Climate change and California's terrestrial biodiversity

S Harrison, J Franklin, RR Hernandez… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
In this review and synthesis, we argue that California is an important test case for the nation
and world because terrestrial biodiversity is very high, present and anticipated threats to …

On the interplay of ownership patterns, biodiversity, and conservation in past and present temperate forest landscapes of Europe and North America

A Mölder, M Tiebel, T Plieninger - Current Forestry Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Ownership patterns and the associated management
characteristics are related to forest structures, biodiversity patterns, and their conservation …

Wildfire activity and land use drove 20th‐century changes in forest cover in the Colorado front range

KC Rodman, TT Veblen, S Saraceni, TB Chapman - Ecosphere, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent shifts in global forest area highlight the importance of understanding the causes and
consequences of forest change. To examine the influence of several potential drivers of …

Regeneration patterns in Mexican pine-oak forests

T Alfaro Reyna, J Martínez-Vilalta, J Retana - Forest Ecosystems, 2019 - Springer
Background Global change is causing an increase in the incidence of natural and
anthropogenic disturbances on forests, which frequently interact synergistically and promote …

Historical and modern landscape forest structure in fir (Abies)-dominated mixed conifer forests in the northern Sierra Nevada, USA

SL Stephens, JT Stevens, BM Collins, RA York… - Fire Ecology, 2018 - Springer
Background Information about fire and historical forest structure and composition in fir-
dominated mixed conifer forests is lacking, especially at the landscape scale. This study …

New Round of Collective Forest Rights Reform, Forestland Transfer and Household Production Efficiency

J Yu, Y Wei, W Fang, Z Liu, Y Zhang, J Lan - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this paper was to analyze the influence mechanism of the new round of
Collective Forest Rights Reform (CFRR) on farmers' production efficiency from the …

Structural diversity of the longleaf pine ecosystem

A Sharma, B Cory, J McKeithen, J Frazier - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Structural diversity is an important attribute of forest ecosystems and is related to ecosystem
stability, adaptability and resilience as well as biodiversity and productivity. Structural …

Region-wide characterization of structural diversity of the US Outer Coastal Plain Mixed Forests Province

AB Shell, SK Ojha, A Sharma - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Forest structural diversity is related to stability, biodiversity, adaptability and resilience, as
well as productivity of forest ecosystems. In this study, we characterized structural diversity of …

If a tree falls in a forest: implications of forest structure persistence for the Pacific marten (Martes caurina)

MS Delheimer, KM Moriarty, MA Linnell… - Ecosphere, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A global decline in large trees, largely driven by anthropogenic influences, has potentially
dire consequences for cavity‐dependent wildlife. For several species of conservation …

Long-term patterns of post-fire harvest diverge among ownerships in the Pacific West, USA

A Zuspan, MJ Reilly, EH Lee - Environmental Research Letters, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Post-fire harvest (PFH) is a forest management practice designed to salvage value from
burned timber, mitigate safety hazards from dead trees, reduce long-term fuels, and prepare …