Landscape patterns in stand-replacing disturbances across the world's forests

N Acil, JP Sadler, C Senf, S Suvanto, TAM Pugh - Nature Sustainability, 2024 - nature.com
The spatial imprint of forest disturbances, which can result from a variety of anthropogenic
and natural causes, is important in sha** the form and function of the world's forests …

Damage prediction for planted longleaf pine in extreme winds

AW Whelan, SW Bigelow, CL Staudhammer… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Severe wind disturbances are forecast to increase in frequency and intensity with climate
change putting forest trees at greater risk of wind damage. Of particular concern are mature …

Soil carbon in the South Atlantic United States: Land use change, forest management, and physiographic context

LE Nave, K DeLyser, GM Domke, SM Holub… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Evidence-based forest carbon (C) management requires identifying baseline patterns and
drivers of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, and their responses to land use change and …

Stand-level structural characteristics dictate hurricane resistance and resilience more than silvicultural regime in longleaf pine woodlands

AD Polinko, JL Willis, A Sharma, JM Guldin - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hurricanes frequently impact coastal forests throughout the southeastern United States and
are expected to increase in frequency and intensity in the future. Given this projection …

Predicting risks of tornado and severe thunderstorm damage to southeastern US forests

CC Fortuin, CR Montes, JT Vogt, KJK Gandhi - Landscape Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Context The southeastern US experiences tornadoes and severe thunderstorms that can
economic and ecological damages to forest stands resulting in loss of timber, reduction in …

Post-hurricane damage severity classification at the individual tree level using terrestrial laser scanning and deep learning

C Klauberg, J Vogel, R Dalagnol, MP Ferreira… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural disturbances like hurricanes can cause extensive disorder in forest structure,
composition, and succession. Consequently, ecological, social, and economic alterations …

The recovery of octocoral populations following periodic disturbance masks their vulnerability to persistent global change

J Cant, L Bramanti, G Tsounis, Á Martínez Quintana… - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
As the major form of coral reef regime shift, stony coral to macroalgal transitions have
received considerable attention. In the Caribbean, however, regime shifts in which …

Stand and tree characteristics influence damage severity after a catastrophic hurricane disturbance

CC Fortuin, CR Montes, JT Vogt, KJK Gandhi - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Catastrophic wind disturbances can greatly impact the economic and ecological values of
working forests worldwide. For example, Hurricane Michael caused severe economic …

Intraseasonal interactive effects of successive typhoons characterize canopy damage of forests in Taiwan: A remote sensing-based assessment

J Peereman, JA Hogan, TC Lin - Forest Ecology and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Wind gusts and rainfall from tropical cyclones can heavily damage forest canopies, leading
to abrupt changes in forest structure and tree demography. Although many studies have …

Are hurricane-driven forest management decisions coupled with rising urbanization affecting the forest carbon dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico? A case study from …

A Alam, P Dwivedi - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2025 - Elsevier
Understanding the impacts of hurricane-driven forest management and urbanization on
forest carbon is vital for balancing climate mitigation and sustainable land use. It is …