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Forest Heterogeneity

Forest Heterogeneity is a structural ecological concept that refers to the variation in forest attributes such as tree species composition, canopy architecture, age distribution, and spatial arrangement within and among forest stands, distinguishing it from homogeneous or uniform forest structures by its inherent complexity and patchiness.

144

Publications

7.3K

Citations

549

Authors

259

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

39

Variants

Forest Structural Heterogeneity

Parents

Publications

144

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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The Ecology and Genetics of Fitness in Forest Plants. II. Microspatial Heterogeneity of the Edaphic Environment

Martin J. Lechowicz, Graham Bell · Journal of Ecology · 1991 · 285 citations

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A new method for modeling the heterogeneity of forest structure

Eric K. Zenner, David E. Hibbs · Forest Ecology and Management · 2000 · 202 citations

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Heterogeneity–diversity relationships differ between and within trophic levels in temperate forests

Lea Heidrich, Soyeon Bae, Shaun R. Levick et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution · 2020 · 202 citations

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Modelling environmental heterogeneity in forested landscapes

Ian D. Moore, Tomás Norton, J. E. Williams · Journal of Hydrology · 1993 · 196 citations

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Authors

549

  1. RJ
    Renato J. Cintra

    Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil

    5 publications · 175 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. PÓ
    Péter Ódor

    Institute of Ecology and Botany, Hungary

    3 publications · 116 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. PS
    Peter Schall

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    3 publications · 359 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. HT
    Hiroshi Takeda

    Kyoto University, Japan

    3 publications · 184 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. GB
    Graham Bell

    McGill University, Canada

    3 publications · 471 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 549

Institutions

259

  1. US Forest Service

    Washington, United States

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    720 citations

  2. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    6 h-index

    21 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

    Manaus, Brazil

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    355 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    385 citations

  5. Universidad de Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    166 citations

  6. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    417 citations

  7. University of Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    575 citations

  8. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    349 citations

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Venues

  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    20 publications · 1.1K citations

    18

    h-index

  2. Journal of Vegetation Science

    JVS · 8 publications · 353 citations

    8

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  3. Ecological Indicators

    5 publications · 155 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. Plant Ecology

    5 publications · 208 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. Journal of Ecology

    4 publications · 490 citations

    4

    h-index

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