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TL;DR: The clearing exhibited the greatest diurnal variations in PPFD and the least day-to-day variation, whereas the understorey exhibited the least diurnal variation and the greatest day- to-day variations.

TL;DR: Chazdon et al. as mentioned in this paper found that light availability is a major component of the regeneration responses of forest species within the larger context of forest dynamics and succession, and photosynthetic utilization of light is therefore the resource most frequently limiting growth, survival, and reproduction.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the performance of Eriophorum vaginatum L. in a water track and in a non-track environment in Alaskan tussock tundra, and found that the water track was 2.4 times more productive than adjacent nontrack areas due almost entirely to the 10-fold greater aboveground pro-duction of the sedge.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present two conceptual models of landslide succession that summarize the major processes and pathways of ecosystem development and plant succession on landslides, and characterize interactions between spatially heterogeneous zones, controls over soil development, impacts of key plant species and the role of animals on Caribbean landslides.

TL;DR: As the permafrost region warms, its large organic carbon pool will be increasingly vulnerable to decomposition, combustion, and hydrologic export as mentioned in this paper, and models predict that some portion of this release w...