Forest Ecosystems

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Volume 7
Issue 4, December 2020
21 articles
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Open Access Research
Importance of overstorey attributes for understorey litter production and nutrient cycling in European forests
Dries Landuyt, Evy Ampoorter, Cristina C. Bastias, [...], Raquel Benavides, Sandra Müller, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Fernando Valladares, Safaa Wasof, Kris Verheyen << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00256-x
Published: 12 July 2020
2020, 7 (4): 45
Downloads: 6 | Views: 435 | PDF (1.1 MB)
Open Access Discussion
A century of National Forest Inventory in Norway – informing past, present, and future decisions
Johannes Breidenbach, Aksel Granhus, Gro Hylen, [...], Rune Eriksen, Rasmus Astrup << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00261-0
Published: 17 July 2020
2020, 7 (4): 46
Downloads: 9 | Views: 558 | PDF (2.1 MB)
Open Access Research
Effects of firewood harvesting intensity on biodiversity and ecosystem services in shrublands of northern Patagonia
Matías G. Goldenberg, Facundo J. Oddi, Juan H. Gowda, Lucas A. Garibaldi
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00255-y
Published: 19 July 2020
2020, 7 (4): 47
Downloads: 10 | Views: 554 | PDF (1.7 MB)
Open Access Review
The Siberian moth (Dendrolimus sibiricus), a pest risk assessment for Norway
Daniel Flø, Trond Rafoss, Michael Wendell, Leif Sundheim
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00258-9
Published: 27 July 2020
2020, 7 (4): 48
Downloads: 6 | Views: 311 | PDF (1.5 MB)
Open Access Research
Variations in the natural 13C and 15N abundance of plants and soils under long-term N addition and precipitation reduction: interpretation of C and N dynamics
Guoyong Yan, Shijie Han, Mingxin Zhou, [...], Wenjing Sun, Binbin Huang, Honglin Wang, Yajuan Xing, Qinggui Wang << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00257-w
Published: 16 August 2020
2020, 7 (4): 49
Downloads: 1 | Views: 372 | PDF (1.9 MB)
Open Access Research
Regeneration patterns of key pine species in a mixed-pine forest indicate a positive effect of variable retention harvesting and an increase in recruitment with time
Priscilla A. Nyamai, P. Charles Goebel, R. Gregory Corace III, David M. Hix
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00264-x
Published: 16 August 2020
2020, 7 (4): 50
Downloads: 6 | Views: 436 | PDF (978.9 KB)
Open Access Research
Effects of climate, biotic factors, and phylogeny on allometric relationships: testing the metabolic scaling theory in plantations and natural forests across China
Han Sun, Xiangping Wang, Dayong Fan
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00263-y
Published: 21 August 2020
2020, 7 (4): 51
Downloads: 2 | Views: 398 | PDF (2 MB)
Open Access Research
Evaluating the impact of sampling schemes on leaf area index measurements from digital hemispherical photography in Larix principis-rupprechtii forest plots
Jie Zou, Wei Hou, Ling Chen, [...], Qianfeng Wang, Peihong Zhong, Yong Zuo, Shezhou Luo, Peng Leng << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00262-z
Published: 24 August 2020
2020, 7 (4): 52
Downloads: 8 | Views: 343 | PDF (2.6 MB)
Open Access Research
Discovering forest height changes based on spaceborne lidar data of ICESat-1 in 2005 and ICESat-2 in 2019: a case study in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of China
Tong Sun, Jianbo Qi, Huaguo Huang
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00265-w
Published: 15 September 2020
2020, 7 (4): 53
Downloads: 13 | Views: 410 | PDF (3.8 MB)
Open Access Research
Comparison of the local pivotal method and systematic sampling for national forest inventories
Minna Räty, Mikko Kuronen, Mari Myllymäki, [...], Annika Kangas, Kai Mäkisara, Juha Heikkinen << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00266-9
Published: 24 September 2020
2020, 7 (4): 54
Downloads: 6 | Views: 344 | PDF (1.2 MB)
Open Access Research
Selective logging enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via increase of functional diversity in a Pinus yunnanensis forest in Southwest China
Xiaobo Huang, Shuaifeng Li, Jianrong Su
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00267-8
Published: 24 September 2020
2020, 7 (4): 55
Downloads: 7 | Views: 414 | PDF (1.9 MB)
Open Access Research
Rodent-mediated plant community competition: what happens to the seeds after entering the adjacent stands?
