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Wildfire affects boreal forest resilience through post-fire recruitment in Northeastern China
Ecological Indicators, 2022 Climate change has increased the severity, frequency, and impact of fire disturbance on boreal forests worldwide. Unusual fire events can trigger a shift from needle-leaf dominated forests to broad-leaf dominated forests, altering the original succession
Bo Liu +5 more
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Tree regeneration characteristics in limestone forests of the Cat Ba National Park, Vietnam
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Background The ability of overstory tree species to regenerate successfully is important for the preservation of tree species diversity and its associated flora and fauna.
Van Vien Pham +3 more
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Diversity, 2022 Lowland tropical rainforests harbor the most diverse plant communities in the world, but the herbaceous plants of the understory are often overlooked. To address this knowledge gap, we asked to what extent the understory herbaceous community contributes ...
Ramón Perea +2 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 Litter decomposition is a crucial ecological process that regulates nutrient cycling. However, the effects of understory plants and overstory trees on litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics are still poorly understood.
Yuanqi Chen +7 more
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021 Clearcutting reduces proximity to seed sources and mycorrhizal inoculum potential for regenerating seedlings. Partial retention of legacy trees and protection of refuge plants, as well as preservation of the forest floor, can maintain mycorrhizal ...
Suzanne W. Simard +18 more
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Metsanduslikud Uurimused, 2014 Forest understory may be strongly affected by silvicultural practices such as thinning, which simultaneously modulates the overstory canopy cover and influences the availability of light.
Chianucci Francesco +4 more
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MAPPING UNDERSTORY TREES USING AIRBORNE DISCRETE-RETURN LIDAR DATA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2012 Understory trees in multi-layer stands are often ignored in forest inventories. Information about them would benefit silviculture, wood procurement and biodiversity management. Cost-efficient inventory methods for the assessment of the presence, density,
I. Korpela, A. Hovi, F. Morsdorf
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Forest overstory-understory relationships in Alabama forests [PDF]
Forest Ecology and Management, 1987 Abstract This study developed regional overstory-understory models for four forest types in southeastern Alabama and tested the ability of these models to predict understory vegetation using overstory data from southern and southwestern Alabama. Cross-sectional data from the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit Multiresource Survey ...
L.A. Joyce, R.L. Baker
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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2023 Zabelia tyaihyonii has limited distribution in the middle of the Korean Peninsula. The distribution of Z. tyaihyonii with respect to its status of distribution, habitat types, vegetational environments, flowering characteristics and productivity of seed,
Hyun-Hee Chae +4 more
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Differential Elevational Diversity Between Overstory and Understory in Tropical Forests
Biological Diversity, EarlyView.Tropical forest overstory and understory exhibit contrasting elevational α‐diversity patterns (unimodal vs. bimodal). Community differentiation is driven by species turnover of dominant rather than rare species, highlighting the need for vertically stratified conservation across the full elevational gradient.
Xu Li +10 more
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