Gap dynamics of forest trees: a review with particular attention to boreal forests

J McCarthy - Environmental reviews, 2001 - cdnsciencepub.com
Small-scale gap disturbance in forests is reviewed. Caused by the death of individual or
multiple trees with subsequent fall from the canopy, gaps have been extensively studied in …

Predicting and managing light in the understory of boreal forests

VJ Lieffers, C Messier, KJ Stadt… - Canadian journal of …, 1999 - cdnsciencepub.com
This paper reviews current information relating to the dynamics of light in northern and
boreal forests and discusses factors affecting overstory light transmission, seasonality of …

Forest structure drives changes in light heterogeneity during tropical secondary forest succession

T Matsuo, M Martínez‐Ramos, F Bongers… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Light is a key resource for tree performance and hence, tree species partition spatial and
temporal gradients in light availability. Although light distribution drives tree performance …

[图书][B] Forest ecology and conservation: a handbook of techniques

A Newton - 2007 - books.google.com
Forest conservation has become one of the most important environmental issues currently
facing humanity, as a result of widespread deforestation and forest degradation. Pressures …

Spatial heterogeneity of light and woody seedling regeneration in tropical wet forests

AB Nicotra, RL Chazdon, SVB Iriarte - Ecology, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Variation in forest canopy structure influences both understory light availability and its spatial
distribution. Because light is a major environmental factor limiting growth and survival of …

Photosynthetic responses of tropical forest plants to contrasting light environments

RL Chazdon, RW Pearcy, DW Lee… - Tropical forest plant …, 1996 - Springer
Across the complex matrix of microsites that compose tropical forests, light availability varies
more dramatically than any other single plant resource. On a sunny day, instantaneous …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of prediction accuracy of the proportion of vegetation cover on land surface emissivity and temperature using the NDVI threshold method

E Neinavaz, AK Skidmore, R Darvishzadeh - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Predicting land surface energy budgets requires precise information of land surface
emissivity (LSE) and land surface temperature (LST). LST is one of the essential climate …

Habitat associations of trees and seedlings in a Bornean rain forest

CO Webb, DR Peart - Journal of Ecology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 In species‐rich mixed dipterocarp rain forest in Indonesian Borneo, we
evaluated evidence for tree species associations with physical habitat variables …

Drought stress and carbon uptake in an Amazon forest measured with spaceborne imaging spectroscopy

GP Asner, D Nepstad, G Cardinot… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Amazônia contains vast stores of carbon in high-diversity ecosystems, yet this region
undergoes major changes in precipitation affecting land use, carbon dynamics, and climate …

[图书][B] Beech forests

R Peters - 2013 - books.google.com
This volume compares the beech forests of eastern Asia, North America and Europe. Beech
forests are important in each of these three regions. No other book covers beech on this …