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Canopy Degradation

Canopy Degradation is a theoretical construct within forest ecology that characterizes the progressive decline in structural and functional integrity of the uppermost vegetative layer in forested ecosystems due to environmental stressors, disturbances, or management practices.

169

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9.7K

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544

Authors

270

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

33

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Publications

169

Forest damage and recovery from catastrophic wind

Edwin M. Everham, Nicholas Brokaw · The Botanical Review · 1996 · 756 citations

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Biomass Collapse in Amazonian Forest Fragments

William F. Laurance, Susan G. W. Laurance, Leandro Valle Ferreira et al. · Science · 1997 · 674 citations

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Canopy mortality has doubled in Europe’s temperate forests over the last three decades

Cornelius Senf, Dirk Pflugmacher, Zhiqiang Yang et al. · Nature Communications · 2018 · 369 citations · Full text

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Degradation and restoration of forest ecosystems in China

Wenhua Li · Forest Ecology and Management · 2004 · 335 citations

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Forest canopy damage and recovery in reduced-impact and conventional selective logging in eastern Para, Brazil

Rodrigo Moura Pereira, J. Zweede, Gregory P. Asner et al. · Forest Ecology and Management · 2002 · 238 citations

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Authors

544

  1. GP
    Gregory P. Asner

    Carnegie Institution for Science, United States

    3 publications · 379 citations

    3

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  2. SK
    Seppo Kellomäki

    University of Eastern Finland, Finland

    3 publications · 86 citations

    3

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  3. EC
    E.N. Chidumayo

    University of Zambia, Zambia

    2 publications · 171 citations

    2

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  4. JS
    Julius Sebald

    BOKU University, Austria

    2 publications · 486 citations

    2

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  5. RC
    Richard C. Cobb

    University of California, Davis, United States

    2 publications · 204 citations

    2

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Institutions

270

  1. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    690 citations

  2. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    377 citations

  3. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    810 citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    632 citations

  5. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research

    Lincoln, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    304 citations

  6. Corvallis Environmental Center

    Corvallis, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    184 citations

  7. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    443 citations

  8. Canadian Forest Service

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    123 citations

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Venues

  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    26 publications · 1.7K citations

    22

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  2. Biological Conservation

    5 publications · 285 citations

    5

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  3. Plant Ecology

    4 publications · 125 citations

    4

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  4. Journal of Tropical Ecology

    4 publications · 283 citations

    4

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  5. Soil Biology and Biochemistry

    3 publications · 105 citations

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