Claim · model-written summary
Silver maple dominated forest patches of loss and persistence.
- Taxon
- silver maple
Acer saccharinume1 - Outcome
- dominated forestse1
Verbatim
e1“Patches of forest loss and persistence were similarly tall (> 15 m), dense (> 90% cover), silver maple ( Acer saccharinum ) dominated forests”
Title
Nathan R. De Jager; Jason J. Rohweder; Molly Van Appledorn; et al. Landscape Ecology 2026. doi:10.1007/s10980-025-02286-8
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation Forest cover declined by 3.2 to 16.8% in the uppermost five study reaches.
- Observation Forest cover increased by 0.5 to 4.6% in the southernmost three reaches.
- Observation Patches of forest loss and persistence were tall (> 15 m).
- Observation Patches of forest loss and persistence were dense (> 90% cover).
- Observation Forest gain patches were short (< 15 m).
- Observation Forest gain patches were less dense (< 66% cover).
- Observation Forest gain patches were more likely to be dominated by willow species.
- Observation Forest loss and gain patches were smaller than forest persistence patches.
- Association Forest loss and gain patches were typically found in areas with low neighborhood forest density.
- Association Areas with more than three flood events per growing season and long inundation showed a net loss of forest cover in all study reaches.
- Association Net increases in forest cover were restricted to areas with less than a single flood event per growing season.
- Association Forest mortality along these reaches is associated with forest fragmentation and an increasingly wetter hydrological regime.