Harmonization of timber production and forest conservation is a major challenge of modern
silviculture. For the establishment of ecologically sustainable forest management, the …

In the boreal forests of interior Alaska, feedbacks that link forest soils, fire characteristics, and
plant traits have supported stable cycles of forest succession for the past 6000 years. This …

Northern and tropical peatlands represent a globally significant carbon reserve accumulated
over thousands of years of waterlogged conditions. It is unclear whether moderate drying …

Understorey vegetation comprises the majority of species diversity and contributes greatly to
ecosystem functioning in boreal forests. Although patterns of understorey abundance …

The effect of light on different understory plant groups (herbs, ground floor bryophytes, trunk-
dwelling bryophytes and seedlings) was studied in a deciduous–coniferous mixed …

Questions What is the nature of the interactions between higher vegetation strata
(overstorey) and lower strata (understorey vegetation) and among understorey vegetation …

An investigation of terrestrial bryophyte species diversity and community structure along an
altitudinal gradient from 2,001 to 4,221 m asl in Gongga Mountain in Sichuan, China was …

Abstract Aim Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is absent in the upper foothills
region of west‐central Alberta because of the cold conditions and short growing season at …

Summary Nitrogen (N2)‐fixing moss microbial communities play key roles in nitrogen
cycling of boreal forests. Forest type and leaf litter inputs regulate moss abundance, but how …

Boreal peatlands provide critical global and regional ecosystem functions including climate
regulation and nutrient and water retention. Wildfire represents the largest disturbance to …