Haibin Kang, Mingjie Chang, Shutong Liu, [...], Zhi Chao, Xinping Zhang, Dexiang Wang << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00270-z
Published: 19 October 2020
2020, 7 (4): 56
Downloads: 10 | Views: 438 | PDF (3 MB)
Open Access Research
Improving precision of field inventory estimation of aboveground biomass through an alternative view on plot biomass
Christoph Kleinn, Steen Magnussen, Nils Nölke, [...], Paul Magdon, Juan Gabriel Álvarez-González, Lutz Fehrmann, César Pérez-Cruzado << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00268-7
Published: 23 October 2020
2020, 7 (4): 57
Downloads: 8 | Views: 402 | PDF (1.1 MB)
Open Access Review
Testing allometric scaling relationships in plant roots
Qiang Deng, Zhiyou Yuan, Xinrong Shi, [...], T. Ryan Lock, Robert L. Kallenbach << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00269-6
Published: 23 October 2020
2020, 7 (4): 58
Downloads: 4 | Views: 440 | PDF (1.7 MB)
Open Access Research
Nest-site selection by the white-tailed eagle and black stork – implications for conservation practice
Grzegorz Zawadzki, Dorota Zawadzka, Anna Sołtys, Stanisław Drozdowski
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00271-y
Published: 02 November 2020
2020, 7 (4): 59
Downloads: 6 | Views: 398 | PDF (5.1 MB)
Open Access Research
Mapping forest age using National Forest Inventory, airborne laser scanning, and Sentinel-2 data
Johannes Schumacher, Marius Hauglin, Rasmus Astrup, Johannes Breidenbach
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00274-9
Published: 10 November 2020
2020, 7 (4): 60
Downloads: 11 | Views: 724 | PDF (6.3 MB)
Open Access Research
The relationships among structure variables of larch forests in China
Wenjing Fang, Qing Zhao, Qiong Cai, [...], Anwar Eziz, Guoping Chen, Yuhao Feng, Heng Zhang, Jiangling Zhu, Chengjun Ji, Zhiyao Tang, Jingyun Fang << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00273-w
Published: 15 November 2020
2020, 7 (4): 61
Downloads: 9 | Views: 382 | PDF (3.1 MB)
Open Access Research
A note on the estimation of variance for big BAF sampling
Jeffrey H. Gove, Timothy G. Gregoire, Mark J. Ducey, Thomas B. Lynch
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00272-x
Published: 20 November 2020
2020, 7 (4): 62
Downloads: 7 | Views: 511 | PDF (1.4 MB)
Open Access Research
Hydrological functioning of forested catchments, Central Himalayan Region, India
Nuzhat Qazi
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00275-8
Published: 24 November 2020
2020, 7 (4): 63
Downloads: 2 | Views: 510 | PDF (3 MB)
Open Access Research
Machine learning and geostatistical approaches for estimating aboveground biomass in Chinese subtropical forests
Huiyi Su, Wenjuan Shen, Jingrui Wang, [...], Arshad Ali, Mingshi Li << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00276-7
Published: 26 November 2020
2020, 7 (4): 64
Downloads: 8 | Views: 444 | PDF (17.7 MB)
Open Access Research
Influence of sampling intensity on performance of two-phase forest inventory using airborne laser scanning
Marek Lisańczuk, Krzysztof Mitelsztedt, Karolina Parkitna, [...], Grzegorz Krok, Krzysztof Stereńczak, Emilia Wysocka-Fijorek, Stanisław Miścicki << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00277-6
Published: 08 December 2020
2020, 7 (4): 65
Downloads: 4 | Views: 481 | PDF (2.6 MB)