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Facilitation differentially affects competitive responses of aspen and subalpine fir through stages of stand development

Ecosphere, 2022
Spatial interactions between trees influence forest community succession. The objective of this study was to investigate how shifts in forest composition and proximity between tree species affect stand development over time in mixed forest systems.
Rebecca Lee Molinari, Matthew F. Bekker, Benjamin D. St. Clair, Jason Bartholomew, R. Justin DeRose, Stanley G. Kitchen, Samuel B. St. Clair   +6 more
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Red-cockaded woodpecker habitat characteristics associated with partial brood loss in the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain, USA

Endangered Species Research, 2023
Some red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW) Dryobates borealis populations remain understudied. This is notable because management that incorporates population demographics and site characteristics may benefit RCW recovery.
EJ Martin, F Gigliotti, PFB Ferguson
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Understory floristic composition of planted western white pine stands in the northern Rocky Mountains

Forest Ecosystems
Understory plants are an integral part of forests, serving a variety of functions that help maintain healthy ecosystems. The structure and composition of the understory are influenced by numerous biotic and abiotic factors, with light being critical. The
Andrew S. Nelson, Theresa B. Jain, Jason Reinhardt, Eva K. Strand, Nicole Mutchler, John Byrne   +5 more
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Regeneration patterns of European oak species (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl., Quercus robur L.) in dependence of environment and neighborhood.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Quercus robur L. (pedunculate oak) and Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. (sessile oak) are two European oak species of great economic and ecological importance.
Peter Annighöfer, Philip Beckschäfer, Torsten Vor, Christian Ammer   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

PHYTOSOCIOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WOODY REGENERATION FROM A REFORESTATION WITH NATIVE SPECIES IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Revista Árvore, 2016
In Brazil, specifically in São Paulo State, there are guidelines based on the high diversity of tropical forests that instructs the restoration projects in the state (current SMA 32/2014).
Michel Anderson Almeida Colmanetti, Luiz Mauro Barbosa, Regina Tomoko Shirasuna, Hilton Thadeu Zarate do Couto   +3 more
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Spider assemblages in the overstory, understory, and ground layers of managed stands in the western boreal mixedwood forest of Canada

, 2011
: Logging is the main human disturbance in the boreal forest; thus, understanding the effects of harvesting practices on biodiversity is essential for a more sustainable forestry.
Langor, D. W., Spence, J. R., Pinzon, J.
core   +1 more source

Ecological and Floristic Plant Surveys of Little Wabash River Nature Preserve, Indiana

The Great Lakes Botanist, 2023
Forests in northeastern Indiana are relegated to relatively small fragments and have become important patches in a landscape dominated by agriculture. Little Wabash River Nature Preserve is a property in Allen County, Indiana, closed to the public and ...
Joanna Stebing, Jordan M. Marshall, Madison E. Beckstedt, Tessa M. Aby-Kruger   +3 more
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The environment, not space, dominantly structures the landscape patterns of the richness and composition of the tropical understory vegetation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The mechanisms driving the spatial patterns of species richness and composition are essential to the understanding of biodiversity. Numerous studies separately identify the contributions of the environment (niche process) and space (neutral process) to ...
Yue-Hua Hu, Da-Yong Sheng, Yang-Zhou Xiang, Zeng-Jiang Yang, Da-Ping Xu, Ning-Nan Zhang, Lei-Lei Shi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Close‐to‐nature management regulates ecosystem carbon storage through its effects on vegetation community structure in Pinus massoniana plantations

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Forest plantations play an increasingly important role in climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration, yet management strategies that enhance long‐term ecosystem carbon storage remain insufficiently understood. We investigated the effects of more than a decade of close‐to‐nature management on community structure and ecosystem carbon storage ...
Yuwen Luo, Yunliang Ni, Zongzheng Chai
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of canopy-layer composition on understory plant diversity in southern temperate forests

Forest Ecosystems, 2017
Background Understory plants represents the largest component of biodiversity in most forest ecosystems and plays a key role in forest functioning. Despite their importance, the influence of overstory-layer composition on understory plant diversity is ...
Luciana Mestre, Mónica Toro-Manríquez, Rosina Soler, Alejandro Huertas-Herrera, Guillermo Martínez-Pastur, María Vanessa Lencinas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source