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How do diversity and functional nestedness of bird communities respond to changes in the landscape caused by eucalyptus plantations? [PDF]

, 2016
Studies of functional diversity can help to understand processes that determine the presence of species in different habitats. Measurement of functional diversity in silviculture areas is important because different functional traits can show different ...
de Mendonça-Lima, A., Debastiani, V. J., Hartz, S. M., Jacoboski, L. I.   +3 more
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Carbon Stock and Environmental Variations of Typical Plantations in Mufu Mountain in Hubei Province, China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Forest ecosystems play a critical role in the global carbon cycle. As a significant terrestrial carbon sink, plantations exhibit carbon stock patterns that are shaped by tree species composition, stand structure, and environmental conditions. Here, we investigated typical plantation types in the Mufu Mountain, Hubei Province.
Mingyang Ding, Yi Yang, Jiaoyang Xu, Shaoqiang Wang, Lunche Wang, Chunbo Huang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A REGENERAÇÃO NATURAL SOB PLANTAÇÕES FLORESTAIS: DESERTOS VERDES OU REDUTOS DE BIODIVERSIDADE?

Ciência Florestal, 2010
Although commercial forest plantations have been termed "green deserts", several studies from the last two decades have reported the opposite. These studies suggest that forest plantations can catalyze the natural regeneration in their understory and ...
Ricardo Augusto Gorne Viani, Giselda Durigan, Antônio Carlos Galvão de Melo   +2 more
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Soil mycobiomes in native European aspen forests and hybrid aspen plantations have a similar fungal richness but different compositions, mainly driven by edaphic and floristic factors

Frontiers in Microbiology
BackgroundThe cultivation of short-rotation tree species on non-forest land is increasing due to the growing demand for woody biomass for the future bioeconomy and to mitigate climate change impacts.
Elisabeth Rähn, Reimo Lutter, Taavi Riit, Tea Tullus, Arvo Tullus, Leho Tedersoo, Rein Drenkhan, Hardi Tullus   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forest regeneration in black alder forests in Belarus [PDF]

, 2014
In the forest fund Belarus alder forests occupy 694.5 thousand hectares, which is 8.6% of the forested area. Among black alder forests we can distinguish primary and secondary ones.
Rusalenko, A. I.
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Coupling Water Purification and Carbon Sequestration at Various Spatial Scales From Supply and Demand Perspective

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Balancing ecosystem‐service supply and demand is central to understanding both the natural and social dimensions of ecosystem services and to enhancing human well‐beings. Concurrently, collaborative efforts are underway to improve multiple ecosystem services, including the promotion of carbon neutrality and water purification (WP) within basin
Jing Cheng, Mingyang Ding, Zhenya Zhu, Xinping Luo, Xin Huang, Chunbo Huang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Veronica paczoskiana is no more than a pine forest ecotype of V. spicata that evolved independently in forest‐steppes of Ukraine and the Altai region

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
The Eurasian steppe area has been a dynamic vegetation biome during the Pleistocene with its repeated cycles of forest advances and retreats. Such a scenario allows the evolution of ecotypes at the ecotone with the potential for parallel evolution in different parts of the distribution area.
Dirk C. Albach, Gulzar Khan, Zoya M. Tsymbalyuk, Lyudmila M. Nitsenko, Sergei L. Mosyakin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frugivory‐mediated trophic cascades: how apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy‐fruited tree

Oikos, EarlyView.
The recovery of large carnivores offers unique opportunities to study their cascading impacts on plant population dynamics. Medium‐sized carnivores, both prey and seed dispersers, are suppressed by apex predators, indirectly increasing seed‐eating rodent's populations and potentially altering plant establishment.
Tamara Burgos, Jose María Fedriani, Gema Escribano‐Ávila, Emilio Virgós   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling as a tool for spatial planning of commodity production: the example of certified oil palm plantations in Central Africa [PDF]

, 2014
The Central African region is targeted by agri-business companies as a suitable place to develop large plantations. Most of the existing assessments of available land are based on an a priori definition of availability and without any operational-level ...
Feintrenie, Laurène, Gazull, Laurent, Nkoua, Méthode, Saidi, Slim   +3 more
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Functional diversity in agricultural landscapes: evidence of long‐term clustering and multi‐scale effects of land use on avian communities

Oikos, EarlyView.
Functional diversity (FD) is an essential community property connecting biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and conservation objectives. In agricultural landscapes, avian communities, which play key functional roles, are facing large‐scale biodiversity erosion, largely due to land‐use changes.
Pietro Tirozzi, Olivia Dondina, Valerio Orioli, Luciano Bani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source