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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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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.
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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
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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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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
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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
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Partial recovery of large seed arrival following ecological restoration in fragmented tropical rainforests

Oikos, EarlyView.
Forest restoration success depends crucially on the reinitiation of ecological processes such as seed arrival that drive natural regeneration. We know little about whether, by increasing and diversifying local seed sources to alleviate seed limitation, and attracting animal frugivores to alleviate dispersal limitation, restoration could shift seed ...
Aparna Krishnan, Jyotsna Nag, S. Arun, Divya Mudappa, T. R. Shankar Raman, Mahesh Sankaran, Anand M. Osuri   +6 more
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Spatial and temporal variations of overstory and understory fuels in Mediterranean landscapes

, 2021
Mediterranean forests are prone to fire and highly diverse in environmental conditions, species composition, and forest structure. While much is known about fire hazard and forest responses to fire in Mediterranean climate regions, our understanding of ...
Sánchez-Pinillos, Martina, Álvarez, Albert, Pausas, J. G., Vayreda, Jordi, Casals, Pere, Coll, Lluís, Beltrán, Mario, Cáceres, Miquel de   +7 more
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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
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