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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 Change
IntroductionThe Indian Himalayan forests are remarkable landforms experiencing tremendous climatic variation, constituting complex and diversified ecosystems with prominent vegetation zones.
Saveena Sangry, Praveen Kumar, D.R. Bhardwaj, K.S. Dogra, Poonam   +4 more
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Palustrine forested wetland vegetation communities change across an elevation gradient, Washington State, USA [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Background Forested wetlands support distinct vegetation and hydrology relative to upland forests and shrub-dominated or open water wetlands. Although forested wetland plant communities comprise unique habitats, these ecosystems’ community structure is ...
Nate Hough-Snee
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Long-Term Suppression of Hardwood Regeneration by Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022
Native hardwood regeneration in the southeast United States is hindered by repeat disturbance events and the presence of invasive species. Our study aimed to determine the ability of native species in an unmanaged urban forest fragment to persist ...
Taylor N. Turner, Thomas J. Dean, Jeff S. Kuehny   +2 more
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Point Cloud Based Mapping of Understory Shrub Fuel Distribution, Estimation of Fuel Consumption and Relationship to Pyrolysis Gas Emissions on Experimental Prescribed Burns

Fire, 2022
Forest fires spread via production and combustion of pyrolysis gases in the understory. The goal of the present paper is to understand the spatial location, distribution, and fraction (relative to the overstory) of understory plants, in this case ...
Molly M. Herzog, Andrew T. Hudak, David R. Weise, Ashley M. Bradley, Russell G. Tonkyn, Catherine A. Banach, Tanya L. Myers, Benjamin C. Bright, Jonathan L. Batchelor, Akira Kato, John S. Maitland, Timothy J. Johnson   +11 more
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Overstory Longleaf Pines and Hardwoods Create Diverse Patterns of Energy Release and Fire Effects During Prescribed Fire

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021
Litter from pine trees in open woodlands is an important fuel for surface fires, but litter from hardwood species may quell fire behavior. Lower intensity fires favor hardwood over longleaf pine regeneration, and while overstory hardwoods are important ...
Andrew W. Whelan, Seth W. Bigelow, Joseph J. O’Brien   +2 more
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Soil microbiomes of hardwood‐ versus pine‐dominated stands: Linkage with overstory species

Ecosphere, 2023
Biodiversity in forest ecosystems is paradoxical. Whereas their most apparent component—the woody overstory—is the least diverse with respect to numbers of species, the least apparent component is the biotic community of highest diversity—the soil ...
Frank S. Gilliam, Elizabeth A. Hargis, Sarah K. Rabinowitz, Brenton C. Davis, Leo L. Sweet, Joseph A. Moss   +5 more
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Influence of strata-specific forest structural features on the regeneration of the evergreen broad-leaved forest in Tianmu Mountain.

PLoS ONE, 2021
The vertical stratification of the stand may lead to a high heterogeneity of microenvironment in the forest, which further influences the understory regeneration and succession of the forest.
Junsong Long, Mengping Tang, Guangsheng Chen   +2 more
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Thirty Years of Compositional Change in an Old-Growth Temperate Forest: The Role of Topographic Gradients in Oak-Maple Dynamics. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Ecological communities are structured in response to spatial and temporal variation of numerous factors, including edaphic conditions, biotic interactions, climatic patterns and disturbance regimes.
Julia I Chapman, Ryan W McEwan
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Relationships between overstory and understory structure and diversity in semi-natural mixed floodplain forests at Bosco Fontana (Italy)

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2016
The “Bosco Fontana” natural reserve includes the last remaining mixed floodplain forest in northern Italy and one of the most endangered ecosystems in Europe.
Chianucci F, Minari E, Fardusi Most J, Merlini P, Cutini A, Corona P, Mason F   +6 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, Christian Ammer, Peter Annighöfer, Steffi Heinrichs   +3 more
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