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Desynchronizing effects of lightning strike disturbances on cyclic forest dynamics in mangrove plantations
Markus Kautz,Uta Berger,Dietrich Stoyan,Juliane Vogt,Nabiul Islam Khan,Karen Diele,Ulrich Saint-Paul,Tran Triet,Vien Ngoc Nam +8 more
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In this paper, the authors investigated the effect of lightning gaps on the transition dynamics of plantations to more natural forests by damping the amplitude or by shortening the period of oscillations in tree densities.About:
This article is published in Aquatic Botany.The article was published on 2011-10-01. It has received 18 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lightning strike & Lightning.read more
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Mangroves of Vietnam: Historical development, current state of research and future threats
Bijeesh Kozhikkodan Veettil,Raymond D. Ward,Raymond D. Ward,Ngo Xuan Quang,Ngo Thi Thu Trang,Tran Hoai Giang +5 more
Abstract: Vietnamese mangroves are among the most productive and biologically important ecosystems of the world; providing habitat/nursing grounds for commercial and non-commercial fish species, food, medicine, building materials/fuel for local communities, as well as carbon storage (blue carbon) and coastal protection from storm events. However, Vietnam's mangroves have been lost in recent decades (∼38%) or degraded, predominantly driven by herbicides during the Vietnam War and later by conversion to aquaculture and coastal development, although there has been a recent slowing of this degradation as a result of restoration and protection schemes. This review article discusses the principal factors which influence mangroves in Vietnam including climate and climate change, hydrology, soil and topography, and anthropogenic factors such as aquaculture expansion, illegal logging, damming, pollution), which requires special attention. We further discuss the important role that Vietnamese mangrove forests play an in the socio-economic development of the country, even though the exploitation and protection of mangrove forests in many provinces are often uncontrolled. We discuss successful management practices including co-management models for mangrove restoration, which have been a success in Vietnam. Conservation and rehabilitation process of mangrove forests by various national and international agencies are still on-going and the success of such activities is influenced by various socio-economic, political as well as environmental factors. Further challenges in effective mangrove management arise due to climate change, which accelerates high atmospheric CO2, increased air temperature, sea level rise, storminess, ocean currents and alterations in precipitation regime. Recent developments in remote sensing applications can be utilized to improve the mapping and monitoring the changes in mangrove ecosystems in Vietnam thereby improving the effective management of mangrove forests.
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Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective. Structure, Function and Ecosystem Services
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Using expert knowledge and modeling to define mangrove composition, functioning, and threats and estimate time frame for recovery
Nibedita Mukherjee,Nibedita Mukherjee,William J. Sutherland,Nabiul Islam Khan,Uta Berger,Nele Schmitz,Farid Dahdouh-Guebas,Farid Dahdouh-Guebas,Nico Koedam +8 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that mangroves are ecologically unique even though they may be species poor (from the vegetation perspective) and the ranking of the mangrove ecological functions could be a useful tool for restoration and management ofMangroves.
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Changes in allometric relations of mangrove trees due to resource availability – A new mechanistic modelling approach
TL;DR: A new tree model (BETTINA) designed to investigate the response of trees in terms of biomass allocation patterns to environmental conditions, which has a great potential for a physiologically and physically based improvement of plant component related biomass estimations.
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Impact of typhoon disturbance on the diversity of key ecosystem engineers in a monoculture mangrove forest plantation, Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam
Karen Diele,Karen Diele,D.M. Tran Ngoc,S.J. Geist,Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer,Q.H. Pham,Ulrich Saint-Paul,T. Tran,Uta Berger +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the ground-dwelling brachyuran crabs community of intact mangrove stands with that of typhoon gaps having experienced 100% tree mortality.
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