Abundance, diversity and composition of understory plants along the altitudinal gradient and dominant overstory composition types in the temperate Himalayan region [PDF]
Frontiers in Forests and Global ChangeIntroductionThe Indian Himalayan forests are remarkable landforms experiencing tremendous climatic variation, constituting complex and diversified ecosystems with prominent vegetation zones.
Saveena Sangry +4 more
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Structure and composition of understory treelets and overstory trees in a protected area of Bangladesh [PDF]
Forest Science and Technology, 2015 Species diversity, composition, and structure of the understory treelet and overstory tree layers were investigated at Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh. Plots were taken following a systematic sampling technique from the whole forest during January to May 2012.
Jiban Chandra Deb, Anindita Roy
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Small-scale variation of vegetation in a mixed forest understorey is partly controlled by the effect of overstory composition on litter accumulation [PDF]
Journal of Forest Research, 2011 We investigated how richness and composition of vascular plant species in the understory of a mixed hardwood forest stand varied with respect to the abundance and composition of the overstory. The stand is in central Spain and represents the southernmost range of distribution of several tree and herbaceous species in Europe.
Jesus Rodríguez-Calcerrada +2 more
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Fire Season, Overstory Density and Groundcover Composition Affect Understory Hardwood Sprout Demography in Longleaf Pine Woodlands [PDF]
Forests, 2018 Seasonal timing of prescribed fire and alterations to the structure and composition of fuels in savannas and woodlands can release understory hardwoods, potentially resulting in a global increase of closed-canopy forest and a loss of biodiversity. We hypothesized that growing-season fire, high overstory density, and wiregrass presence in longleaf pine ...
Andrew Whelan +2 more
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International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and GeoinformationWildfires significantly reshape the landscape of the Mediterranean basin, altering forest composition, structure, and diversity. Consequently, detailed fuel mapping is crucial for improving fire risk assessment and enhancing fire behavior modeling, as ...
Pegah Mohammadpour +3 more
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The primacy of species turnover over intraspecific variation in the environmental filtering of understory ferns [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionQuantifying community-level trait shifts, driven by species turnover and intraspecific trait variation (ITV), is essential for understanding environmental filtering and elucidating community assembly and species coexistence.
Yuhan Zhou +8 more
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American Midland Naturalist, 2000 Abstract The relationship of herbaceous plant diversity to overstory composition and stand structure in the mixed aspen forest of northern Minnesota was investigated on 23 study sites that contained aspen in monoculture or in mixture with boreal conifers or northern hardwood species.
Alaina L Berger, Klaus J Puettmann
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Effect of overstory tree species diversity and composition on ground foraging ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in timber plantations in Ghana [PDF]
International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, 2016 ABSTRACTPlantation forests are becoming an increasingly important component of the world’s forested ecosystem. However, relatively little is known about how forest plantation management, overstory tree species composition and diversity impact biodiversity of nontree components of the forest.
Paul P Bosu
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Environmental change shapes understory plant diversity and dominance in boreal forests [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsOngoing environmental change threatens ecosystems worldwide, yet little is known about its effect on understory plant diversity, which underpins ecosystem functioning and sustainability.
Xinli Chen +6 more
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Assessing silvopasture management as a strategy to reduce fuel loads and mitigate wildfire risk [PDF]
Scientific ReportsManaging private forests for wildfire resilience is challenging due to conflicting social, economic, and ecological decisions that may result in an increase of surface fuel loads leading to greater fire risk.
Mark Batcheler +4 more
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