecosystems. Mixed forests have more advantages in restoring degraded land and …
Quantifying spatio-temporal variation in forest microclimate is important to understand the habitat associations of some species, identify potential refugia, and manage forests in a …
Forest canopies can buffer seedlings from extreme climate conditions. Yet, how disturbed forest canopies influence microclimate is not well understood, despite the important …
Z Wang, L Jiang, J Gao, S Qing, C Pan, Y Wu… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …
The dynamics of forest structure influence forest ecosystem functions and are modified by forest management and natural disturbances. Here, we quantified the dynamics of stand …
An understanding of variation in dead fuel moisture content (FMC) is essential for accurate predictions of wildfire risk, particularly in productive wet forests where FMC is a primary …
Conventional conservation policies in Europe notably rely on the passive restoration of natural forest dynamics by setting aside forest areas to preserve forest biodiversity …
D Dobrowolska, Ż Piasecka, K Stereńczak - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Forest dynamics is driven by the formation of gaps, especially in temperate forests. A potentially useful tool for identifying canopy gaps at different spatial scales is remote …