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Impact of Forest Management on the Temporal Dynamics of Herbaceous Plant Diversity in the Carpathian Beech Forests over 40 Years [PDF]

Biology, 2021
In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the complex dependence of herbaceous plant diversity on forest structure and management. However, among the studies presented so far, those in which the chronosequence (approach based on the ...
Anna Bugno-Pogoda, Roma Durak, Tomasz Durak   +2 more
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Herbaceous plant diversity mediates saline-alkaline soil improvement in the yellow river delta [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology
ObjectivesSoil salinization is a primary constraint on plant colonization and ecosystem stability in the Yellow River Delta. However, there is currently a significant lack of research concerning the improvement of saline-alkaline soil quality in the ...
Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang, Zhaohua Lu, Zhaohua Lu, Jingyao Yan, Ge Wang, Xiaohui Chen, Jiangbao Xia   +7 more
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Context-Dependency in Relationships Between Herbaceous Plant Leaf Traits and Abiotic Factors [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Leaf traits are important indicators of plants’ adaptive strategy to environmental changes. It is an established fact that leaf traits are jointly regulated by climatic and edaphic factors besides genetic factors.
Zhenchao Zhang, Zhenchao Zhang, Jian Sun, Miao Liu, Hua Shang, Jinniu Wang, Jinsong Wang, Huakun Zhou, Yong Li, Yi Wang, Wanjie Chen   +10 more
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Niche, Interspecific Association and Community Stability of Understory Vegetation in Artificial Sand-Fixing Forests of the Mu Us Sandy Land [PDF]

Plants
Understanding the community assembly mechanisms and stability of artificial sand-fixing forests is critical for the management of desert ecosystems. This study investigated the understory vegetation of four artificial sand-fixing shrub forests in the Mu ...
Huricha Ao, Hongbin Xu, Yuqing Mi, Haibing Wang, Lei Zhang, Shengnan Zhang, Haiyan Gao, Siqi Li   +7 more
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Herbaceous Plant Trial Results—1999 [PDF]

HortScience, 2000
In 1999, LSU Agricultural Center landscape trials of herbaceous ornamental plants included zinnias, ornamental sweet potatoes, vinca, and perennial verbenas. Based on growth habit, flowering and disease observations from 1999 and previous years, `Homestead Purple', `Tiger Rose', `Rose King', `Taylortown Red', and `Blue Princess' (`Biloxi Blue') are ...
Allen Owings, Gordon Holcomb, Andrew Bates, Peggy Cox, Stephen Crnko, Anthony Witcher   +5 more
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The Analysis of Italian Plant Agrobiodiversity Databases Reveals That Hilly and Sub-Mountain Areas Are Hotspots of Herbaceous Landraces [PDF]

Diversity, 2021
Landraces are an agri-food and historical-cultural heritage but are undergoing losses worldwide. Italy is taking action to counteract this problem by following European guidelines.
Luca Giupponi, Davide Pedrali, Valeria Leoni, Alessia Rodari, Annamaria Giorgi   +4 more
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Grazing effects on woody and herbaceous plant biodiversity on a limestone mountain in northern Tunisia [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Mediterranean maquis vegetation is highly biodiverse, but widespread grazing poses a challenge for management and conservation. We sampled woody and herbaceous plants separately on a limestone mountain with strong mesic-xeric gradients in Tunisia’s Parc ...
David Anthony Kirk, Katherine Hébert, Frank Barrie Goldsmith   +2 more
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Influence of an Organic Fertilizer on Agronomic Characteristics and Herbaceous Plant Diversity in a Greek Ecosystem: The Case of Cretan Dittany (Origanum dictamnus L.) [PDF]

Nitrogen
In recent years, there has been a growing tendency towards using organic fertilizers instead of chemical ones. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of the organic fertilizer, Prima Humica, on agronomic characteristics and herbaceous plant diversity
Aikaterini Molla, Alexandra D. Solomou, Anastasia Fountouli, Evaggelia Chatzikirou, Emmanouil Stamatakis, Petros Stamatakis, Elpiniki Skoufogianni   +6 more
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Eco-engineering effects of Setaria viridis and Panicum bisulcatum Thunb roots on slope stability under controlled moisture conditions [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The slope protection effect of herbaceous plants is closely related to plant species, root content in the soil, and soil moisture content. This study focuses on the roots of common herbaceous plants, such as Panicum bisulcatum Thunb and Setaria viridis ...
Jinguo Lyu, Yanli Zhang, Te Dai, Wenqi Wang, Songjiang Sang   +4 more
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Research Status and Development Mechanism of Herbaceous Plant Germplasm Resources in Arid and Cold Regions of Western China

中国工程科学, 2023
The drought and cold climate of the Loess Plateau, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, and Inner Mongolia–Xinjiang Plateau has bred rich herbaceous plant germplasm resources, forming a herbaceous plant germplasm resource bank in arid and cold regions of Western China.
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