Gap expansion is the dominant driver of canopy openings in a temperate mountain forest landscape

K Krüger, C Senf, T Jucker, D Pflugmacher… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Natural disturbances are important drivers of forest dynamics, and canopy gaps are their
fingerprints in forest ecosystems. Gaps form and persist because of the interplay of tree …

Landscape ecology and landscape approaches in the Iberian context: challenges, opportunities, and future prospects

A Gómez-Sal, A Bonet, A Saldaña-López… - Landscape …, 2024 - Springer
The Iberian Peninsula is a regional context where interconnections between the ecological
and socio-cultural values of landscapes are especially tight and complex. In the Iberian …

Map** mortality rates in boreal mixedwood forest using airborne laser scanning and permanent plot data

J Riofrío, NC Coops, MW Ashiq… - Forestry: An International …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Accurate and spatially explicit predictions of tree mortality are critical for understanding
forest dynamics and guiding management practices. Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) can …

[PDF][PDF] Capturing how forest canopies respond and recover from disturbances using airborne laser scanning

B Zhang - 2024 - research-information.bris.ac.uk
Forests are structurally complex ecosystems that cover approximately 30% of the terrestrial
land mass and play a crucial role in driving the terrestrial carbon cycle. This diversity and …

[PDF][PDF] AHN for monitoring succession processes in forest structure

T de Pagter - edepot.wur.nl
The increase in homogeneity of stand structures in temperate forests over the past decades
has led to a decrease in biodiversity in temperate forests. This underlines the need for …