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Comparative plant ecology
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The article was published on 1988-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1150 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Plant ecology.read more
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Ecological patterns of plant diversity in a plantation forest managed by clearfelling
TL;DR: In this paper, the understorey plant species composition of a coniferous plantation forest managed by clearfelling is related to environmental factors (stand structure, soil pH and previous land use) and ecological patterns (abundance-occupancy relationships, species dispersal and life history).
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Dispersal of woody plants in forest edges and hedgerows in a Southern Swedish agricultural area: the role of site and landscape structure
TL;DR: A clear relationship was found between the number of physically connected elements in hedgerow networks and increasing frequency of occurrence for Corylus avellana, Crataegus spp.
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The Ecotron: A Controlled Environmental Facility for the Investigation of Population and Ecosystem Processes
John H. Lawton,Shahid Naeem,Richard M. Woodfin,V. K. Brown,Alan C. Gange,Hcj Godfray,P. A. Heads,Sharon P. Lawler,D. Magda,Chris D. Thomas,Lindsey J. Thompson,S. Young +11 more
TL;DR: Preliminary experiments show the Ecotron to be an excellent facility for long-term population and community-level experiments, and its architecture permits replication and variation of spatial scale in experimental design.
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Controlled grazing studies on Nardus grassland: effects of between-tussock sward height and species of grazer on Nardus utilization and floristic composition in two fields in Scotland
TL;DR: Changes in the floristic composition of the sward are discussed in relation to the roles of the inherent growth characteristics of the species present, to selective defoliation and uprooting of the shoots, to altered nutrient cycling pathways under grazing and to the nutrient status of sites.
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Does the heathland flora in north-western Belgium show an extinction debt?
Katrien Piessens,Martin Hermy +1 more
TL;DR: The results revealed that, despite the dramatic reduction of heathland area, the loss of he Heathland species is relatively limited and is comparable with that of forest species, which means future extinctions are expected to occur unless environmental conditions are improved.