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Forest top canopy bacterial communities are influenced by elevation and host tree traits
BackgroundThe phyllosphere microbiome is crucial for plant health and ecosystem functioning. While host species play a determining role in sha**...
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Comprehensive Analysis of Gap Formation in the Canopy of an Old-Growth Broadleaved Forest
AbstractWe performed a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the dynamics of gap formation in the canopy of intact old-growth polydominant...
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Changes in canopy cover and forest structure following dormant season and early growing season prescribed burns in the Southern Appalachians, USA
BackgroundFire seasonality is important for forest managers to consider when restoring historical disturbance regimes and recovering native ecosystem...
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Dust captured by a canopy and individual leaves of trees in the tropical mixed deciduous forest: Magnitude and influencing factors
Forest tree leaves play a significant role in air purification, but forest fires could offset the dust sink role. This study aims to assess the...
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Guild-dependent effects of forest fragmentation in canopy arthropod diversity associated to Quercus deserticola
Forest fragmentation is one of the main factors leading to biodiversity loss and negatively affecting arthropod communities. We analyzed the effects...
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Tree species identity, canopy structure and prey availability differentially affect canopy spider diversity and trophic composition
Forest canopies maintain a high proportion of arthropod diversity. The drivers that structure these communities, however, are poorly understood....
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coveR: an R package for processing digital cover photography images to retrieve forest canopy attributes
Key messagecoveR is an R package for estimating canopy attributes from digital cover photography (DCP) images. The simplicity of the method and the...
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Chronic Winds Reduce Tropical Forest Structural Complexity Regardless of Climate, Topography, or Forest Age
Tropical forests are the world’s most structurally complex ecosystems, providing key functions like biomass accumulation, which is linked to this...
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The effects of canopy gaps on soil nutrient properties: a meta-analysis
Canopy gaps are a prevalent disturbance form in forest ecosystems that promote forest regeneration and succession by modifying the heterogeneity of...
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Initiating the transition from open-canopy lichen woodland to productive forest by transplanting moss, results from a 10-year experiment
Background and aimsLow productivity open lichen ( Cladonia spp.) woodlands have been rapidly expanding in the closed-crown feather moss ( Pleurozium...
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Canopy Management
Management of canopy design is a fundamental component in the plant kingdom for improving crop production by increasing the amount of dry matter...
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The importance of habitat and microclimate on the functional and guild structure of canopy-dwelling beetle communities in subantarctic forest
Beetle species living in high-latitude forests may be sensitive to variations in habitat conditions and microclimate. We tested that the functional...
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Canopy gap impacts on soil organic carbon and nutrient dynamic: a meta-analysis
Key messageThe forest canopy gaps, formed by natural or anthropogenic factors, have been found to reduce soil carbon content and increase nutrient...
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A high-resolution canopy height model of the Earth
The worldwide variation in vegetation height is fundamental to the global carbon cycle and central to the functioning of ecosystems and their...
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Same, but different: similar states of forest structure in temperate mountain regions of Europe despite different social-ecological forest disturbance regimes
ContextEcosystem services provided by mountain forests are critically linked to forest structure. Social-ecological disturbance regimes (i.e., the...
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Tree canopy macrostructure controls heating of asphalt pavement in a moist-temperate urban forest
Tree canopies influence the urban microclimate by controlling solar radiation reaching the ground surface. Temperature gradients are easily measured...
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Elevational changes in canopy Collembola community composition are primarily driven by species turnover on Changbai Mountain, northeastern China
Forest canopies harbor extraordinary biodiversity, with Collembola being one of the most abundant arthropod taxa. However, much of the research on...
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Assessing forest cover changes and fragmentation in the Himalayan temperate region: implications for forest conservation and management
This study comprehensively assessed long-term vegetation changes and forest fragmentation dynamics in the Himalayan temperate region of Pakistan from...
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Interactive effects of elevation and canopy affect bilberry performance in a temperate coniferous region
Shrubs are key components of temperate and boreal ecosystems. Field experiments performed along environmental gradients are useful to study how these...
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Canopy gap patterns in Mediterranean forests: a spatio-temporal characterization using airborne LiDAR data
ContextIn the last century European forests are experiencing tree damage and mortality rise and it is expected to continue due to increased...
