Coppicing is one of the oldest silvicultural practices and is still widely applied to produce
renewable energy from broadleaf forests. However, the consequences on microclimate and …

Historic gardens are green spaces characterised by tree stands with several veteran
specimens of high artistic and cultural value. Such valuable plant components have to cope …

Windstorms are natural factors in vegetation dynamics, but their intensity is increasing and
undermines the forest resilience. Post-event interventions depend on forest types and …

The soil seed bank is a hidden community below‐ground and a crucial component of plant
biodiversity. Nitrogen (N) enrichment can reduce plant species diversity both in above …

Aim The soil seed bank is a key component of the biodiversity of plant communities, but
various aspects of its functioning in temperate forest ecosystems are still unknown. We here …

Coppice management is returning to be a widespread silvicultural practice across European
forests. However, its effects on understorey species remain poorly understood, particularly in …

One of the primary anthropogenic activities driving the shrinking of tropical forests is urban
development, which often results in the formation of fragmented forest areas surrounded by …

The soil seed bank could be viewed as an optimisation of the chances of plants to meet
favourable conditions in time and space. Owing to the large number of publications and the …

We evaluated the performance of tree seeds in the soil seedbank of a temperate deciduous
old-growth forest with respect to the total proportion of seeds that emerged as seedlings (P …