Publications by authors named "Andre L C Rochelle"
The Atlantic rainforest of Brazil is one of the global terrestrial hotspots of biodiversity. Despite having undergone large scale deforestation, forest cover has shown signs of increases in the last decades. Here, to understand the degradation and regeneration history of Atlantic rainforest remnants near São Paulo, we combine a unique dataset of very high resolution images from Worldview-2 and Worldview-3 (0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLight is the key energy input for all vegetated systems. Forest light regimes are complex, with the vertical pattern of light within canopies influenced by forest structure. Human disturbances in tropical forests impact forest structure and hence may influence the light environment and thus competitiveness of different trees.
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- Mangroves have lower species diversity than other tropical forests but are structurally and functionally diverse.
- The study examined nitrogen dynamics in two types of mangroves (fringe and basin) in southeastern Brazil, hypothesizing that fringe forests would show greater nitrogen cycling due to tidal influences.
- Results indicated that fringe forests had higher nitrogen mineralization rates and availability, while nitrification rates were similar to those in basin forests.