scholarly journals Tree species distribution in temperate forests is more influenced by soil than by climate

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (22) ◽  
pp. 9473-9484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenz Walthert ◽  
Eliane Seraina Meier
Keyword(s):  
Species Distribution ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Temperate Forests

scholarly journals Over half of western United States' most abundant tree species in decline

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hunter Stanke ◽  
Andrew O. Finley ◽  
Grant M. Domke ◽  
Aaron S. Weed ◽  
David W. MacFarlane
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Tree Mortality ◽  
Temperate Forests ◽  
Size Structure ◽  
Forest Disturbance ◽  
Population Decline ◽  
Western United States ◽  
Scale Transformation ◽  
Forest Composition

AbstractChanging forest disturbance regimes and climate are driving accelerated tree mortality across temperate forests. However, it remains unknown if elevated mortality has induced decline of tree populations and the ecological, economic, and social benefits they provide. Here, we develop a standardized forest demographic index and use it to quantify trends in tree population dynamics over the last two decades in the western United States. The rate and pattern of change we observe across species and tree size-distributions is alarming and often undesirable. We observe significant population decline in a majority of species examined, show decline was particularly severe, albeit size-dependent, among subalpine tree species, and provide evidence of widespread shifts in the size-structure of montane forests. Our findings offer a stark warning of changing forest composition and structure across the western US, and suggest that sustained anthropogenic and natural stress will likely result in broad-scale transformation of temperate forests globally.

Do species distribution models explain spatial structure within tree species ranges?

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 662-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Montoya ◽  
Drew W. Purves ◽  
Itziar R. Urbieta ◽  
Miguel A. Zavala
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Species Distribution Models ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Species Ranges

scholarly journals Forest vegetation in western Romania in relation to climate variables: Does community composition reflect modelled tree species distribution?

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffi Heinrichs ◽  
Helge Walentowski ◽  
Erwin Bergmeier ◽  
Karl Heinz Mellert ◽  
Adrian Indreica ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Composition ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Forest Vegetation ◽  
Climate Variables ◽  
Western Romania

Using remote sensing to model tree species distribution in Peruvian lowland Amazonia

Biotropica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 758-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Pérez Chaves ◽  
Kalle Ruokolainen ◽  
Hanna Tuomisto
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Model Tree ◽  
Lowland Amazonia
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