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Forest seedling community response to understorey filtering by tree ferns

Posted on September 22, 2018January 30, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by James M. R. Brock, George L. W. Perry, Tynan Burkhardt & Bruce R. Burns

James Brock, surrounded by silver fern Cyathea dealbata – the symbol of New Zealand national sports teams, recording the seedling community in experimental tree fern plot no.

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Slow recovery of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant community after fungicide application: An eight-year experiment

Posted on September 17, 2018January 30, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Hana Pánková, Tomáš Dostálek, Kristýna Vazačová & Zuzana Münzbergová

Study site – dry grassland in the central part of the Czech Republic. Photo credit: Hana Pánková.

Dry grasslands represent one of the most species-rich communities in Europe with a high occurrence of rare species.…

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The assembly of a plant network in alpine vegetation

Posted on September 15, 2018January 30, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Gianalberto Losapio, Marcelino de la Cruz, Adrián Escudero, Bernhard Schmid & Christian Schöb

The study site in the Swiss Alps (Lämmerenboden, 2300 m a.s.l.). Photo credit:
Gianalberto Losapio.

Plant ecology has always focused on interactions among species within communities.…

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