Functional ecology of advance regeneration in relation to light in boreal forests

C Messier, R Doucet, JC Ruel… - Canadian Journal of …, 1999 - cdnsciencepub.com
This paper reviews aspects of the functional ecology of naturally established tree seedlings
in the boreal forests of North America with an emphasis on the relationship between light …

[BOOK][B] Forest stand dynamics

CD Oliver, BC Larson, CD Oliver - 1996 - chadwick-dearing-oliver.org
FOREST STAND DYNAMICS Page 1 FOREST STAND DYNAMICS UPDATE EDITION Chadwick
D. Oliver Professor of Silviculture College of Forest Resources University of Washington Bruce …

[BOOK][B] Natural woodland: ecology and conservation in northern temperate regions

GF Peterken - 1996 - books.google.com
An appreciation of the natural processes of woodlands is essential for the development of a
rationale and practices for woodland nature conservation and management. In this book, Dr …

Conserving biodiversity in managed forests

AJ Hansen, TA Spies, FJ Swanson, JL Ohmann - BioScience, 1991 - JSTOR
AJ Hansen, TA Spies, FJ Swanson, and JL Ohmann onsensus is emerging among
ecologists that biological diversity will not be conserved effectively in natural reserves alone …

Plant species diversity in natural and managed forests of the Pacific Northwest

CB Halpern, TA Spies - Ecological applications, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
With the exception of the tropics, nowhere has the relationship between resource
management and conservation of biological diversity been more controversial than in the …

Giant eucalypts–globally unique fire‐adapted rain‐forest trees?

DYP Tng, GJ Williamson, GJ Jordan… - New …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Tree species exceeding 70 m in height are rare globally. Giant gymnosperms are
concentrated near the Pacific coast of the USA, while the tallest angiosperms are eucalypts …

Factors causing variation in fine root biomass in forest ecosystems

L Finér, M Ohashi, K Noguchi, Y Hirano - Forest Ecology and Management, 2011 - Elsevier
Fine roots form one of the most significant components contributing to carbon cycling in
forest ecosystems. We study here the effect of variation in root diameter classes, sampling …

Response of the herbaceous layer to natural disturbance in North American forests

MR Roberts - Canadian Journal of Botany, 2004 - cdnsciencepub.com
Most work on the disturbance ecology of North American forests has focused on the tree
canopy and woody understory, with little consideration of the herbaceous layer …

Terrestrial invertebrates as salmonid prey and nitrogen sources in streams: contrasting old-growth and young-growth riparian forests in southeastern Alaska, USA

MS Wipfli - canadian Journal of Fisheries and aquatic sciences, 1997 - cdnsciencepub.com
Terrestrial-derived invertebrate (TI) inputs into streams and predation on them by salmonids
(40-180 mm fork length) were measured in six coastal Alaska stream reaches from April …

Is understory plant species diversity driven by resource quantity or resource heterogeneity?

SF Bartels, HYH Chen - Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
What maintains plant species diversity has been the subject of much debate with no general
consensus. In forest ecosystems in which understory plants account for the majority of …