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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
doaj   +1 more source

Overstory Community Composition and Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and O3 Modify Understory Biomass Production and Nitrogen Acquisition

Plant and Soil, 2006
Elevated atmospheric CO2 and O3 have the potential to affect the primary productivity of the forest overstory, but little attention has been given to potential responses of understory vegetation. Our objective was to document the effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and O3 on understory species composition and biomass and to quantify nitrogen (N ...
Janet M. Bandeff, Kurt S. Pregitzer, Wendy M. Loya, William E. Holmes, Donald R. Zak   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

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

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
doaj   +2 more sources

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, Zhipeng Li, Kunhong You, Yang Liu, Xialan Cheng, Han Sheng, Shaohang Huang, Chushu Meng, Shu‐Yi‐Dan Zhou, Zhiyang Lie, Juxiu Liu   +10 more
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

How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trophic interactions and feedbacks maintain intact and degraded states of Hawaiian tropical forests

Ecosphere, 2022
Feedbacks within ecosystems can lead to internal reinforcement of the current state providing ecosystem resilience. Often, multiple biotic interactions across trophic levels play a role in such feedbacks, yet these are generally studied independently ...
Stephanie Yelenik, Eli Rose, Eben H. Paxton   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do environmental variables and overstory communities affect the spatial pattern of understory vegetation? Lessons from Monotheca buxifolia (Falc.) A. DC. forests in Pakistan

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2022
The importance of understory vegetation cannot be denied as an integral component of forest ecosystems, but there is a dearth of studies to explore the effects of environmental variables and canopy species on its diversity and composition.
Fayaz Ali, Nasrullah Khan
doaj   +1 more source