Search Results - "Alexander C Vibrans"

The erosion of biodiversity and biomass in the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot by de Lima, Renato A. F., Oliveira, Alexandre A., Pitta, Gregory R., de Gasper, André L., Vibrans, Alexander C., Chave, Jérôme, ter Steege, Hans, Prado, Paulo I.

“…Tropical forests are being deforested worldwide, and the remaining fragments are suffering from biomass and biodiversity erosion. Quantifying this erosion is…”
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Robust volumetric models for supporting the management of secondary forest stands in the Southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest by Oliveira, Laio Z, Klitzke, Aline R, Fantini, Alfredo C, Uller, Heitor F, Correia, Jean, Vibrans, Alexander C

“…The majority of Atlantic Forest fragments in Southern Brazil are second-growth forests dominated by fast-growing species with considerable market-value timber…”
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Productivity assessment of timber harvesting techniques for supporting sustainable forest management of secondary Atlantic Forests in southern Brazil by Britto, Pedro Caldas, Jaeger, Dirk, Hoffmann, Stephan, Robert, Renato Cesar Gonçalves, Fantini, Alfredo Celso, Vibrans, Alexander C.

“…The Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil has been subject to overexploitation in the past prompting the formulation of a rigorous conservation orientated policy…”
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Structure of mixed ombrophyllous forests with Araucaria angustifolia (Araucariaceae) under external stress in Southern Brazil by Vibrans, Alexander C, Sevegnani, Lúcia, Uhlmann, Alexandre, Schorn, Lauri A, Sobral, Marcos G, de Gasper, André L, Lingner, Débora V, Brogni, Eduardo, Klemz, Guilherme, Godoy, Marcela B, Verdi, Marcio

“…This study is part of the Floristic and Forest Inventory of Santa Catarina, conceived to evaluate forest resources, species composition and structure of forest…”
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Using satellite image-based maps and ground inventory data to estimate the area of the remaining Atlantic forest in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina by Vibrans, Alexander C., McRoberts, Ronald E., Moser, Paolo, Nicoletti, Adilson L.

“…Estimation of large area forest attributes, such as area of forest cover, from remote sensing-based maps is challenging because of image processing,…”
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Mixed effects of climate and species richness on aboveground carbon stock in subtropical Atlantic forests by Bastos, Júlio R., Capellesso, Elivane S., Marcilio-Silva, Vinicius, Zwiener, Victor P., Vibrans, Alexander C., Marques, Márcia C.M.

“…Tropical forests are global biodiversity hotspots and are crucial in the global carbon (C) cycle. Understanding the drivers of aboveground carbon stock (AGC)…”
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Cold spot microrefugia hold the key to survival for Brazil's Critically Endangered Araucaria tree by Wilson, Oliver J., Walters, Richard J., Mayle, Francis E., Lingner, Débora V., Vibrans, Alexander C.

“…Brazil's Araucaria tree (Araucaria angustifolia) is an iconic living fossil and a defining element of the Atlantic Forest global biodiversity hotspot. But…”
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Impact of solar activity on the calculation of ToA reflectance values of multispectral images by Muller, Jonathan Gil, Vibrans, Alexander Christian, Pinto, Cibele Teixeira

“…Solar activity explains a fraction of the variation in incident solar irradiance at the Top of Atmosphere (ToA). The radiometric calibration of multispectral…”
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Comprehensive conservation assessments reveal high extinction risks across Atlantic Forest trees by de Lima, Renato A F, Dauby, Gilles, de Gasper, André L, Fernandez, Eduardo P, Vibrans, Alexander C, Oliveira, Alexandre A de, Prado, Paulo I, Souza, Vinícius C, F de Siqueira, Marinez, Ter Steege, Hans

“…Biodiversity is declining globally, yet many biodiversity hotspots still lack comprehensive species conservation assessments. Using multiple International…”
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Recent deforestation drove the spike in Amazonian fires by Cardil, Adrián, de-Miguel, Sergio, Silva, Carlos A, Reich, Peter B, Calkin, David, Brancalion, Pedro H S, Vibrans, Alexander C, Gamarra, Javier G P, Zhou, M, Pijanowski, Bryan C, Hui, Cang, Crowther, Thomas W, Hérault, Bruno, Piotto, Daniel, Salas-Eljatib, Christian, Broadbent, Eben North, Almeyda Zambrano, Angelica M, Picard, Nicolas, Aragão, Luiz E O C, Bastin, Jean-Francois, Routh, Devin, van den Hoogen, Johan, Peri, Pablo L, Liang, Jingjing

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Human impacts as the main driver of tropical forest carbon by Pyles, Marcela Venelli, Magnago, Luiz Fernando Silva, Maia, Vinícius Andrade, Pinho, Bruno X., Pitta, Gregory, de Gasper, André L., Vibrans, Alexander C., dos Santos, Rubens Manoel, van den Berg, Eduardo, Lima, Renato A. F.

