PLFA profiling of microbial community structure and seasonal shifts in soils of a Douglas-fir chronosequence

J Moore-Kucera, RP Dick - Microbial ecology, 2008 - Springer
The impact and frequency of forest harvesting could significantly affect soil microbial
community (SMC) structure and functioning. The ability of soil microorganisms to perform …

Ecological correlates of extinction proneness in Australian tropical rain forest mammals

WF Laurance - Conservation Biology, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
There is a dire need to predict the vulnerability of tropical forest biotas to habitat
fragmentation I tested the efficacy of seven ecological traits (body size Iongeuity, fecundity …

Landslide disturbance and forest regeneration in the upper Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico

MR Guariguata - The Journal of Ecology, 1990 - JSTOR
(1) The natural landslide disturbance regime and the major trends in post-landslide
succession were studied within a 44-km 2 belt between 530 and 850 m asl (subtropical …

Root controls on soil microbial community structure in forest soils

JB Brant, DD Myrold, EW Sulzman - Oecologia, 2006 - Springer
We assessed microbial community composition as a function of altered above-and
belowground inputs to soil in forest ecosystems of Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Hungary as …

Rainforest fragmentation and the structure of small mammal communities in tropical Queensland

WF Laurance - Biological Conservation, 1994 - Elsevier
There is a dire need to assess the impacts of habitat fragmentation on tropical forest biotas.
In 1986–1987 three live-trap** methods were used to census small mammals at 52 sites …

Comparative responses of five arboreal marsupials to tropical forest fragmentation

WF Laurance - Journal of Mammalogy, 1990 - academic.oup.com
I used data from 160 spotlighting censuses to compare responses of five species of arboreal
marsupial folivores to fragmentation of tropical rainforests in NE Queensland, Australia. Data …

Influence of noisy environmental data on canonical correspondence analysis

B McCune - Ecology, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) is an increasingly popular method for
multivariate analysis of ecological community data. It is, however, one of the most potentially …

A method for quantifying vertical forest structure

PA Latham, HR Zuuring, DW Coble - Forest Ecology and Management, 1998 - Elsevier
Vertical forest structure is an attribute of forests that is of interest to many disciplines and is
consistently discussed in the context of ecosystem management. The vertical stratification of …

Controlling site to evaluate history: vegetation patterns of a New England sand plain

G Motzkin, D Foster, A Allen, J Harrod… - Ecological …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread and long—lasting impact of human activity on natural ecosystems indicates
that land—use history must be treated as an integral aspect of ecological study and a critical …

Tree age is a key factor for the conservation of epiphytic lichens and bryophytes in beech forests

Ö Fritz, M Niklasson, M Churski - Applied Vegetation Science, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Questions: What factors limit the distribution of epiphytic lichens and bryophytes at plot and
tree level in beech forests? At what ages do epiphytic species, and species of conservation …