Applications of the United States Forest Inventory and Analysis dataset: a review and future directions

WT Tinkham, PR Mahoney, AT Hudak… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
The United States Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program has been monitoring national
forest resources in the United States for over 80 years; presented here is a synthesis of …

Modelling sexually deceptive orchid species distributions under future climates: The importance of plant–pollinator interactions

S Tsiftsis, V Djordjević - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Biotic interactions play an important role in species distribution models, whose ignorance
may cause an overestimation of species' potential distributions. Species of the family …

Characterization of dry-season phenology in tropical forests by reconstructing cloud-free Landsat time series

X Zhu, EH Helmer, D Gwenzi, M Collin, S Fleming… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fine-resolution satellite imagery is needed for characterizing dry-season phenology in
tropical forests since many tropical forests are very spatially heterogeneous due to their …

Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of orchids in grasslands and herbaceous wetlands

V Djordjević, S Tsiftsis, D Lakušić… - Systematics and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Grasslands, wet meadows, fens, bogs, and marshes represent important ecosystems that
host many orchid species. However, research on the joint effect of the multi-scalar abiotic …

Distribution, population structure and microhabitat profile of Euphorbia bupleurifolia

NN Mhlongo, MF Pfab, ETF Witkowski - South African Journal of Botany, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Many South African succulent Euphorbia spp. are threatened by anthropogenic
activities such as habitat loss and illegal harvesting. However, only a few species have been …

Assessing the impact of grass invasion on the population dynamics of a threatened Caribbean dry forest cactus

J Rojas-Sandoval, EJ Meléndez-Ackerman… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The negative impact of invasive plants on native species has been well documented, but
little is known about the specific role that invaders play on the population decline of native …

Seabird guano inputs increase impacts from introduced mammals on the native plants and animals of an oceanic island

WD Espíndola, TA Carlo - Oecologia, 2024 - Springer
Seabirds create fluxes of nutrients from marine to terrestrial ecosystems that influence the
food webs of small islands. We investigated how guano inputs shape terrestrial food webs …

Natural history notes for the columnar, globular and semi-epiphytic cactus species of the island of Puerto Rico

R Carrera-Martínez, J Ruiz-Arocho, L Aponte-Díaz… - Haseltonia, 2018 - BioOne
The island of Puerto Rico is home to five species of columnar, globular and semi-epiphytic
cacti: Pilosocereus royenii, Melocactus intortus, Stenocereus fimbriatus, Leptocereus …

Photosynthetic adaptation and survival strategy of Duvalia velutina in an extremely arid environment

YS Masrahi, TA Al-Turki, OH Sayed - Photosynthetica, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Leafless Duvalia velutina Lavranos (Apocynaceae) is an arido-active stem
succulent common in the arid region southwest of the Arabian Peninsula. This region is …

Natural History of the Endangered Cactus Leptocereus grantianus Britton: Implications for its Conservation and Management

LA Fernández-Negrón, IM Ortiz-Rivera… - Caribbean Journal of …, 2024 - BioOne
The cactus Leptocereus grantianus is an endangered species endemic to the island
municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico. Given its critical population status, several …