Microclimatic conditions at forest edges have significant impacts on vegetation structure in large Atlantic forest fragments

LFS Magnago, MF Rocha, L Meyer, SV Martins… - Biodiversity and …, 2015 - Springer
Forest fragmentation creates forest edges, and the effect of those edges increases as the
size of forest fragments decreases. Edge effects include changes to microclimatic conditions …

[HTML][HTML] On the exposure of hemispherical photographs in forests

P Beckschäfer, D Seidel, C Kleinn… - iForest-Biogeosciences …, 2013 - iforest.sisef.org
At least 10 different methods to determine exposure for hemispherical photographs were
used by scientists in the last two decades, severely hampering comparability among studies …

Both forest fragmentation and coffee cultivation negatively affect epiphytic orchid diversity in Ethiopian moist evergreen Afromontane forests

K Hundera, R Aerts, M De Beenhouwer… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
The moist evergreen Afromontane forest of SW Ethiopia has become extremely fragmented
and most of the remnants are intensively managed for cultivation of coffee (Coffea arabica) …

[PDF][PDF] Methodological overview to hemispherical photography, demonstrated on an example of the software GLA

B Jarcuska - Folia oecologica, 2008 - iiab.me
Abstract JARČUŠKA, B., 2008. Methodical overview to hemispherical photography,
demonstrated on an example of the software GLA. Folia oecol., 35: 66–69. This contribution …

Forest structure in a mosaic of rainforest sites: the effect of fragmentation and recovery after clear cut

D Faria, E Mariano-Neto, AMZ Martini, JV Ortiz… - Forest Ecology and …, 2009 - Elsevier
A variety of human-induced disturbances such as forest fragmentation and recovery after
deforestation for pasture or agricultural activities have resulted in a complex landscape …

Landscape attributes drive complex spatial microclimate configuration of Brazilian Atlantic forest fragments

SRR Pinto, G Mendes, AMM Santos… - Tropical …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Habitat fragmentation imposes profound impacts on the tropical forest microclimate, but the
microclimatic configuration of isolated forest patches and its implications for biodiversity …

Relationship between vegetation structure and microenvironment in Fagus grandifolia subsp. mexicana forest relicts in Mexico

EC Rodríguez-Ramírez… - Journal of Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aims Changes in the structure and composition of forests, whether caused by natural or
anthropic events, alter the microenvironment, sometimes irreversibly. Since the local …

A predominantly diurnal tropical mammal increases nocturnality in response to high temperatures

MC Peterson, MLSP Jorge, A Keuroghlian - Biotropica, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The extent to which animals may compensate for rising temperatures through behavioral
thermoregulation is an important unknown in predicting responses to climate change …

The effects of natural and artificial edges on phenology: A case study of Ctenitis submarginalis

A Müller, MZ Correa, CS Führ, TOH Padoin… - Austral …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat fragmentation increases forest edges, which in turn influence the microclimate to
which ferns are exposed. Ferns do not depend on pollinators or dispersers, which make …

[HTML][HTML] Dispersal syndromes related to edge distance in cerrado sensu stricto fragments of central-western Brazil

AVF Jardim, MA Batalha - Brazilian Archives of Biology and …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
The main selective forces affecting the fruiting strategies are related to the environment in
which plants occur. As a savanna, microclimatic conditions should not vary in relation to …