Edge effects (Habitat 🌄)
In ecology, edge effects are changes in population or community structures that occur at the boundary of two or more habitats. Areas with small habitat fragments exhibit especially pronounced edge effects that may extend throughout the range. As the edge effects increase, the boundary habitat allows for greater biodiversity. Urbanization...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_effects
#EdgeEffects #Habitat #Habitats #SystemsEcology #LandscapeEcology #EcologyTerminology
Forest Fragmentation Is Changing The Shape Of Amazonian Trees, Finds Study [remotesensing]
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https://phys.org/news/2023-12-forest-fragmentation-amazonian-trees.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44004-5 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #amazonia #amazon #amazonrainforest #brazil #remotesensing #LiDAR #terrestrial #terrestriallaser #forestry #lossofhabitat #clearing #trees #vegetation #harvesting #model #modeling #canopy #tree #treecanopy #deforested #tropicalrainforest #tropical #rainforest #forestedge #treeshape #light #sunlight #biomass #ecosystem #treehealth #fragmentedforest #model #survey #habitatfragmentation #treearchitecture #allometry #forestconservation #foresthealth #CentralAmazonia #edgeeffects #carbonsequestration #climatechange
![graphic - cross section - Point cloud of trees growing in fragmented forests in Central Amazonia, obtained using high-resolution terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) - The quantification of architectural attributes of tropical trees is challenging and has been largely overlooked. TLS offers new perspectives into the three-dimensional (3D) structure of trees, including descriptions of fine-scale architectural traits such as tree asymmetry and vertical distribution of branches. Here, [they] investigate how the architecture of surviving and young colonising trees change with proximity to forest edges. [They] used TLS data that resulted in a point spacing of 1.4 cm at a 20 m distance from the scanner.](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/111/610/451/828/388/410/original/fbfd8ef0fea273c1.jpg)
Where the river meets the sea. Uvita, Costa Rica. #Biodiversity #EdgeEffects
A Yale senior whom I taught last Spring published an essay in #edgeeffects today based on a paper she developed in our class. Check it out! https://edgeeffects.net/electrified-farming-poultry/
"Electricity reshaped the poultry industry over the 20th century. Zoe Robertson asks what the costs of this transformation were for birds and inter-species relations.."
#envhist #animalhist #histtech #energyhist #animalwelfare #histodons
