forest health
Trees thriving together
Forest health is the condition of a forest ecosystem, measuring how well it functions and resists threats like disease, pests, fire, and pollution.
Healthy forests have diverse species, sustainable growth, and resilience to disturbance.
The term appears in conservation policy and land management: The drought compromised forest health across the region.
Forest health assessments guide timber harvesting decisions.
- invasive speciesHarmful non-native organism
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- acid rainPolluted atmospheric moisture falling
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- native vegetationPlants indigenous to an area
old growth · tree canopy · wildfire · soil erosion · keystone species · infestation · drought · selective logging · clear cutting · ecological restoration · prescribed burns · fire management · wildlife corridors · carbon · ecosystem · habitat fragmentation · canopy · timber
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
- forest indicatorsundergrowth, deadwood, leaf litter, biodiversity, old growth
- forestry recordsfield notes
- remote sensingsatellite imagery, aerial photography, LIDAR, LiDAR, radar imaging
- ecosystemsrainforest, desert, jungle, ocean, lake
- forest damagewildfires, bark beetle, bark beetles, clear cutting, clear-cutting
forest healthforest decline
Widespread tree death phenomenon
ecosystem collapse · deforestation · desertification · pest infestation · insect infestation