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Establishment success of Brazil nut trees in smallholder Amazon forest restoration depends on site conditions and management
(Elsevier, 2021)
1. Forest landscape restoration (FLR) has gained momentum globally and guidance is needed to identify those species, sites and planting methods that increase restoration success. Incorporating native Non-Timber Forest ...
Natural Regeneration After Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon: Implications for Restoration of Tropical Forests
(2021)
Context: Gold mining is the most destructive activity in the natural forests of the Madre de Dios region in the southeastern Peruvian Amazon. Understanding the natural regeneration process of these degraded areas is necessary ...
Burn Severity Assessment Using Sentinel-1 SAR in the Southeast Peruvian Amazon, a Case Study of Madre de Dios
(MDPI AG, 2022)
Fire is one of the significant drivers of vegetation loss and threat to Amazonian landscapes. It is estimated that fires cause about 30% of deforested areas, so the severity level is an important factor in determining the ...
Vegetation dynamics in lands degraded by gold mining in the southeastern Peruvian Amazon
(Elsevier BV, 2023)
In the southeastern Peruvian Amazon, small-scale and artisanal gold mining has become a common activity and represents one of the greatest threats to forests. The study evaluated the natural regeneration of vegetation and ...
Wood density prediction using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging for early selection of Eucalyptus grandis trees
(Springer Verlag, 2023)
Wood is a heterogenous material whose properties vary over time, making it difficult to predict the wood properties at a given age of trees in the future. The site and climate are also factors affecting wood heterogeneity. ...