Forest floor environment overrules global change treatment effects on understorey communities in a mesocosm experiment

E Lorer, D Landuyt, H Blondeel… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Light availability profoundly influences plant communities, especially below dense tree
canopies in forests. Canopy disturbances, altering forest floor light conditions, together with …

Variable species establishment in response to microhabitat indicates different likelihoods of climate‐driven range shifts

NI Chardon, L McBurnie, KJA Goodwin, K Pradhan… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is causing geographic range shifts globally, and understanding the factors
that influence species' range expansions is crucial for predicting future biodiversity changes …

The regeneration ratio: Combining seedling growth and mortality data to predict regeneration success

DM Waller, DA Riege, WS Alverson - Forest Ecology and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Temperate forests face a “regeneration debt” reflecting limited tree seedling survival and/or
growth. Monitoring demographic processes allows us to identify when and how these debts …

Microclimate temperature effects propagate across scales in forest ecosystems

KH Braziunas, W Rammer, P De Frenne… - Landscape …, 2025 - Springer
Context Forest canopies shape subcanopy environments, affecting biodiversity and
ecosystem processes. Empirical forest microclimate studies are often restricted to local …

[HTML][HTML] Fine-scale interventions can reinforce the forest character of the understory vegetation–The effects of different artificial gaps in an oak-dominated forest

F Tinya, P Csépányi, CV Horváth, B Kovács… - Forest Ecology and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Forest biodiversity is threatened by the use of conventional rotation forestry system, while
fine-scale interventions of continuous cover forestry, such as gap-cutting, could protect forest …

Site conditions alter spatial influence of overstory on shade-tolerant Abies alba Mill. seedlings

J Paluch - Forest Ecology and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Limited resource availability may influence the competitive impact of overstory trees on
forest floor vegetation. This study aimed to examine how different site types (poor, moderate …

Ash seedlings in a reciprocal transplant experiment—the extent of damage of mature forest stands affects ash offspring performance

KS Haupt, K Mausolf, J Lassen, P Music… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In past decades, ash dieback has caused a rapid decline of European ash (Fraxinus
excelsior) in temperate forests of Europe. Numerous studies focus on mitigating the negative …

Morphological responses of root hairs to changes in soil and climate depend on plant life form

Y Zhou, C Wang, Q Tang, J Wang… - Frontiers in Forests and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Root hairs increase the surface area of a plant's root system that is in contact
with the soil, thus facilitating plant water and nutrient uptake. However, little is known about …

[HTML][HTML] Forest Structure Regulates Response of Erosion-Induced Carbon Loss to Rainfall Characteristics

W Wang, C Xu, TC Lin, Z Yang, X Liu, D **ong, S Chen… - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
Forestation is a common measure to control erosion-induced soil and carbon (C) loss, but
the effect can vary substantially between different types of forest. Here, we measured event …