The growth of past, present, and future forests was, is and will be affected by climate
variability. This multifaceted relationship has been assessed in several regional studies, but …

Abstract Information on understory composition and its relationships with the overstory tree
canopy, especially leaf area index (LAI), is crucially needed in, eg, modeling land …

Understanding fire behavior is a crucial step in wildfire risk assessment and management.
Accurate and near real-time knowledge of the spatio-temporal characteristics of fuels is …

Understanding processes controlling forest dynamics has become particularly important in
the context of ongoing climate change, which is altering the ecological fitness and resilience …

Managing forests to sustain their diversity and functioning is a major challenge in a
changing world. Despite the key role of understory vegetation in driving forest biodiversity …

Forest understories play a vital role in ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem
services. However, the extent to which environmental conditions drive dominant ecological …

This article describes a data-driven framework based on spatiotemporal machine learning to
produce distribution maps for 16 tree species (Abies alba Mill., Castanea sativa Mill …

Understory vegetation accounts for most of the plant diversity, particularly in plantation
forests, and contributes significantly to energy flows and nutrient cycling. However, we lack a …

Species-and trait-environment linkages in forest plant communities continue to be a frequent
topic in ecological research. We studied the dependence of floristic and functional trait …

Understanding forest understorey community response to environmental change, including
management actions, is vital given the understorey's importance for biodiversity …