Category: Linking to elsewhere

What is happening to Mediterranean coastal dunes?

Posted on February 2, 2022February 3, 2022 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Marta Gaia Sperandii

A relatively well-conserved Mediterranean dune system close to Montalto di Castro (Viterbo). Photo credit: Marta Gaia Sperandii.

This Linking to elsewhere post is related to the article “Getting the measure of the biodiversity crisis in Mediterranean coastal habitats”, published by Marta G.…

Linking functional diversity, trait composition, invasion, and environmental drivers in boreal wetland plant assemblages

Posted on October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 by David Zeleny

Brandon Allen and his colleagues summarized the results from a recent paper in the Journal of Vegetation Science (https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13073) illustrating the complex relationships between functional diversity, terrestrial invaders, and the surrounding environment in boreal wetlands. Read more about these relationships at the ABMI blog.…

Savannah trees buffer herbaceous plant biomass against wild and domestic herbivores

Posted on January 17, 2020January 30, 2020 by David Zeleny

Dr Stuart Smith summarizes the results of a recent paper in the Applied Vegetation Science (https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12472) that shows specialist grass species underneath trees are important for maintaining herbaceous biomass with increasing herbivore pressure and livestock dominance in African savannahs.…

Rules of thumb for predicting tropical forest recovery

Posted on September 1, 2018January 30, 2020 by David Zeleny

Dr Karen Holl summarizes the results of the recent paper in the Applied Vegetation Science (https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12394) showing that measuring grass cover and canopy cover just a year after pasture abandonment can help to predict the rate of tropical forest recovery.…