Multiscale Approach to Assess Forest Vulnerability
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Predictive Modeling of Future Forest Cover Change Patterns in Southern Belize
Tropical forests and the biodiversity they contain are declining at an alarming rate throughout the world. Although southern Belize is generally recognized as a highly forested landscape, it is becoming increasingly threatened by unsustainable agricultural practices. Deforestation data allow forest managers to efficiently allocate resources and inf...
Ecosystem heterogeneity and diversity mitigate Amazon forest resilience to frequent extreme droughts.
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The impact of increases in drought frequency on the Amazon forest's composition, structure and functioning remain uncertain. We used a process- and individual-based ecosystem model (ED2) to quantify the forest's vulnerability to increased drought recurrence. We generated meteorologically realistic, drier-than-observed rainfall scenarios for two Ama...
Ecosystem heterogeneity and diversity mitigate Amazon forest resilience to frequent extreme droughts.
...Published in The New phytologist
The impact of increases in drought frequency on the Amazon forest's composition, structure and functioning remain uncertain. We used a process- and individual-based ecosystem model (ED2) to quantify the forest's vulnerability to increased drought recurrence. We generated meteorologically realistic, drier-than-observed rainfall scenarios for two Ama...
A gis-based assessment on the vulnerability and future extent of the tropical forests of the congo basin
Published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
This paper examines the vulnerability of the Congo Basin's forests through a GIS platform, taking into consideration the variables of population growth, road density, logging concession, and forest fragmentation. The assessment indicates that the forests will continue to shrink towards the interior over the next 50 years. Current contiguous forests...
