The use of historical range and variability (HRV) in landscape management

RE Keane, PF Hessburg, PB Landres… - Forest Ecology and …, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper examines the past, present, and future use of the concept of historical range and
variability (HRV) in land management. The history, central concepts, benefits, and limitations …

Promoting structural and species diversity in Great Lakes northern hardwoods: a conceptual model and its application

SF Hupperts, YL Dickinson… - … International Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Forest ecosystems are shaped by their historical disturbance regime. Structural and species
diversity are driven by disturbance frequency, patch size and microsite disturbance severity …

Disentangling the effects of competition and climate on individual tree growth: A retrospective and dynamic approach in Scots pine

R Sánchez-Salguero, JC Linares, JJ Camarero… - Forest Ecology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Understanding the relative contributions of competition and climate on individual tree growth
is critical to project realistic forest dynamics under projected climate scenarios. Furthermore …

Radar and multispectral remote sensing data accurately estimate vegetation vertical structure diversity as a fire resilience indicator

JM Fernández‐Guisuraga… - Remote Sensing in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The structural complexity of plant communities contributes to maintaining the ecosystem
functioning in fire‐prone landscapes and plays a crucial role in driving ecological resilience …

Long-term changes of structure and tree species composition in Dinaric uneven-aged forests: are red deer an important factor?

M Klopcic, K Jerina, A Boncina - European Journal of Forest Research, 2010 - Springer
Uneven-aged silver fir-European beech forest stands were studied to (1) analyse the
dynamics of diameter structure and tree species composition in the past two centuries and …

Anthropogenic pressures decrease structural complexity in Caucasian forests of Iran

K Sefidi, CA Copenheaver, SMM Sadeghi - Écoscience, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Arasbaran Protected Area of northern Iran encompasses 160,000 ha of
deciduous, broad-leaved forest with 78,560 ha recently designated as a United Nations …

Thinning increases understory diversity and biomass, and improves soil properties without decreasing growth of Chinese fir in southern China

L Zhou, L Cai, Z He, R Wang, P Wu, X Ma - Environmental Science and …, 2016 - Springer
Sustainable forestry requires adopting more ecosystem-informed perspectives. Tree
thinning improves forest productivity by encouraging the development of the understory …

Relationships between plant biodiversity and soil fertility in a mature tropical forest, Costa Rica

MB Nadeau, TP Sullivan - International Journal of Forestry …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We aimed to study relationships between plant biodiversity and soil chemical fertility in a
mature tropical forest of Costa Rica. Soil samples were collected in nine sampling plots (5 m …

Structural diversity of English yew (Taxus baccata L.) populations

H Ruprecht, A Dhar, B Aigner, G Oitzinger… - European Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract In Europe, the English yew species (Taxus baccata L.) is endangered. Intensive
human land-use, including forest management, has caused a decrease of the yew …

[HTML][HTML] Structure, regeneration and growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands with respect to changing climate and environmental pollution

S Vacek, Z Vacek, L Bílek, J Simon, J Remeš… - Silva Fennica, 2016 - silvafennica.fi
Abstract Changes in the structure and development of managed Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris
L.) stands with respect to changing environmental conditions were set for the period 1979 …