Cristina Aponte

Global patterns of tree density are contingent upon local determinants in the world's natural forests

Jaime Madrigal-Gonzalez, Joaquin Calatayud, Juan A Ballesteros-Canovas, Adrian Escudero, Luis Cayuela, Laura Marques, Marta Rueda, Paloma Ruiz-Benito, Asier Herrero, Cristina Aponte, Rodrigo Sagardia, Andrew J Plumptre, Sylvain Dupire, Carlos I Espinosa, Olga V Tutubalina, Moe Myint, Luciano Pataro, Jerome Lopez-Saez, Manuel J Macia, Meinrad Abegg, et al.

Journal article  |  2023  |  COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY

Previous attempts to quantify tree abundance at global scale have largely neglected the role of local competition in modulating th..

Characterizing Live Fuel Moisture Content from Active and Passive Sensors in a Mediterranean Environment

Mihai A Tanase, Juan Pedro Gonzalez Nova, Eva Marino, Cristina Aponte, Jose Luis Tome, Lucia Yanez, Javier Madrigal, Mercedes Guijarro, Carmen Hernando

Journal article  |  2022  |  FORESTS

Live fuel moisture content (LFMC) influences many fire-related aspects, including flammability, ignition, and combustion. In addit..

Riparian fungal communities respond to land-use mediated changes in soil properties and vegetation structure

Vicky Waymouth, Rebecca E Miller, Sabine Kasel, Fiona Ede, Andrew Bissett, Cristina Aponte

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLANT AND SOIL

Purpose: Owing to their topographic location and nutrient rich soils, riparian forests are often converted to pastures for grazing..

Shifts in Forest Species Composition and Abundance under Climate Change Scenarios in Southern Carpathian Romanian Temperate Forests

Juan Garcia-Duro, Albert Ciceu, Serban Chivulescu, Ovidiu Badea, Mihai A Tanase, Cristina Aponte

Journal article  |  2021  |  FORESTS

The structure and functioning of temperate forests are shifting due to changes in climate. Foreseeing the trajectory of such chang..

Indications of positive feedbacks to flammability through fuel structure after high-severity fire in temperate eucalypt forests

Yogendra K Karna, Trent D Penman, Cristina Aponte, Cordula Gutekunst, Lauren T Bennett

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

Forest fire severity influences post-fire fuel structure and thus the behaviour of subsequent fires. Understanding such interactio..

Growing Stock Volume Retrieval from Single and Multi-Frequency Radar Backscatter

Mihai A Tanase, Ignacio Borlaf-Mena, Maurizio Santoro, Cristina Aponte, Gheorghe Marin, Bogdan Apostol, Ovidiu Badea

Journal article  |  2021  |  FORESTS

While products generated at global levels provide easy access to information on forest growing stock volume (GSV), their use at re..

Fire, drought and productivity as drivers of dead wood biomass in eucalypt forests of south-eastern Australia

Jamie E Burton, Lauren T Bennett, Sabine Kasel, Craig R Nitschke, Mihai A Tanase, Thomas A Fairman, Linda Parker, Melissa Fedrigo, Cristina Aponte

Journal article  |  2021  |  FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Dead wood, including dead standing trees (DST) and coarse woody debris (CWD), is a critical component of forest ecosystems that pr..

Soil Bacterial Community Responds to Land-Use Change in Riparian Ecosystems

Vicky Waymouth, Rebecca E Miller, Sabine Kasel, Fiona Ede, Andrew Bissett, Cristina Aponte

Journal article  |  2021  |  FORESTS

Riparian forests were frequently cleared and converted to agricultural pastures, but in recent times these pastures are often reve..

High-severity wildfires in temperate Australian forests have increased in extent and aggregation in recent decades

Bang Nguyen Tran, Mihai A Tanase, Lauren T Bennett, Cristina Aponte

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS ONE

Wildfires have increased in size and frequency in recent decades in many biomes, but have they also become more severe? This quest..

Climate reverses directionality in the richness-abundance relationship across the World's main forest biomes

Jaime Madrigal-Gonzalez, Joaquin Calatayud, Juan A Ballesteros-Canovas, Adrian Escudero, Luis Cayuela, Marta Rueda, Paloma Ruiz-Benito, Asier Herrero, Cristina Aponte, Rodrigo Sagardia, Andrew J Plumptre, Sylvain Dupire, Carlos Espinosa, Olga Tutubalina, Moe Myint, Luciano Pataro, Jerome Lopez-Saez, Manuel J Macia, Meinrad Abegg, Miguel A Zavala, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

More tree species can increase the carbon storage capacity of forests (here referred to as the more species hypothesis) through in..