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Canopy Structure Diversity

Canopy Structure Diversity is a structural metric in forest ecology that quantifies the vertical and horizontal heterogeneity of foliage and branch layers within the tree canopy to characterize the complexity of forest architecture.

206

Publications

12K

Citations

874

Authors

374

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

47

Variants

Canopy Structural Diversity

Parents

Publications

206

Scattered trees are keystone structures – Implications for conservation

Adrian D. Manning, Joern Fischer, David B. Lindenmayer · Biological Conservation · 2006 · 884 citations

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Continental-scale patterns of canopy tree composition and function across Amazonia

Hans ter Steege, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Oliver L. Phillips et al. · Nature · 2006 · 713 citations

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Diversity of canopy trees in a neotropical forest and implications for conservation

Stephen P. Hubbell · 1983 · 361 citations

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Structural diversity promotes productivity of mixed, uneven-aged forests in southwestern Germany

Adrian Dănescu, Axel Albrecht, Jürgen Bauhus · Oecologia · 2016 · 310 citations

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Structure and floristic composition of the lowland rain forest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

Frans Bongers, J. Popma, Julia Carabias · Plant Ecology · 1988 · 309 citations

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Authors

874

  1. BS
    Brady S. Hardiman

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    6 publications · 651 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. EA
    Elizabeth A. LaRue

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    6 publications · 384 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. CM
    Christopher M. Gough

    Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

    5 publications · 482 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. RT
    Robert T. Fahey

    University of Connecticut, United States

    4 publications · 181 citations

    4

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  5. JW
    Jeff W. Atkins

    Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

    4 publications · 200 citations

    4

    h-index

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Institutions

374

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    42 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. Instituto de Ecología

    Xalapa, Mexico

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    876 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Northern Research Station

    Madison, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    424 citations

  5. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    663 citations

  7. US Forest Service

    Washington, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    371 citations

  8. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    1.9K citations

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Venues

  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    38 publications · 2.1K citations

    29

    h-index

  2. Plant Ecology

    10 publications · 876 citations

    10

    h-index

  3. Journal of Forestry Research

    8 publications · 190 citations

    8

    h-index

  4. Biodiversity and Conservation

    6 publications · 331 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. Journal of Ecology

    5 publications · 561 citations

    5

    h-index

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