Juha M. Alatalo

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on identifying vegetation characteristics associated with erosion control at nine roadside sites in mid-West Sweden and found significant difference in cover between eroded and non-eroded sub-sites in evergreen shrubs, total cover, and total above ground biomass.

TL;DR: In this paper, the interaction between topsoil properties and ecophysiological responses of Avicennia marina along the tidal gradient in an arid region in Qatar was investigated, and three plots were established, each at a distance of 0 m D0, 50 m D50, and 100 m D100 from the inland boundary of a mangrove forest.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized current knowledge on litter decomposition above the treeline in alpine regions worldwide and identified: I) factors that have been studied in great detail, II) factors which have been less intensively investigated, III) geographical regions and IV) factors with consistent or inconsistent effects on decomposition.

TL;DR: Pneumatophore abundance was positively correlated with percentage of mud content in sediment and negatively correlated with oxygen percentage, which suggests that mangrove trees can adapt to anaerobic and water-logged conditions by increasing their number of pneumatophores, hence providing greater surface area for gas exchange.

TL;DR: Gender expression of individual cushions of Silene acaulis was shown to vary between years, and fifteen of thirty-nine cushions monitored changed gender expression between 1993 and 1995.