Prescribed fire in North American forests and woodlands: history, current practice, and challenges
Whether ignited by lightning or by Native Americans, fire once shaped many North American
ecosystems. Euro–American settlement and 20th‐century fire suppression practices …
ecosystems. Euro–American settlement and 20th‐century fire suppression practices …
Sustaining oak forests in eastern North America: regeneration and recruitment, the pillars of sustainability
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 …
great desire to sustain these highly valued forests. Unfortunately, reports of the successional …
Mesophication of oak landscapes: Evidence, knowledge gaps, and future research
Pyrophytic oak landscapes across the central and eastern United States are losing
dominance as shade-tolerant, fire-sensitive, or opportunistic tree species encroach into …
dominance as shade-tolerant, fire-sensitive, or opportunistic tree species encroach into …
Direct and indirect effects of alien insect herbivores on ecological processes and interactions in forests of eastern North America
Alien invasive insects such as gypsy moth, hemlock woolly adelgid, and emerald ash borer
continue to disturb the mixed deciduous and hemlock forests of eastern North America by …
continue to disturb the mixed deciduous and hemlock forests of eastern North America by …
Open forest ecosystems: An excluded state
Once dominant but now largely excluded from eastern North America, open forests of
savannas to woodlands occupy the ecosystem gradient between grasslands and closed …
savannas to woodlands occupy the ecosystem gradient between grasslands and closed …
Ecology and management of white‐tailed deer in a changing world
Due to chronic high densities and preferential browsing, white‐tailed deer have significant
impacts on woody and herbaceous plants. These impacts have ramifications for animals that …
impacts on woody and herbaceous plants. These impacts have ramifications for animals that …
Reconstructing a herbivore's diet using a novel rbcL DNA mini-barcode for plants
Abstract Next Generation Sequencing and the application of metagenomic analyses can be
used to answer questions about animal diet choice and study the consequences of selective …
used to answer questions about animal diet choice and study the consequences of selective …
Mammalian resistance to megafire in western US woodland savannas
Increasingly frequent megafires are dramatically altering landscapes and critical habitats
around the world. Across the western United States, megafires have become an almost …
around the world. Across the western United States, megafires have become an almost …
Climate change, a booster of disease outbreaks by the plant pathogen Phytophthora in oak forests
In forests, trees such as oaks (Quercus spp.) fulfill key ecological functions, including nutrient
and water cycling. In the last decades, climate change and its related environmental …
and water cycling. In the last decades, climate change and its related environmental …
Impacts of cattle on amphibian larvae and the aquatic environment
AC Schmutzer, MJ Gray, EC Burton… - Freshwater …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Agricultural practices such as cattle farming may have direct or indirect negative
effects on larval amphibians by decreasing water quality through deposition of nitrogenous …
effects on larval amphibians by decreasing water quality through deposition of nitrogenous …