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Canopy tree development and undergrowth bamboo dynamics in old-growth Abies-Betula forests in southwestern China: a 12-year study
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Interactions between forest canopy characteristics and plants in the forest understory are important determinants of forest community structure and dynamics and contribute to the coexistence of A. faxoniana and B. utilis in old-growth forests in southwestern China.About:
This article is published in Forest Ecology and Management.The article was published on 2004-10-25. It has received 117 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Secondary forest & Old-growth forest.read more
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Forest turnover rates follow global and regional patterns of productivity
TL;DR: Using a global database, it is found that forest turnover rates parallel broad-scale patterns of net primary productivity and are broadly similar to the patterns of turnover in populations of plant organs (leaves and roots) found in other studies.
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Mapping understory vegetation using phenological characteristics derived from remotely sensed data
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used understory bamboo in Wolong Nature Reserve, China as a case study to develop and test an effective and practical remote sensing approach for mapping understory vegetation.
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Climate-change impacts on understorey bamboo species and giant pandas in China’s Qinling Mountains
TL;DR: In this paper, a substantial climate-mediated reduction in the distributional ranges of three dominant bamboo species in the Qinling Mountains over the twenty-first century; plants that comprise almost the entire diet of the panda population in the region.
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Bamboo dominance reduces tree regeneration in a disturbed tropical forest.
TL;DR: It is concluded that undergrowth bamboos and their litter affect tree seedling regeneration differently from mixed-tree litter, causing changes in plant community composition and species diversity.
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The Use of Distance Measures in Phytosociological Sampling
Grant Cottam,John T. Curtis +1 more
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Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe
TL;DR: A survey of the vegetation of Central Europe can be found in this paper, with a focus on the vegetation under the influence of man and the development of the plant cover under man's influence.
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Light regimes beneath closed canopies and tree-fall gaps in temperate and tropical forests
Charles D. Canham,Julie S. Denslow,William J. Platt,James R. Runkle,Thomas A. Spies,Peter S. White +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared light regimes beneath closed canopies and tree-fall gaps for five temperate and tropical forests using fish-eye photography of intact forest canopie and a model for calculating light penetration through idealized gaps.
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Gap Regeneration in Some Old-growth Forests of the Eastern United States
James R. Runkle,James R. Runkle +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, tree replacement in gaps was studied in old-growth mesic forest stands in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the southern Appalachian Mountains in western and central Appalachia.