Integrating knowledge of ecological succession into invasive alien plant management: A case study from Portugal
Prepared by Liliana Neto Duarte, Carlos Pinto Gomes, Hélia Marchante & Elizabete Marchante
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The impact of seed deficiency on productivity and on negative drought effect in semi-natural grassland
Prepared by Andreas Stampfli & Michaela Zeiter
During severe droughts grassland herbs dehydrate, they either persist or die. The composition of vegetation after drought is determined by species which re-sprout from protected tissue or recruit from seed.…
Continue readingPlant dispersal strategies in primary succession on the Tolbachinsky Dol volcanic Plateau (Russia)
By Anton Korablev, Vadim Smirnov, Valentina Neshataeva, Igor Kuzmin & Timofey Nekrasov
Effects of white-tailed deer exclusion on the plant community composition of an upland tallgrass prairie ecosystem
Prepared by Kathryn J. Bloodworth, Mark E. Ritchie & Kimberly J. Komatsu
Grasslands make up approximately 40% of the Earth’s ice-free land surface, and they support diverse plant and animal communities that provide many ecological services.…
Continue readingGrazing by wild red deer maintains characteristic vegetation of semi-natural open habitats: Evidence from a three-year exclusion experiment
By Friederike Riesch, Bettina Tonn, Hans Georg Stroh, Marcus Meißner, Niko Balkenhol & Johannes Isselstein
A new vegetation-plot database for the coastal forests of Kenya
By Maria Fungomeli, Anthony Githitho, Fabrizio Frascaroli, Saidi Chidzinga, Marcus Cianciaruso & Alessandro Chiarucci
After two years of intense research work as a collaboration between the University of Bologna and the National Museums of Kenya, we produced the first standardised data set of the coastal forests of Kenya.…
Continue readingThe perspective of unmanned aerial systems in forest management: Do we really need such details?
Prepared by Jan Komárek
Traditional methods of terrestrial field survey and measurements at forests are by a majority of landowners still considered to be the most reliable source of tree information.…
Continue readingPress-pulse interactions and long-term community dynamics in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland
By Scott Collins, Alesia Hallmark, Tim Ohlert, Anny Chung, Lauren Baur & Jennifer Rudgers
Fine-grained sediment deposition alters the response of plant CSR strategies on the gravel bars of a highly regulated river
Prepared by Philippe Janssen, Hervé Piégay & André Evette
Flow regulation by dams profoundly changes the functioning of river ecosystems.…
Continue readingSmall biodiversity effects on leaf litter production of a seasonal heath vegetation
By José L.A. Silva, Alexandre F. Souza, Louis S. Santiago, Anderson R. Gripp, Ana E.B. Asato, Gabriel H.S. Silva, Mery I.G. Alencar and Adriano Caliman
