Oak cover types comprise half of the forestlands in the eastern United States. There is a
great desire to sustain these highly valued forests. Unfortunately, reports of the successional …

Silvopastoral systems are sustainable production systems characterized by greater
biodiversity and multifunctionality, compared with other livestock production methods. The …

For millennia, natural disturbance regimes, including anthropogenic fire and hunting
practices, have led to forest regeneration patterns that created a diversity of forest lands …

We consider the possibility of an extensive invasional meltdown occurring in central North
America involving eleven Eurasian species. The scenario begins with the potential co …

Open-structured habitats, such as heathlands, grasslands, and savannas, support unique
plant diversity but are threatened by woody plant encroachment in diverse locations …

Dense Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) stands have spread beyond manicured
landscapes and are associated with a paucity of both tree regeneration and herbaceous …

Non-native plant invasions and changing management activities have dramatically altered
the structure and composition of forests worldwide. Invasive shrubs and fire suppression …

Background Many forests within the southern Appalachian region, USA, have experienced
decades of fire exclusion, contributing to regeneration challenges for species such as oaks …

The use of prescribed fire to sustain oak forests has increased rapidly in the last decade as
the threat of poor regeneration and increased dominance of shade tolerant or fire sensitive …

We used non-native invasive plant data from the US Forest Service's Forest Inventory and
Analysis (FIA) program, spatial statistical methods, and the space (cover class)-for-time …