ArticleNature communications2023
Edge effects on tree architecture exacerbate biomass loss of fragmented Amazonian forests.
Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Edge effect influences the ecological strategies of plant communities in tropical forest fragments.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2026Article
- Aboveground biomass in seven tropical forest patches of Western-Africa: comparison of manual inventory and terrestrial laser scanning.Annals of forest science · 2026Article
- A globally consistent negative effect of edge on aboveground forest biomass.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Article
- Expanding forest research with terrestrial LiDAR technology.Nature communications · 2025Review
- Seasonality, worker caste, and the interaction between island area and habitat type influence the thermal tolerance of ants on fragmented habitat islands.Marine life science & technology · 2025Article
- Road fragment edges enhance wildfire incidence and intensity, while suppressing global burned area.Nature communications · 2024Article
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Abstract
Habitat fragmentation could potentially affect tree architecture and allometry. Here, we use ground surveys of terrestrial LiDAR in Central Amazonia to explore the influence of forest edge effects on tree architecture and allometry, as well as forest biomass, 40 years after fragmentation. We find that young trees colonising the forest fragments have thicker branches and architectural traits that optimise for light capture, which result in 50% more woody volume than their counterparts of similar stem size and height in the forest interior. However, we observe a disproportionately lower height in some large trees, leading to a 30% decline in their woody volume. Despite the substantial wood production of colonising trees, the lower height of some large trees has resulted in a net loss of 6.0 Mg ha
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