Tree spatial patterns in fire-frequent forests of western North America, including mechanisms of pattern formation and implications for designing fuel reduction and …
AJ Larson, D Churchill - Forest Ecology and Management, 2012 - Elsevier
Restoring characteristic fire regimes and forest structures are central objectives of many
restoration and fuel reduction projects. Within-stand spatial pattern is a fundamental attribute …
restoration and fuel reduction projects. Within-stand spatial pattern is a fundamental attribute …
The genetics of drought tolerance in conifers
As temperatures warm and precipitation patterns shift as a result of climate change, interest
in the identification of tree genotypes that will thrive under more arid conditions has grown …
in the identification of tree genotypes that will thrive under more arid conditions has grown …
A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality
M Cailleret, S Jansen, EMR Robert… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Tree mortality is a key factor influencing forest functions and dynamics, but our
understanding of the mechanisms leading to mortality and the associated changes in tree …
understanding of the mechanisms leading to mortality and the associated changes in tree …
Operational resilience in western US frequent-fire forests
With the increasing frequency and severity of altered disturbance regimes in dry, western US
forests, treatments promoting resilience have become a management objective but have …
forests, treatments promoting resilience have become a management objective but have …
Half-century evidence from western Canada shows forest dynamics are primarily driven by competition followed by climate
Tree mortality, growth, and recruitment are essential components of forest dynamics and
resiliency, for which there is great concern as climate change progresses at high latitudes …
resiliency, for which there is great concern as climate change progresses at high latitudes …
Ecological importance of large-diameter trees in a temperate mixed-conifer forest
Large-diameter trees dominate the structure, dynamics and function of many temperate and
tropical forests. Although both scaling theory and competition theory make predictions about …
tropical forests. Although both scaling theory and competition theory make predictions about …
Applying LiDAR individual tree detection to management of structurally diverse forest landscapes
LiDAR individual tree detection (ITD) is a promising tool for measuring forests at a scale that
is meaningful ecologically and useful for forest managers. However, most ITD research …
is meaningful ecologically and useful for forest managers. However, most ITD research …
Patterns and drivers of tree mortality in Iberian forests: climatic effects are modified by competition
Tree mortality is a key process underlying forest dynamics and community assembly.
Understanding how tree mortality is driven by simultaneous drivers is needed to evaluate …
Understanding how tree mortality is driven by simultaneous drivers is needed to evaluate …
Competition modulates the adaptation capacity of forests to climatic stress: insights from recent growth decline and death in relict stands of the Mediterranean fir Abies …
Long‐term basal area increment (BAI) in Abies pinsapo was studied to investigate the way
density‐dependent factors modulate the responses of radial growth to climatic stresses in …
density‐dependent factors modulate the responses of radial growth to climatic stresses in …
Interactions among wildland fires in a long-established Sierra Nevada natural fire area
We investigate interactions between successive naturally occurring fires, and assess to what
extent the environments in which fires burn influence these interactions. Using mapped fire …
extent the environments in which fires burn influence these interactions. Using mapped fire …