“…Understanding the mechanisms controlling forest carbon storage is crucial to support “nature-based” solutions for climate change mitigation. We used a dataset…”
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Generic and specific stem volume models for three subtropical forest types in southern Brazil by Vibrans, Alexander C, Moser, Paolo, Oliveira, Laio Z, de Maçaneiro, João P

“…KEY MESSAGE : We adjusted generic models for species-rich forest types and specific models for 15 species. Regression assumptions, lack of fitness and goodness…”
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A test of the fast-slow plant economy hypothesis in a subtropical rain forest by Rodrigues, Arthur V., Pastório, Fábio F., Bones, Fábio L. V., Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane, Vibrans, Alexander C., de Gasper, André L.

“…The fast-slow plant economy hypothesis predicts strong co-variation in key resource-use traits due to the trade-off between growth and survival of species…”
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Structure and diversity of the Araucaria forest in southern Brazil: biotic homogenisation hinders the recognition of floristic assemblages related to altitude by Sevegnani, Lucia, de Gasper, André L, Rodrigues, Arthur V, Lingner, Débora V, Meyer, Leila, Uhlmann, Alexandre, Oliveira, Laio Z, Vibrans, Alexander C

“…Forest structure and species abundance may respond to environmental features triggered by geomorphology, altitude gradients and human impacts. In this study we…”
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Insights for selecting the most suitable nonparametric species-richness estimators for subtropical Brazilian Atlantic Forests by Oliveira, Laio Z., Moser, Paolo, Vibrans, Alexander C., Piazza, Gustavo A., de Gasper, André L., Oliveira Filho, Ary T.

“…In large-scale biodiversity surveys, the observed species-richness inevitably underestimates the real species richness of a certain geographic region…”
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Floristic change in Brazil's southern Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot: From the Last Glacial Maximum to the late 21st Century by Wilson, Oliver J., Mayle, Francis E., Walters, Richard J., Lingner, Débora V., Vibrans, Alexander C.

“…Brazil's Atlantic Forest biome is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, whose heterogeneous ecosystems are threatened by habitat loss and climate change…”
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Incorporating Forest Mapping-Related Uncertainty into the Error Propagation of Wall-to-Wall Biomass Maps: A General Approach for Large and Small Areas by David, Hassan C., Vibrans, Alexander C., Martins-Neto, Rorai P., Dalla Corte, Ana Paula, Péllico Netto, Sylvio

“…The sources of uncertainty in wall-to-wall AGB maps propagate from the tree to pixel, but uncertainty due to forest cover mapping is rarely incorporated into…”
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Human impacts, habitat quantity and quality affect the dimensions of diversity and carbon stocks in subtropical forests: A landscape-based approach by Bastos, Júlio R., Capellesso, Elivane S., Vibrans, Alexander C., Marques, Márcia C.M.

“…•The landscape quantity and quality affect the biodiversity and carbon stock.•Anthropic disturbance has negatively effects on biodiversity and carbon…”
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The tropical biomass & carbon project–An application for forest biomass and carbon estimates by David, Hassan C., Barbosa, Reinaldo I., Vibrans, Alexander C., Watzlawick, Luciano F., Trautenmuller, Jonathan W., Balbinot, Rafaelo, Ribeiro, Sabina C., Jacovine, Laércio A.G., Corte, Ana Paula D., Sanquetta, Carlos R., Silva, Alessandra Calegari da, Freitas, Joberto Veloso de, MacFarlane, David W.

“…•The project ‘Tropical Biomass & Carbon’ and its main product TB&C App is introduced.•TB&C App is an user-friendly tool that estimates C stored in forests of…”
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Methods for variable selection in LiDAR-assisted forest inventories by Moser, Paolo, Vibrans, Alexander C., McRoberts, Ronald E., Næsset, Erik, Gobakken, Terje, Chirici, Gherardo, Mura, Matteo, Marchetti, Marco

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