All Outputs (3)

Detection of spatial and temporal patterns of liana infestation using satellite-derived imagery (2021)
Journal Article
Chandler, C. J., van der Heijden, G. M., Boyd, D. S., & Foody, G. M. (2021). Detection of spatial and temporal patterns of liana infestation using satellite-derived imagery. Remote Sensing, 13(14), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13142774

Lianas (woody vines) play a key role in tropical forest dynamics because of their strong influence on tree growth, mortality and regeneration. Assessing liana infestation over large areas is critical to understand the factors that drive their spatial... Read More about Detection of spatial and temporal patterns of liana infestation using satellite-derived imagery.

Lianas Significantly Reduce Aboveground and Belowground Carbon Storage: A Virtual Removal Experiment (2021)
Journal Article
Meunier, F., van der Heijden, G. M. F., Schnitzer, S. A., De Deurwaerder, H. P., & Verbeeck, H. (2021). Lianas Significantly Reduce Aboveground and Belowground Carbon Storage: A Virtual Removal Experiment. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, Article 663291. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.663291

Lianas are structural parasites of trees that cause a reduction in tree growth and an increase in tree mortality. Thereby, lianas negatively impact forest carbon storage as evidenced by liana removal experiments. In this proof-of-concept study, we ca... Read More about Lianas Significantly Reduce Aboveground and Belowground Carbon Storage: A Virtual Removal Experiment.

Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots (2021)
Journal Article
van der Heijden, G., Blundo, C., Carilla, J., Grau, R., Malizia, A., Malizia, L., …do Espírito Santo, M. (2021). Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots. Biological Conservation, 260, Article 108849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108849

Tropical forests are the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. While better understanding of these forests is critical for our collective future, until quite recently efforts to measure and monitor them have been largely disconnected. Netw... Read More about Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots.