Response to “Withering the coloniality of the forest transition?”

AMBIO ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas K. Rudel ◽  
Patrick Meyfroidt ◽  
Robin Chazdon ◽  
Frans Bongers ◽  
Sean Sloan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Transition

scholarly journals Changes in energy and livestock systems largely explain the forest transition in Austria (1830–1910)

2021 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 105624
Author(s):  
Simone Gingrich ◽  
Christian Lauk ◽  
Fridolin Krausmann ◽  
Karl-Heinz Erb ◽  
Julia Le Noë
Keyword(s):  
Forest Transition ◽  
Livestock Systems

The forest transition as a window of opportunity to change the governance of common-pool resources: The case of Mexico’s Mixteca Alta

2021 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
pp. 105516
Author(s):  
Matthew Lorenzen ◽  
Quetzalcóatl Orozco-Ramírez ◽  
Rosario Ramírez-Santiago ◽  
Gustavo G. Garza
Keyword(s):  
Common Pool Resources ◽  
Window Of Opportunity ◽  
Forest Transition ◽  
Common Pool ◽  
Mixteca Alta

scholarly journals Forest Quality Dynamic Change and Its Driving Factors Accompanied by Forest Transition in China

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 733
Author(s):  
Li Gu ◽  
Zhiwen Gong ◽  
Yuankun Bu
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Spatial Clustering ◽  
Dynamic Change ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Suitable Model ◽  
Forest Transition ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Province Level

As ecological and environmental issues have received continuous attention, forest transition has gradually become the frontier and a hot issue, which have implications for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. In this study, the spatial-temporal dynamics and the spatial determinants of forest quality were investigated using spatial econometric regression models at the province level, which contained 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in China. The results showed that forest area, forest volume, forest coverage, and forest quality have greatly increased as of 2018, but uneven forest distribution is an important feature of forest adaptation to the environment. The global Moran’s I value was greater than 0.3, and forest quality of the province level had a positive spatial correlation and exhibited obvious spatial clustering characteristics. In particular, the spatial expansion of forest quality had shown an accelerated concentration. The most suitable model for empirical analysis and interpretation was the Spatial Durbin Model (SDM) with fixed effects. The average annual precipitation and the area ratio of the collective forest were positively correlated with forested quality (significance level 1%). Ultimately, this framework could guide future research, describe actual and potential changes in forest quality associated with forest transitions, and promote management plans that incorporate forest area changes.

Flux Dynamics in the Cerrado and Cerrado–Forest Transition of Brazil

2010 ◽  
pp. 97-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Vourlitis ◽  
Humberto da Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Forest Transition ◽  
Flux Dynamics

scholarly journals Trade Liberalisation and Global-Scale Forest Transition

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Gonzzlez-Val ◽  
Fernando Pueyo
Keyword(s):  
Global Scale ◽  
Trade Liberalisation ◽  
Forest Transition

scholarly journals Structural, physiognomic and aboveground biomass variation in savanna-forest transition zones on three continents. How different are co-occurring savanna and forest formations?

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 4591-4636 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Veenendaal ◽  
M. Torello-Raventos ◽  
T. R. Feldpausch ◽  
T. F. Domingues ◽  
F. Gerard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Canopy Cover ◽  
Woody Vegetation ◽  
Canopy Closure ◽  
Forest Transition ◽  
Vegetation Types ◽  
Forest Species ◽  
Stable States ◽  
Transition Zones

Abstract. Through interpretations of remote sensing data and/or theoretical propositions, the idea that forest and savanna represent "alternative stable states" is gaining increasing acceptance. Filling an observational gap, we present detailed stratified floristic and structural analyses for forest and savanna stands mostly located within zones of transition (where both vegetation types occur in close proximity) in Africa, South America and Australia. Woody plant leaf area index variation was related in a similar way to tree canopy cover for both savanna and forest with substantial overlap between the two vegetation types. As total woody plant canopy cover increased, so did the contribution of middle and lower strata of woody vegetation to this total. Herbaceous layer cover also declined as woody cover increased. This pattern of understorey grasses and herbs being progressively replaced by shrubs as canopy closure occurs was found for both savanna and forests and on all continents. Thus, once subordinate woody canopy layers are taken into account, a less marked transition in woody plant cover across the savanna-forest species discontinuum is observed compared to that implied when trees of a basal diameter > 0.1m are considered in isolation. This is especially the case for shrub-dominated savannas and in taller savannas approaching canopy closure. An increased contribution of forest species to the total subordinate cover is also observed as savanna stand canopy closure occurs. Despite similarities in canopy cover characteristics, woody vegetation in Africa and Australia attained greater heights and stored a greater concentration of above ground biomass than in South America. Up to three times as much aboveground biomass is stored in forests compared to savannas under equivalent climatic conditions. Savanna/forest transition zones were also found to typically occur at higher precipitation regimes for South America than for Africa. Nevertheless, coexistence was found to be confined to a well-defined edaphic/climate envelope consistent across all three continents with both soil and climate playing a role as the key determinants of the relative location of forest and savanna. Taken together these observations do not lend support the notion of alternate stable states mediated through fire-feedbacks as the prime force shaping the distribution of the two dominant vegetation types of the tropical lands.

Forest transition in Asia: Trends and some theoretical implications

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wil de Jong ◽  
Jinlong Liu ◽  
Mi Sun Park ◽  
Leni Camacho
Keyword(s):  
Forest Transition
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