Monthly Archive:: April 2017
17 Apr 2017
The effect of surface fire on tree ring growth of Pinus radiata trees
By Erwin Dreyer On 17 April 2017 In Research paper
Pinus radiata trees showed significantly reduced basal area increments and increased latewood/earlywood ratios, when their stem was charred by surface fires even if no needle damage occurred. An interaction of fire damage and precipitation on growth was
17 Apr 2017
Quantifying micro-environmental variation in tropical rainforest understory at landscape scale by combining airborne LiDAR scanning and a sensor network
By Erwin Dreyer On 17 April 2017 In Research paper
We combined aerial LiDAR and ground sensors to map the spatial variation in micro-environmental variables of the tropical forest understory. We show that these metrics depend on forest type and proximity to canopy gaps. Our study has
17 Apr 2017
Recent growth changes in Western European forests are driven by climate warming and structured across tree species climatic habitats
By Erwin Dreyer On 17 April 2017 In Research paper
Recent growth changes (1980–2007) in Western European forests strongly vary across tree species, and range from +42% in mountain contexts to −17% in Mediterranean contexts. These changes reveal recent climate warming footprint and are structured by species’
