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Contrasting effects of vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores on leaf litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: A meta‐analysis

Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 12, Page 3372-3384, December 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Herbivores influence litter quality, soil properties and decomposer communities, with cascading effects on litter decomposition. Vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores can affect decomposition through the same two pathways (litter quality‐ and soil‐mediated) but are ...
M. Paz Tapella, Carolina Quintero, Mariano A. Rodriguez‐Cabal, Yamila Sasal, M. Noelia Barrios‐Garcia   +4 more
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Woody, Animal‐Dispersed Species Recovery With Forest Age and Integrity in Secondary Tropical Forest Seed Banks

Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 5, September 2025.
Graphical abstract showing relationships between forest age, forest landscape integrity index (FLII), and seed bank characteristics including density, species richness, dispersal mode, and community composition across a 130‐year chronosequence at Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama.
Marc Nassivera, Anita Weissflog, Carolina Bello, Liza S. Comita, Thomas W. Crowther, Biancolini Royk Castro Trujillo, Roni Saenz, Oldemar Valdés Magallon, Daisy H. Dent   +8 more
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Thermal tolerance is linked to anatomical but not morphological leaf traits in woody species of Andean tropical montane forests

Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 6, Page 1537-1549, June 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The world is experiencing a rise in global temperatures as a result of climate change. Higher temperatures along with more frequent heat waves negatively impact physiological levels and ultimately lead to plant death.
Mónica González, María Cuervo‐Gómez, Claudia Garnica‐Díaz, Fagua Álvarez‐Flórez, Laura Cubillos‐Ariza, Victor Giral, Grace John, Luz Marina Melgarejo, Beatriz Salgado‐Negret   +8 more
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Endogenous rhythmic growth and ectomycorrhizal fungi modulate priming of antiherbivore defences in subsequently formed new leaves of oak trees

Journal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 6, Page 1382-1396, June 2025.
A first herbivore attack primes direct and indirect defences of newly formed oak leaves and, the specific display of defence priming is regulated by rhythmic growth, and modulated by the interaction with the ectomycorrhizal fungus Piloderma croceum. Therefore, the priming memory in oaks can be transmitted to the next growth cycle. GC, growth cycle; SF,
I. Fernández, M. L. Bouffaud, A. Martínez‐Medina, M. Schädler, M. T. Tarkka, A. Weinhold, N. M. van Dam, S. Herrmann, F. Buscot   +8 more
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Successional Growth Dynamics of Woody Saplings in Tropical Dry Forest Understory

Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 3, May 2025.
The factors that drive sapling growth in tropical dry forest succession remain unclear. Growth rates are higher in the early stages of succession and then decrease. Light and not water seems to be the main factor limiting sapling growth along succession. The successional guild of species and the taxonomic identity as a Leguminosae were the main factors
Rodrigo Díaz‐Talamantes, Edgar J. González, Rodrigo Muñoz, Moisés Enríquez, Gerardo Dávila‐Hernández, Valentina Sandoval‐Granillo, Edwin Lebrija‐Trejos, Jorge A. Meave   +7 more
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Estudio ecológico de la cubierta vegetal leñosa y análisis florístico en el macizo Manzaneda-Queija (Orense)

, 1983
El estudio que presentamos de este macizo noroccidental ibérico se plantea en dos direcciones fundamentales de trabajo: flora y espectro fitocorologico del territorio, y estructura, comportamiento y distribución de las comunidades vegetales leñosas ...
Morla Juaristi, Carlos
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Riqueza y estructura de vegetación leñosa en selva baja caducifolia con diferentes grados de perturbación en el sureste de México

Botan‪ical Sciences
Antecedentes: la selva baja caducifolia presenta una gran riqueza florística; sin embargo, actualmente se encuentra en fragmentos degradados y los relictos bien conservados se restringen a sitios inaccesibles.
Ana María Aquino-Zapata, José Rodrigo Carral-Domínguez, Christian A. Delfín-Alfonso, César I. Carvajal-Hernández   +3 more
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Remove saplings early: Cost‐effective strategies to contain tree invasions and prevent their impacts

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 3, Page 661-676, March 2025.
Our highest‐ranking strategies represent management actions to start implementing in the field as part of an adaptive management plan that iteratively evaluates the validity of our simulation model and updates the management recommendations. Our study can be applied to guide management of invasive pines and replicated with any invasive woody species ...
Jaime Moyano, Pablo García‐Díaz, Barbara Langdon, Stephen C. F. Palmer, Paul Caplat, Xavier Lambin, Aníbal Pauchard, Martin A. Nuñez   +7 more
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Composición y diversidad de la flora leñosa en bosques secundarios generados a partir de quemas en el valle de Chanchamayo, Junín [PDF]

, 2013
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales. Departamento Académico de Manejo ForestalLos incendios forestales producidos en la Selva central de Perú se han incrementado en las últimas décadas, causando efectos en la ...
Echia Rodríguez, Esaú Abel
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Avian seed dispersal out of the forests: A view through the lens of Pleistocene landscapes

Journal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 3, Page 510-517, March 2025.
Many European woody species are light‐demanding and fail to regenerate in the shaded interiors of temperate forests. Most of these species are dispersed by frugivorous and seed‐caching birds. The spatial patterns of avian seed dispersal in fragmented anthropogenic landscapes are congruent with an ecological and evolutionary history with open and semi ...
Juan P. González‐Varo
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