Plant‐Wearable Sensors for Intelligent Forestry Monitoring

Y Li, H Xu, C Han, Y Bai, Y Wang, H Yu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible plant‐wearable sensors show great potential for precise and intelligent monitoring
of real‐time physical and chemical signals in forestry seedlings to optimize their growth …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid beech decline under recurrent drought stress: Individual neighborhood structure and soil properties matter

G Schmied, H Pretzsch, D Ambs, E Uhl… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
During the summer of 2022, an acute drought once more afflicted central and southern
Europe. This marked the third episode (after 2015 and 2018) of severe aridity in large parts …

Varying growth response of Central European tree species to the extraordinary drought period of 2018–2020

D Thom, A Buras, M Heym, HJ Klemmt… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Droughts have intensified in Central Europe and will likely become a major driver of forest
ecosystem change in the future. Regional studies are needed to understand drought …

Slope and equilibrium: A parsimonious and flexible approach to model microclimate

E Gril, F Spicher, C Greiser, MB Ashcroft… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Most statistical models of microclimate focus on the difference or 'offset'between
standardized air temperatures (macroclimate) and those of a specific habitat such as forest …

Using airborne LiDAR to map forest microclimate temperature buffering or amplification

E Gril, M Laslier, E Gallet-Moron, S Durrieu… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mapping the microclimate effect of forest canopies on understory temperature requires
spatially explicit predictors at very fine spatial resolutions. Light Detection And Ranging …

Mapping spatial microclimate patterns in mountain forests from LiDAR

M Vandewiele, L Geres, A Lotz, L Mandl… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Forests create unique microclimates that have the potential to serve as microrefugia for
species under climate change. Yet, our understanding of the heterogenous thermal patterns …

[HTML][HTML] From broadleaves to conifers: The effect of tree composition and density on understory microclimate across latitudes

J Díaz-Calafat, J Uria-Diez, J Brunet… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Forest canopies buffer the macroclimate and thus play an important role in mitigating climate-
warming impacts on forest ecosystems. Despite the importance of the tree layer for …

Microclimate variation and recovery time in managed and old-growth temperate forests

F Máliš, K Ujházy, L Hederová, M Ujházyová… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microclimate is a key driver of forest dynamics and shapes the response of forest organisms
to global warming. The spatial and temporal variability of microclimate is strongly affected by …

What are we missing? Occlusion in laser scanning point clouds and its impact on the detection of single-tree morphologies and stand structural variables

T Mathes, D Seidel, KH Häberle, H Pretzsch… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Laser scanning has revolutionized the ability to quantify single-tree morphologies and stand
structural variables. In this study, we address the issue of occlusion when scanning a spruce …

[HTML][HTML] A matter of size and shape: Microclimatic changes induced by experimental gap openings in a sessile oak–hornbeam forest

CV Horváth, B Kovács, F Tinya, JS Locatelli… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Forest management integrating nature conservation aspects into timber production focuses
increasingly on small-scale interventions. However, the ecological consequences of gap …