Application of remote sensing technologies to identify impacts of nutritional deficiencies on forests

MS Watt, GD Pearse, JP Dash, N Melia… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The application of fertiliser is an important silvicultural practice that can induce significant
increases in tree growth. However, as responses to fertilisation vary widely, the accurate …

Using hyperspectral plant traits linked to photosynthetic efficiency to assess N and P partition

MS Watt, H Buddenbaum, EMC Leonardo… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Spatial prediction of photosynthesis requires an understanding of how foliage nitrogen (N)
and phosphorus (P) regulate this process and the relationship between these elements and …

Development of models to predict Pinus radiata productivity throughout New Zealand

MS Watt, DJ Palmer, MO Kimberley… - Canadian Journal of …, 2010 - cdnsciencepub.com
Development of spatial surfaces describing variation in productivity across broad
landscapes at a fine resolution would be of considerable use to forest managers as decision …

Identification of indicators for evaluating and monitoring the effects of Chinese fir monoculture plantations on soil quality

H Zhijun, S Selvalakshmi, D Vasu, Q Liu, H Cheng… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Globally, forest conversion is known to affect soil quality. In the present study, we developed
a soil quality index (SQI) to quantify the changes in soil quality due to conversion of native …

[HTML][HTML] Are active and former floodplain soils of the lower middle Elbe similar? A study of soil characteristics and possible implications for forest restoration

LKV Navas, JN Becker, A Heger, A Gröngröft… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
The analyses of soil properties and processes under the consideration of the spatial
complexity of floodplains is a key step in the preparation of floodplain restoration measures …

Modelling the influence of stand structural, edaphic and climatic influences on juvenile Pinus radiata dynamic modulus of elasticity

MS Watt, JR Moore, JP Façon, GM Downes… - Forest ecology and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Data from a nationwide set of Pinus radiata site quality plots established at high stand
densities and grown over a period of 4 years were analysed to (i) determine how site and …

Monitoring biochemical limitations to photosynthesis in N and P-limited radiata pine using plant functional traits quantified from hyperspectral imagery

MS Watt, H Buddenbaum, EMC Leonardo… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The prediction of carbon uptake by forests across fertility gradients requires accurate
characterisation of how biochemical limitations to photosynthesis respond to variation in key …

Comparison of spatial prediction techniques for developing Pinus radiata productivity surfaces across New Zealand

DJ Palmer, BK Höck, MO Kimberley, MS Watt… - Forest Ecology and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Spatial interpolation is frequently used to predict values across a landscape enabling the
spatial variation and patterns of a property to be quantified. Inverse distance weighting …

Ranking of industrial forest plantations in terms of sustainability: A multicriteria approach

L Diaz-Balteiro, O Alfranca, J González-Pachón… - Journal of environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
As forest managers and owners must have precise assessments of sustainability, in this
study we have proposed a methodology based on multi-criteria techniques for assessing …

A review of management impacts on the soil productivity of South African commercial forestry plantations and the implications for multiple-rotation productivity

L Titshall, S Dovey, D Rietz - Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
An overview of southern African research that has investigated the impact of management
practices that can potentially affect the long-term site productivity of plantations is presented …