We reconstructed forest composition at 31 sites in 1855 (pre-Euro-American settlement, and near the end of the Little Ice Age), 1881 (logging era), 1900 (before establishment of government forest reserve), 1950 (mid-century fire exclusion), and 2009 (present forest).
"We can reconstruct the forest more or less as if we were walking through it," says DiMichele.
We use retrospective techniques to reconstruct mangrove forest history in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.
We describe and evaluate an alternative approach to reconstruct the forest canopy from sparse, leaf-off airborne laser scanning (ALS) data with a wall-to-wall coverage.
We used a geographic information system to reconstruct past forest landscapes at four times (1947, 1962, 1975, and 1997) based on interpretation of aerial photographs and landscape metrics calculated using the FRAGSTATS software for spatial pattern analysis.
Comprehensive knowledge of these relationships may be useful to reconstruct past forest transitions and predict future changes, and may help to enhance sustainable management practices aimed at preserving essential ecological functions.
Trends in forest biodiversity were examined and discussed, drawing on what we know about forests to reconstruct ancient forested landscapes and to identify strategies for the management of forests into the future.
The approach, developed primarily as a result of tree ring studies, seeks to reconstruct the forests of the West before the 20th century, when the large-scale suppression of wildfire first occurred.
A more concerted effort to reconstruct the urban forest came following the 1959 decision to site the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
From topography, sedimentology and palynology we reconstruct Podocarpaceae-dominated forests, Proto-Fynbos, and swamp/riparian forests with palms and other angiosperms.
