Disturbance regimes, gap‐demanding trees and seed mass related to tree height in warm temperate rain forests worldwide

PJ Grubb, PJ Bellingham, TS Kohyama… - Biological …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
For tropical lowland rain forests, Denslow (1987) hypothesized that in areas with large‐scale
disturbances tree species with a high demand for light make up a larger proportion of the …

Effects of habitat loss on taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of understory Rubiaceae in Atlantic forest landscapes

ER Andrade, JG Jardim, BA Santos, FPL Melo… - Forest Ecology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Habitat loss has been long recognized as a major driver of the current species extinction
crisis, but to date few studies have estimated deforestation thresholds above which …

Quantifying understory complexity in unmanaged forests using TLS and identifying some of its major drivers

D Seidel, P Annighöfer, C Ammer, M Ehbrecht… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The structural complexity of the understory layer of forests or shrub layer vegetation in open
shrublands affects many ecosystem functions and services provided by these ecosystems …

Frost resistance in the tropical palm Euterpe edulis and its pattern of distribution in the Atlantic Forest of Argentina

MG Gatti, PI Campanello, LF Montti… - Forest Ecology and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Frost resistance and subzero temperature effects on photosynthesis, survival and
distribution were studied in Euterpe edulis, a tree palm species of the Atlantic Forest, near …

Spatial patterns of light‐demanding tree species in the Yangambi rainforest (Democratic Republic of Congo)

NK Luambua, W Hubau, KV Salako… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Most Central African rainforests are characterized by a remarkable abundance of
light‐demanding canopy species: long‐lived pioneers (LLP) and non‐pioneer light …

Microhabitat variation affects the understory community assembly of a neotropical rainforest

BA Aranha, EA Maciel, R Cielo-Filho, FR Martins - Flora, 2023 - Elsevier
Deterministic and stochastic processes combine with biotic interactions in community
assembly. Stochasticity and biotic interactions are thought to operate on fine scales, and …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental and biological factors affecting the abundance of Prosopis flexuosa saplings in the central-west Monte of Argentina

FM Cappa, VE Campos, FR Barri, L Ramos… - Forest Ecosystems, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Trees and forests in drylands help mitigate the challenges through provision of
economic products and vital environmental services such as habitat for biodiversity …

Gradients analyses of forests ground vegetation and its relationships to environmental variables in five subtropical forest areas, S and SW China

H Liu, T Økland, R Halvorsen, J Gao, Q Liu, O Eilertsen… - Sommerfeltia, 2008 - sciendo.com
The ecological processes involved in relationships between vegetation and main complex-
gradients in litter-layer depth, topography, soil pH/soil nutrient, and tree density/crown cover …

Distribution patterns of tree species in an evergreen broadleaved forest in eastern China

Z Luo, B Ding, X Mi, J Yu, Y Wu - Frontiers of Biology in China, 2009 - Springer
Ecological assembly rules in evergreen broad-leaved forest are far from clear
understanding. Spatial dispersion of individuals in a species is central in ecological theory …

Position on slope, disturbance, and tree species coexistence in a seasonal semideciduous forest in SE Brazil

R Cielo-Filho, MA Gneri, FR Martins - Plant Ecology, 2007 - Springer
We investigated the influence of position on a slope (plot relative elevation) and vegetation
disturbance (the tallest tree height per plot) on community composition and diversity in a SE …