Latest trends in modelling forest ecosystems: new approaches or just new methods?

JA Blanco, YH Lo - Current Forestry Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Forest models are becoming essential tools in forest research,
management, and policymaking but currently are under deep transformation. In this review …

Development rates and persistence of the microhabitats initiated by disease and injuries in live trees: a review

M Kõrkjas, L Remm, A Lõhmus - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Many tree-dwelling species inhabit microhabitats that develop slowly in diseased or injured
trees. Conservation planning would benefit from explicit knowledge of these processes …

Distribution of grouse and their predators in peatland forest landscapes: A case for ecological integrity

A Lõhmus, E Pass, M Pensa - Forest Ecology and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural peatland forest landscapes have been transformed and fragmented by forestry and
agriculture worldwide, which undermines their ecological functioning and resilience. In …

Modeling forest landscape futures: Full scale simulation of realistic socioeconomic scenarios in Estonia

A Kaasik, R Kont, A Lõhmus - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
For political and administrative governance of land-use decisions, high-resolution and
reliable spatial models are required over large areas and for various time horizons. We …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological sustainability at the forest landscape level: a bird assemblage perspective

A Lõhmus - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Maintaining landscape integrity in terms of ecological functions is a key principle of
sustainable forest management. Bird assemblages use all parts of forest landscapes and …

Modeling the seasonal wildfire cycle and its possible effects on the distribution of focal species in Kermanshah Province, western Iran

M Morovati, P Karami - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Predicting environmental disturbances and evaluating their potential impacts on the habitats
of various plant and animal species is a suitable strategy for guiding conservation efforts …

[HTML][HTML] Study on spatiotemporal characteristic and mechanism of forest loss in urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River

Z Zhu, X Zhu - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Under the backdrop of achieving carbon neutrality and accelerating urbanization, China's
forests face unprecedented pressures. This study explored the spatiotemporal …

Value of a broken umbrella: abandoned nest sites of the black stork (Ciconia nigra) host rich biodiversity

A Lõhmus, K Runnel, A Palo, M Leis, R Nellis… - Biodiversity and …, 2021 - Springer
Protecting habitats for charismatic vertebrates can provide an 'umbrella'for less conspicuous
organisms, especially when these are threatened by the same processes. However, such a …

A multi‐data ensemble approach for predicting woodland type distribution: Oak woodland in Britain

D Ray, M Marchi, A Rattey, A Broome - Ecology and evolution, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions between soil, topography, and climatic site factors can exacerbate and/or
alleviate the vulnerability of oak woodland to climate change. Reducing climate‐related …

Spruce (Picea abies L.) planting leads post-clearcut bird assemblages to a novel successional pathway—a comparative study in hemiboreal mixed forests

E Pass, R Kont, A Lõhmus - Annals of Forest Science, 2022 - Springer
Key message Bird assemblages in planted spruce (Picea abies L.) forests were
compositionally distinct from those in naturally regenerated mixed stands. Despite rapid …